HEWLETT-PACKARD
In 2007, Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) joined forces to bring technology and the environment closer together in a positive way.
The affiliation was a result of HP’s global commitment to the environment and recommendations from Booz Allen Hamilton who advised CVA to apply greater resources to information technology to support their four business objectives:
- Attract new volunteers and retain existing volunteers
- Improve efficiency of processes
- Build capacity to grow and keep pace with development and the needs of the community/environment
- Build eco-resilience – management of information
Over the last two years, HP has supported CVA through the:
- Expansion of CVA’s storage capacity and security allowing considerable power, cost and time savings with HP BladeSystem technology
- Mobilization of the CVA team nationally using HP notebooks and printers
- Implementation of HP desktop technology to support video conference facilities
In 2008, HP and CVA launched a sustainable schools program called the HP Schools’ Future Program. The program combines community volunteering and environmental awareness and aims to promote and educate sustainable practices within schools, encompassing a vision that seeks to empower people of all ages to assume responsibility for a sustainable future.
Last year the program supported 10 schools across Sydney and Melbourne with the goal to expand the program to a further 25 sustainable schools in 2009.
Each school will receive practical assistance from CVA and a team of community and HP volunteers in addition to an HP Compaq 2710p notebook.
For more information go to:
http://www.conservationvolunteers.com.au/hpschoolsfutureprogram
