“I’m not supposed to be here,” says Tanesha Grant, founder of Parents Supporting Parents NYC, a nonprofit aiming to help New York City kids bridge the digital divide. “I was supposed to be that left-behind child, a foster child, but I’m here, lifting my voice and lending my experience with school as a Black woman in this country.”
Additive manufacturing is reviving older vehicles and reducing waste, with 3D-printed spare parts that may be even better than the originals.
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The automaker Nissan stopped making the R32 Nissan Skyline GT-R in 1994, but the performance sports car is still beloved by enthusiasts in Japan and beyond. Earlier this year, Nissan announced that it would start using HP Jet Fusion 3D printers to create a much-needed spare part for the R32 Skyline GT-R — a plastic harness protector. Customers were thrilled.
Jay’Aina “Jay Jay” Patton, age 16, is one of many teens and young adults in Generation Z who have decided they are not going to wait for older generations. They are going to be, as the familiar saying goes, “the change you want to see in the world.”
Jay Jay has already inspired legions of Black techies and other young people to learn to code through the Unlock Academy, a digital coding school founded by her father, further spreading the potential for a different future.
By Ellen Jackowski, Chief Sustainability & Social Impact Officer, HP Inc.
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We are in the most consequential decade of our time. The actions we take today will determine whether we, as a global community, can avert the worst impacts of the climate crisis and reckon with the inequities that prevent far too many from accessing opportunities. Businesses must lead the transformation with urgent actions aligned with the latest science, and be held accountable through reliable, transparent reporting.
HP Sustainable Impact is integral to helping the company become the world’s most sustainable and just technology company. This work is essential for the sustainability of the planet and society, and it is an increasingly important driver of customer purchasing decisions, helping win more than $1 billion in sales in 2020—for the second consecutive year. [1]
Announces release of annual Sustainable Impact Report, highlighting progress toward its goal of creating a more sustainable and just technology industry
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News Highlights: Digital Equity
Launches HP PATH (Partnership and Technology For Humanity) program to pave the way toward digital equity for underserved communities around the world – focusing on education, healthcare and economic opportunities
Develops an accelerator that seeks to support disenfranchised communities by activating innovative solutions and services for 150 million people by 2030
News Highlights: 2020 Sustainable Impact Report
Drives more than US$1 billion in sales where sustainability was a key factor1
Reports 4% reduction in overall carbon footprint; reduces product use GHG emissions intensity by 33%; increases recycled plastic across its portfolio to 11%; and decreases single use plastic packaging by 19%
Maintains 100% zero deforestation for HP paper and achieved 99% for paper-based product packaging
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News Highlights: Digital Equity
Launches HP PATH (Partnership and Technology For Humanity) program to pave the way toward digital equity for underserved communities around the world – focusing on education, healthcare and economic opportunities
Develops an accelerator that seeks to support disenfranchised communities by activating innovative solutions and services for 150 million people by 2030
News Highlights: 2020 Sustainable Impact Report
Drives more than US$1 billion in sales where sustainability was a key factor1
Reports 4% reduction in overall carbon footprint; reduces product use GHG emissions intensity by 33%; increases recycled plastic across its portfolio to 11%; and decreases single use plastic packaging by 19%
Maintains 100% zero deforestation for HP paper and achieved 99% for paper-based product packaging
PALO ALTO, Calif., June 8, 2021 /3BL Media/ – HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) today announced the release of its Sustainable Bond Framework, which the company will use to issue bonds to help finance HP projects that contribute to a more sustainable and just future.
The company also announced the pricing of its inaugural sustainability notes issuance, totaling $1 billion, as part of a $2 billion overall debt offering. The sustainability notes are designed to empower investors to join HP in tackling important economic, social and sustainability issues.
Yelitsa Jean-Charles created Healthy Roots Dolls to teach young Black girls to love and care for their curls, and spent five years building relationships to get her business off the ground. It worked: she closed her first round of funding at the end of 2020: a $1 million seed round from Backstage Capital, Broadway Angels, Lightship Capital, and some individual investors. But she says not all of her conversations with investors have gone well.
The printed page can help kids and their parents talk about challenging topics in the world around them and in their own lives.
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By Deborah Lynn Blumberg
Racial equality, politics, and sexism aren’t topics Laura Livingston, a Houston-based university program administrator, often discussed with her parents when she was growing up in the 1980s. “Many of my questions went unanswered,” Livingston says.
Today, Livingston says she makes a point to regularly talk to her 9-year-old daughter, Nova, about complex and sometimes troubling subjects like homelessness, LGBTQ+ rights, guns, and mental illness.
HP PC and Print Products Recognized for Design Excellence with 21 iF DESIGN 2021 Awards
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PALO ALTO, Calif. /3BL Media/ — HP Inc. has earned seven Green Good Design Awards across its world’s most sustainable PC portfolio1 for responsible design and manufacturing.
