February 2008 - CSR@Intel

Profile: Wendy Hawkins Wendy Hawkins is Executive Director of the Intel Foundation. The Intel Foundation is active worldwide, awarding grants totaling approximately $40 million each year and focusing on STEM education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), increasing opportunities for girls, women, and under-represented minorities, and supporting the philanthropic efforts of Intel's employees in education, their communities, and in response to disasters around the...
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So…Where have I been? Even I’m hard pressed to answer that. Good question. Buried, and I mean buried in work. This is report season for those of us working on sustainability reports. Couple that with recent work on the Intel’s annual report, proxy statement, communication strategies, annual strategy revisions, external commitments, etc, etc. and it means I don’t have as much time to tap out a blog post as I’d like....
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Intel Science Talent Search – Why I am so passionate about it! This year marks Intel’s 10th anniversary as title sponsor of the Intel® Science Talent Search, the oldest and most prestigious science competition for high school students in the US. The goal of the competition is to highlight the very substantive and exciting work America’s younger generation has produced, to inspire other students to follow in their footsteps, and to encourage...
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Something positive for a besieged people We have a project underway in one of the most besieged regions of the world. In southern Israel, there is a community called Sderot. Missile attacks have been constant there since October 2000. I’m not going to get into the politics of this situation. The point is, men, women and children are under constant threat of high-explosive warheads falling on...
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Technology with the Environment in Mind This is the title of our most recent Intel Technology Journal, a quarterly online publication that discusses R&D and technology trends at Intel. The February issue highlights a few of our environmental initiatives from products and manufacturing to an interesting article on green homeowners and sustainable living. Give it a quick look and would welcome your impressions. (more…)
It’s Data-Driven: CRO Magazine names Intel “Best Corporate Citizen” Today, CRO published its annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens List” – and Intel was awarded the #1 spot. http://www.thecro.com/ So, why is this award so special to Intel? (more…)
Siberian Winters and CSR Thanks to the laudable efforts of our team in Russia, three new ComSol projects are underway in that country. One of them has already gotten lots of media coverage in its region. It’s a WiMAX-based emergency response network that allows ambulances to transmit patient vital signs and other data enroute, in real time. The significant social impact from this project...
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Energy Efficiency: Be or Be Perceived After almost ten years at Intel, I have lost track of how many times I have heard the phrase “be and be perceived” in meetings and conference calls concerning our environmental and broader corporate social responsibility operations and reputation. For the most part, it has always seemed to me, Intel pays more attention to “being” a leader than “being perceived”...
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Innovation, National Competitiveness and Values-based Business While out running errands one evening this week, I had the radio on – as usual. It's either set between the local talk station and NPR. I might have been in my car for a total of 10 min, but picked up a portion of an interview on The World. Most of the time, the radio is just background conversation,...
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