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support sustainable growth. Among Xerox’s efforts: the
Palo Alto Research Center’s work on “clean technologies”
and renewable energy.
•Xerox solid ink color printers – based on the company’s
proprietary technology – generate about 95% less waste
than laser printers. Xerox is extending this technology to
more products, like the WorkCentre C2424, launched in
2005 as the industry’s first solid ink multifunction system.
•Xerox paper comes from suppliers that meet the
company’s stringent environmental requirements, which
are designed to ensure that all Xerox paper is sourced
from sustainably managed forests.
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“Xerox is one of our
nation’spillars, advancing
important social and
economic goals for
communities across
the country.”
–U.S. Chamber of Commerce upon awarding Xerox a 2005 Corporate
Citizenship Award.
Our Commitment to Good
Citizenship is Unwavering
Social Responsibility
Of the True Colors of Xerox, none is brighter and more
enduring than our commitment to corporate citizenship,
acore value since the company’s founding. Here are
some examples:
•The Xerox Foundation invested $13.2 million in 2005,
which included 42 grants to university science programs,
more than 190 grants for college scholarships and
support, and 550 grants to nonprofits.
•Xerox provided $2 million for Southeast Asia earthquake
and tsunami relief and $2 million in financial and technical
assistance for victims of Hurricane Katrina.
•Through its supplier diversity program, Xerox placed
$400 million worth of orders with minority-, women- and
veteran-owned businesses in 2005.
•Black Enterprise, DiversityInc,the Human Rights
Campaign, Computerworld, Hispanic Business and
several other entities recognize Xerox’sworkplace as
being among the best.
•Following Xerox’s mission to make “waste-free products
in waste-free factories to help customers attain waste-free
workplaces,” the company diverts more than 140 million
pounds of waste from landfills. Nearly all eligible new
products launched in 2005 met the international ENERGY
STAR®and Canada’s Environmental Choice standards.
•Xerox pledged to drive its worldwide greenhouse gas
emissions 10% lower than 2002 levels, by 2012.
•Xerox became a charter partner in the Business
Roundtable’s new “S.E.E. Change” initiative, which calls
for corporations to strengthen business strategies that
•Xerox encourages employees to volunteer in their
communities through programs like Social Service
Leave, which offers paid sabbaticals for community
service; the Community Involvement Program,
which provides seed money for Xerox teams to fund
volunteers projects; and the Science Consultant
Program, through which employees bring real-life
science experiments into the classroom.
•Xerox’s Board of Directors is more than 90 percent
independent with Xerox Chairman and CEO
Anne Mulcahy serving as the only employee director.
•Fortune Magazine’s 2006 “U.S. Most Admired
Companies”survey ranked Xerox No. 1 in its industry
for “social responsibility.”
For more information, visit www.xerox.com/csr.