HP recently held a China Supplier Social and Environmental Responsibility (SER) Forum at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Shenzhen.
On August 15 and 16, approximately 150 suppliers with over 325 participants met, demonstrating the growing awareness and commitment to Social and Environmental Responsibility in China.
HP began the day with a briefing for Government Officials from two Provinces including Guangdong. The company then held a VIP breakfast for more than 30 supplier VIPs and senior managers with Xiao-Yu Zhou from HP's IPG division giving them a warm welcome.
Jennifer-Yp Ma from HP's Customer Solutions Group opened the conference and welcomed participants. Wolfgang Zenger, Senior VP with Global Procurement Services provided information on HP's growing presence in China and commitment to SER. Kai Hsiao, the GPS Greater China Director presented on the company's overall Supplier Management Process and how GPS and SER fit in to it. Mr. Li Lin, Secretary General of the Shenzhen Government gave a brief presentation. Then Joe Fong from Government Affairs talked about the changing regulatory climate in China.
Towards the end of day two, Jeremy Prepscius, Director of Compliance for Nike presented to the entire group on the challenges they have faced in China and on their own CSR compliance program.
HP sees this forum as the beginning of a dialogue on Supply Chain Social and Environmental Responsibility and encourages all its suppliers to engage with HP and others on best practices in SER and more importantly ways to integrate SER into their businesses so that it can increase worker productivity, decrease turnover and training costs and increase quality and efficiency.
