Huawei 2007 Annual Report Download - page 35

CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
Bridging the Digital Divide
eep in the Argentinian Patagonian glacial mountain region lies the town
of El Calafate. Thanks to Huawei’s recent donation of a CDMA450 ultra-
wide coverage mobile communication system, local residents can, for the
rst time in their lives, access global information services via the Internet
without the hardship of a considerable journey.
Huawei is committed to bridging the digital divide in the world. On the one
hand, we help operators build cost effective communication networks with
wide-coverage in rural areas, providing basic communication services to
more people; on the other, we continue to make meaningful contributions
to local school systems and actively support the development of education
communications technologies.
In 2007, Huawei donated educational network equipment to Ghana,
Venezuela and many other countries, so that local students could receive
improved education by communicating with the outside world over the
Internet.
Huawei plays an equally active role in nurturing local communication
talent. The company has established 31 training centers in Nigeria, Kenya,
Tunisia and other places worldwide. Every year, we offer 100 free training
opportunities for the Egyptian Next Generation Fund to expedite the
development of next generation telecom experts. In Indonesia, we helped
establish the Depok Training Center and donated USD3.6 million worth of
next generation network equipment.
To encourage electronic engineering students to better complete their
studies, we set up a “Huawei Scholarship” at the Bengal Engineering and
Science University and funded additional scholarships at the Bangalore
College of Engineering & Technology.
Environmental Protection
ith “Green Huawei, Green Communications, Green World” as a
creed, environmental protection is a mandate throughout all our
product development processes and business activities. Huawei complies
with all international laws and regulations pertaining to environmental
protection and has developed green products and solutions through
technological innovations (see “Green Solutions, Green World”).
In Huawei ofces worldwide, the company takes similarly effective
measures to save energy and reduce emissions:
Air Conditioners
Air conditioners consume approximately 40% of the total electricity
in Huawei headquarters. In summer, we generally adjust the indoor
temperature to 26°C or above. Consequently nearly four million kWh of
electricity was saved in 2007.
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560,000
Donated e-learning networks
worth USD560,000 to the
Tajikistan Ministry of Education
for use in four schools.
1 million
Donated educational network
equipment worth USD1 million
to the Venezuelan Ministry of
Education.
5.35 million
Invested USD5.35 million to
build a joint IT lab with the
University of Engineering and
Technology (UET) in Lahore,
Pakistan.
Applied
environmental
protection
standards
• ISO 14001:2004
• OHSAS 18001:1999
• RoHS and WEEE
• The Directive 2005/32/EC on
the eco-design of Energy-using
Products (EuP)
• Environment, Health and Safety
(EHS) management system
6.3%
From 2003 to 2007, Huawei’s
energy consumption per
USD10,000 output decreased
annually by an average of 6.3%.
The Global
Compact
A member of the Global Compact
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