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96
Social Responsibility
From environmental and diversity programs to
community outreach and corporate governance,
Xerox continues to be recognized as a leader in all
aspects of corporate social responsibility. We believe
that it is good for our people, good for our business,
good for our communities and ultimately good for
our shareholders.
Community Investments
The Xerox Foundation contributed $11 million in 2003
to about 400 non-profit organizations. Among them:
• More than 40 grants to university science programs.
Each grant is championed by a Xerox scientist ensur-
ing that our research community stays abreast of the
most recent scientific developments in academia.
• Scholarship programs at more than 140 colleges
and universities. Our investments are targeted to
such areas as minorities and women in engineering
and business education in historically black colleges
and universities. These programs help Xerox attract
the best young talent.
• Grants to United Ways around the country that
exceeded $2.3 million. Xerox people donated another
$1.7 million of their own, making the total Xerox
commitment to United Way more than $4 million.
Corporate Governance
Xerox continues to work diligently to uphold one of
our core values: We behave responsibly as a good
corporate citizen. Some examples:
• With the recent election of five new directors, Xerox’s
13-member board is 85 percent independent.
• A new Code of Conduct has been implemented
and all employees worldwide have been trained.
• Our Ethics Helpline has been strengthened so that
all employees can seek guidance and raise issues.
• And we are working hard to ensure we maintain a
culture of integrity, openness and inclusion.
Environment, Health, Safety
Xerox’s environmental programs demonstrate that
strong values aligned with sensible business practices
are not only possible but also synergistic. Our goal is
to make waste-free products in waste-free factories to
help our customers attain waste-free workplaces. In
the previous year, we:
• Diverted 161 million pounds of waste from landfills
and saved Xerox several hundred million dollars
through remanufacturing and parts reuse.
• Enabled energy savings of 1.5 million megawatt
hours through reuse of parts and the sale of
ENERGY STAR®products.
• Deployed a stringent set of requirements to our
paper suppliers to ensure Xerox paper is sourced
from sustainably managed forests.
• Examined and, where possible, modified manufac-
turing processes to cut air emissions, non-hazardous
and hazardous waste, and water and energy use.
For instance, non-hazardous waste recycling rose to
92 percent in 2002.
Diversity
Xerox views diversity in the workplace as both a moral
imperative and a competitive advantage. Last year, we:
• Continued to build an inclusive workforce, an ongoing
initiative at Xerox for more than 30 years. At year’s
end, about 33 percent of the company’s general
U.S. work force were women; about 30 percent
were minorities.
• Supported diversity through a wide range of
programs including work/life benefits, employee
caucus groups, youth scholarship programs and
supplier diversity initiatives.
• Continued to invest in our supplier diversity
program. Since it began, Xerox has spent over
$4.4 billion with minority-, women- and veteran-
owned businesses in the United States.
• Gained a plethora of diversity awards, including
recognition from Fortune, DiversityInc magazine,
Hispanic magazine, Asian Enterprise magazine,
the National Association of Female Executives
and the Human Rights Campaign.
Xerox encourages a spirit of corporate citizenship
through programs like Social Service Leave, which
enables a select group of employees to take up to a
year-long sabbatical at full pay to work with a non-
profit organization, and our Community Involvement
Program, which encourages Xerox people to volunteer
in their communities. Pictured here: Xerox employee
Steven Mueller is on Social Service Leave to work
with at-risk children in an animal-assisted therapy
program at Green Chimneys Children’s Services, a
social service agency in Brewster, N.Y.
RICHARD FREEDA