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TARGET 2012 ANNUAL REPORT | 9
$1 billion commitment to
education by end of 2015
Education is an important issue to Target, our guests and the
community. To give kids more opportunities to reach their full
potential, we support programs and activities that help get students
reading proficiently by the end of third grade and on the path to high
school graduation. Through these programs, we’re on track to give
$1 billion for education by the end of 2015. In August we gave $5
million to more than 30,000 U.S. schools through our popular Give
with Target program. Fans used a Facebook app to cast votes and
award $2.5 million worth of GiftCards to K-12 schools, while 100
more in-need schools each received $25,000 grants. In November,
visitors to our Target Canada Facebook page used the app
to allocate an additional $1 million donation among six
Canadian nonprofit organizations.
our goals and progress
June 2012 marked a full year since we set our first public-facing
corporate responsibility goals in the areas of education, environment,
team member well-being and volunteerism. In our annual Corporate
Responsibility Report, we shared our progress toward each goal
and also set several new ones.
promoting
safer neighborhoods
Our commitment to strong, healthy communities extends to making
the neighborhoods where we do business safer for our guests
and team members. That means helping communities prepare for
any disaster. Through the work of our public and private partnerships,
innovative store designs, and disaster preparedness and response
plans, we help bring communities more of the tools and resources
they need. In 2012, we donated more than $1 million in cash, products
and GiftCards to support local relief efforts including wildfires in
Colorado, tornadoes in the South and Hurricanes Isaac and Sandy.
smarter choices
for the environment
We build and operate our facilities and supply chains efficiently,
and offer guests resources and products that make it easier to
live sustainably. For example, our buildings around the world earn
accolades for energy efficiency. By the end of 2012, 631 of our facilities
had earned the U.S. Department of Energy’s ENERGY STAR, and
our goal is to have 75 percent of our U.S. buildings certified by the
end of 2015. We’re pursuing LEED certification for all 124 of our
Canada stores opening in 2013, which include features designed
to conserve energy and water, reduce greenhouse gas emissions,
limit waste sent to landfills during construction and more.
$
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communities
every week
for disaster
relief
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ENERGY-STAR-
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