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I am pleased to announce the release of HP's 2004 Global Citizenship Report at http://www.hp.com/go/report.  The report charts HP's progress during 2003 and into early 2004 on the wide range of issues that encompass global citizenship at HP.  To address the challenges the technology industry faces today, our global citizenship agenda focuses on the following key priorities: addressing e-waste, increasing social and environmental standards in our supply chain, and increasing access to information technology.

Highlights of the 2004 report include:

• The announcement of an aggressive return and recycling goal.  During the last 16 years, HP has recycled one half billion pounds of computer and printer hardware and supplies. This year HP set a goal to recycle 1 billion pounds of products by 2007.
• The extension of HP's social and environmental operating standards to our supply chain.  In 2003, HP completed social and environmental responsibility assessments, training and audits of our 50 largest suppliers which account for 70% of our procurement expenditures, and an additional 100 high priority suppliers.
• Continued success of the HP i-community in Mogalakwena, South Africa.  In 2003, more than 1,000 citizens, government officials and educators received PC literacy and computer training.  Additionally, a PC refurbishment center and technology support call center were established and South Africa's first multilingual community web site was deployed.

Global citizenship is a company-wide business objective at HP. We are continually integrating our citizenship efforts into our core business practices through aligning our business strategy and our global citizenship strategy.  Our goal is to ensure that while everything we do is good for business, it should also be good for society and the environment.  Based on our approach, HP was recently recognized by AccountAbility, a non-profit institute focused on promoting social, ethical and overall organizational accountability.  In fact, HP was the only US company to place in their list of top 10 companies who best account for their impact on society and the environment by integrating citizenship criteria into their core business practices.

At HP, global citizenship is a journey, not a destination. To learn more about the broad range of global citizenship initiatives executed by HP over the past year and our goals for the future, I invite you to read the report at http://www.hp.com/go/report. If you have any questions or feedback, please contact us at hp.globalcitizenship@hp.com.

Best regards,

Debra Dunn
Senior Vice President
HP Corporate Affairs & Global Citizenship