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104 Lenovo Group Limited 2014/15 Annual Report
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT
• Lenovo continues to make investments in our supply chain and is actively engaged in due diligence efforts to
track the use of materials sourced from conflict regions – known as conflict minerals – and challenge our suppliers
to set and meet climate change reduction targets, in addition to meeting our extensive auditing and reporting
requirements.
Lenovo is a signatory to and member of the UN Global Compact and fully embraces its policies and principles. The
UN Global Compact is a public-private strategic policy initiative for businesses committed to aligning operations
and strategies with ten universally accepted principles in the area of human rights, labor, environment and anti-
corruption.
Our Corporate Sustainability Policy, signed and endorsed by Chairman and CEO Yuanqing Yang, outlines the
social, environmental and economic principles against which the company operates. The policy is available at
http://www.lenovo.com/sustainability.
Lenovo’s sustainability commitments and FY 2014/15 highlights are summarized below. More extensive information
on sustainability can be found at http://www.lenovo.com/csr or in Lenovo’s annual Global Sustainability Report
which is available at http://www.lenovo.com/sustainability.
Ethics and Compliance at Lenovo
Lenovo promotes an organizational culture that encourages the highest ethical standards of business conduct and
a commitment to compliance with all laws wherever we operate. Lenovo’s Ethics and Compliance Office works in
partnership with our business units across the globe to ensure they operate within the letter and spirit of our legal
and ethical obligations. The Office plays a critical role in providing the resources and information employees need to
make well-informed choices and decisions.
An integral part of our ethics and compliance program is Lenovo’s Code of Conduct that applies to all
employees worldwide. The Code describes our commitment to conduct business with integrity and establishes
clear expectations regarding compliance and holding employees accountable for their behavior. The Code
is available in seven languages and is accessible on our website along with other corporate policies at
http://www.lenovo.com/CSRPolicies. Each newly hired Lenovo employee receives training and information about
our ethics and compliance program, and all employees are required to participate in subsequent mandatory training
sessions held on a regular basis.
Employees are directed to report to their managers or other company resources, including Human Resources, the
Ethics and Compliance Office, Internal Audit, Corporate Security, or the Legal Department, any information pertaining
to:
• Fraud by or against Lenovo
• Unethical business conduct
• Violation of legal or regulatory requirements
• Substantial and specific danger to health and safety, or
• Violation of Lenovo’s corporate policies and guidelines, in particular our Code of Conduct.