Huawei

Company Name: Huawei

Company Owner: Ren Zhengfei

Company Address: Unit 5302, 53/F, PB Com Tower, Ayala ave.,cor Rufino St. Salcedo Village, Makati, Philippines.

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Company Website: https://www.facebook.com/HuaweimobilePH

Company Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HuaweimobilePH

Company E-mail: Service.hw.in@huawei.com

Products/ Services: Gadgets

Corporate Social Responsibility

Huawei's shining road to corporate responsibility

Corporate Social Responsibility has become a business imperative for the world's major companies, as consumers are increasingly concerned about the impact these firms have on such social issues as worker conditions, income inequality, and environmental sustainability.

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei Technologies has also caught up with the trend.

The Shenzhen-based company said it had optimized its efforts in sustainable development in the past year, with fruitful achievements in bridging the digital divide, supporting stable and secure network operations, and promoting environmental protection around the world.

According to the sustainability report released by the company on Aug 11, Huawei built at least 500 base stations in Sri Lanka a year back, enabling internet connections to numerous households, and deployed 50 percent of the wireless base stations and over 70 percent of the LTE networks in Africa to provide better digital connectivity on the continent.

In addition, the company also supported education in Ethiopia and Bangladesh, by providing network access for 50,000 Ethiopian students to learn efficiently, and giving technology training to 240,000 women in Bangladesh, aiming to bridge the digital divide in these less developed countries. However, the company didn't disclose the capital investment for its sustainability development in the report.

Along with these efforts, Huawei also expanded its "Seeds for the Future" program, supporting technology training for more than 15,000 workers in the industry across 67 countries around the world.

The program's expansion comes as the company said it believed that both developing and developed countries are facing a large shortage in skilled technology workers. For example, the European Commission has anticipated a shortage of up to 800,000 skilled technology workers by 2020.

"We invested approximately $100 million in the seed program, but that's worthwhile," said Kevin Tao Jing-wen, chairman of Huawei's Corporate Sustainability Development Committee.

"It is the company's social responsibility to meet societal needs. We've cooperated with local schools to nurture ability, not just to hunt for talent in the marketplace," he said.

"Many of the students came back to work in Huawei and some of them became the CEO of one of our national units. As the saying goes, the most valuable investment is an investment in talent," he said.

The company spent over $1.4 billion in employee benefits in 2015, up over 25 percent compared with a year earlier. And the employee localization ratio outside China reached 72 percent.

With its vision to promote environmental protection, Huawei said it also increased the energy efficiency of its core routers and wireless base stations by 25 percent and 20 percent respectively last year, saving 44.3 million kilowatt-hour of electricity.

Courtesy of China Daily

Huawei becomes GridAKL’s foundation partner

[Auckland, New Zealand, May 13, 2015] Huawei has become the foundation partner of Auckland’s thriving innovation hub – GridAKL – in a NZD 1 million sponsorship which is expected to help Auckland’s most innovative ICT and digital companies make inroads into international markets.

Huawei Deputy Chairman and rotating CEO Guo Ping was in Auckland today to attend an event at GridAKL in Wynyard Quarter, marking the milestone alongside Economic Development Minister Honourable Steven Joyce, and Mayor Len Brown.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown, Economic Development Minister the Honourable Steven Joyce, and Huawei Deputy Chairman and rotating CEO Guo Ping, launch a NZD 1 million partnership between Huawei and the GridAKL

Auckland Tourism, Events and Economic Development (ATEED) manages GridAKL on behalf of Auckland Council. The three-year partnership between Huawei and ATEED is the cornerstone of ATEED’s strategy to leverage council’s NZD 20 million investment in GridAKL by developing commercial opportunities which deliver for Auckland’s economy.

The partnership will allow Huawei to showcase its world-leading communications technology with state-of-the-art systems installed within GridAKL’s buildings. Huawei is the world’s largest telecommunications equipment vendor, delivering networks, ICT solutions and consumer devices.

Auckland Mayor Len Brown said: “Auckland Council is delighted to have a company of Huawei’s global reach and expertise as its GridAKL foundation partner. Huawei is building nearly half of the world’s 4G networks, and this is a potent indicator of their scale and reach. Huawei is the kind of multi-national company which can make and attract investment into GridAKL, and help our emerging ‘born global’ ICT and digital companies on their journey to export.”

During his visit, Mr Guo toured the refurbished character Lysaght building which is due to open as stage two of GridAKL later this year. “Since arriving in New Zealand 10 years ago, Huawei has forged many great partnerships with local companies,” Mr Guo said.

“Their success has been critical to our success, and we are very happy to be given an opportunity to work with and support a new generation of New Zealand companies. “

“We are proud to be partnering with Auckland Council on this initiative and hope to see many great ideas come to life here at GridAKL”.

China is a huge growth market for Auckland and New Zealand, and Mayor Brown says the partnership creates significant potential opportunities for GridAKL to connect with China, and also other regions, through Huawei’s international networks.

Huawei will use its expertise to turn GridAKL’s first two permanent buildings into a premium location for growth ICT and digital media companies. ATEED has contracted an operator (a partnership of BizDojo and The Icehouse) to run the hub’s day-to-day activation, tenant management and marketing.

The partnership includes provision of Huawei’s enterprise platform and smart building infrastructure equipment for installation in the first two GridAKL buildings.

ATEED Chief Executive Brett O’Riley says Huawei’s link with GridAKL fits nicely with Waterfront Auckland’s new Wynyard Quarter Smart initiative, which draws upon technology to measure and communicate performance against a number of precinct-wide sustainability targets in areas such as energy use and building performance. 

Huawei will also leverage its global procurement network, bringing its procurement team to meet with businesses at GridAKL.

Brett O’Riley says Huawei’s involvement adds powerful backing and international credibility to council’s investment in the innovation precinct, and reinforces the city’s vision to be an innovation hub of the Asia-Pacific.

“The partnership provides a platform for GridAKL to showcase emergent technology for New Zealand, encouraging other companies to invest in the project. This sponsorship helps to secure the precinct’s future economic stability, and is a start towards GridAKL being independent of Council funding,” Brett O’Riley said.

GridAKL fosters start-up companies, showcases Auckland’s world-class ICT industry to international investors and potential multi-national partners, and increases collaboration in the innovation ecosystem as a venue for networking and ideas sharing.