Compaq Info

Brand Owner: Hewlett-Packard
Head Office: Palo Alto, CA, United States
Sector: Electronics & ICT Hardware
Categories: Computers, Notebooks
Free Tags: Laptop, desktop, PC, netbook, monitor, screen
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Last Updated: 16 November 2009
Last Verified: 22 July 2010

Compaq Score Report

Questions about Carbon Emissions
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1. Does the brand (company) clearly support global mandatory cuts of carbon emissions of at least 50% by 2050 or 30% by industrialized countries by 2020? Although we know that Compaq was taken over by Hewlett Packard (HP), the brand name is still used. The brand will be ranked when it makes a reference about Corporate Responsibility and when it has a clear and clickable path from their website to HP's CSR report. SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) disclose its carbon footprint produced by its own operations and in the supply / production chain? See remark question 1. SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce its ‘own operations’ carbon footprint by at least 20% by the year 2012? See remark question 1. SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) already reduced its 'own operations' carbon footprint by at least 10% in the last 5 years? See remark question 1. SOURCE
5. Do all new products of the brand meet the latest Energy Star requirements (where applicable)? See remark question 1. SOURCE
Questions about Environmental Policy
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1. Has the brand (company) eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products? If not, does the brand give a timeline for achieving this by 2012? See remark question 1. SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) already eliminated PVC and BFRs in all new products? See remark question 1. SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates) in all of its new products? If not, does it give a timeline for achieving this by 2012? See remark question 1. SOURCE
4. Has the brand (company) already eliminated at least 2 of the 3 groups of suspect chemicals (beryllium, antimony and phthalates)in all of its new products? See remark question 1. SOURCE
5. Does the brand (company) support the principle of Individual Producer Responsibility (IPR), meaning that brands are responsibility for the entire lifecycle of their own products, including take back and recycling? See remark question 1. SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) provide free and easy take back and recycling services for its discarded products in many of the countries where its products are sold? See remark question 1. SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) source at least 5% of its plastics from recycled plastic streams and does it give a clear timeline to increase this percentage to at least 25% by 2025? See remark question 1. SOURCE
Questions about Labour Conditions/Human Rights
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1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? See remark question 1. SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage? See remark question 1. SOURCE
3. Does this CoC include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining? See remark question 1. SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume? See remark question 1. SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions? See remark question 1. SOURCE
6. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy? See remark question 1. SOURCE