HP (NYSE ticker symbol: HPQ) will present its fourth quarter earnings results on Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2012, before the market opens at approximately 4:30 am PT.  We will post links to the news release, financials, and other information as it becomes available here at Data Central and on Twitter and Stocktwits at @hpnews.

Our CEO Meg Whitman and CFO Cathie Lesjak will also host a live audio webcast to review HP’s financial results.  The call is scheduled for Nov, 20 at 5:00 am PT and will be available at www.hp.com/investor/2012Q4webcast 

You’ll also be able to follow the news on our investor relations website and the HP.com newsroom.

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HP employees do amazing things every day. In the past few weeks, they’ve stepped in quickly to help with relief and recovery efforts in the wake of Superstorm Sandy, contributing technology, skills and money. Sandy left a path of destruction from the Carolinas to Maine, wrecking homes, businesses and communities and impacting millions of people’s lives.

The HP Company Foundation gave a $150,000 cash grant to the American Red Cross and a $100,000 cash grant to Save the Children to aid in relief efforts. The HP Company Foundation has a history of helping out in times of need and provides disaster relief support throughout the world.  HP employees also are opening their hearts and wallets, quickly raising $200,000 for relief efforts that was then matched dollar-for-dollar by HP, totaling to more than $400,000.

Earlier this year, HP donated $500,000 to the American Red Cross Annual Disaster Giving Program. This program provides advance funding to the Red Cross that allows it to respond quickly and effectively when confronted with any major disaster.

When disaster strikes, HP and our employees step up to help people and communities rebuild and reenergize. As a company, as an employer and as citizens in the communities where we live and work, we feel the call to provide support to organizations that are helping with relief efforts and providing access to food, water and overall support.

(This entry was posted by Caterin Wall, HP Global Diversity & Inclusion)

Despite the disruption caused by Hurricane Sandy, over 20 HP employees from around the world braved the weather to attend the Out & Equal Workplace Summit on Oct. 29 – Nov. 1.  The Out & Equal Workplace Summit is an annual meeting that brings together LGBT employees, allies, human resource and organization professionals with the goal of working towards creating safe and equitable work environments for all. 

As the Presenting Sponsor, HP has a long history of partnership with Out & Equal, and the company works with Out & Equal throughout the year to build and strengthen our company as an organization that values all employees, customers and communities.  HP has been involved with Out & Equal since 1999.

Over 1,300 attendees attended the summit this year, and many of HP’s partners and customers are included in the 118 companies represented at the summit.  HP’s participation at the Summit provides a number of benefits to the company, including:

• Significant visibility for HP to other leading corporations – including key business partners – and their LGBT employees.  HP’s booth at the Summit’s exhibition showcase highlighted a number of the latest PPS products, including new touch-enabled Windows 8 notebooks.  Attendees were wowed by the latest HP has to offer both consumer and commercial clients. 
• An opportunity to showcase the company’s commitment to and leadership in diversity and inclusion as an employer and provider of choice.
• A variety of learning and professional development experiences to advance diversity and inclusion employee leadership skills.

The Summit included inspiring keynote speakers as well as opportunities to learn from industry leaders and experts.  With over 100 workshops offered, attendees learn insights into lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and ally issues in today’s ever-changing workplace environment. 

As a highlight of the Summit, HP sponsored the celebration Gala on Nov. 1.  The company auctioned a technology suite of products, raising thousands of dollars for Out & Equal.  Michael Thacker in HP’s corporate communications department also addressed the attendees at the Gala, highlighting HP’s committee to diversity and inclusion, as well as the great work of the HP Pride Employee Resource Group.

HP Pride Employee Resource Group

A critical element to HP’s diversity and inclusion strategy, Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) help employees not only navigate the corporate environment, but serve as a valuable business resource.   The HP Pride ERG is believed to be the first LGBT and Ally ERG to be founded inside a corporation, in 1978. 

One of their key initiatives are their participation in PrideFests that happen all over the US as well as in countries such as Canada, the UK, Switzerland and Costa Rica to name a few. Through community engagement and product exhibit opportunities, HP’s brand reaches hundreds of thousands of consumers thanks to the efforts of HP’s Pride ERG.  They are wonderful examples of HP employees as ambassadors of our brand.  

The work of the HP Pride ERG not only increases HP’s visibility to customers, but it also helps make HP an employer of choice for the LGBT community.  For the 10th year, HP has received 100% on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, which provides an in-depth analysis and rating of large U.S. employers and their policies and practices pertinent to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender employees.

The Pride ERG is currently putting finishing touches on a series of “It Gets Better” videos.  The It Gets Better Project was created to show young LGBT people the levels of happiness, potential, and positivity their lives will reach – if they can just get through their teen years. The It Gets Better Project wants to remind teenagers in the LGBT community that they are not alone — and it WILL get better.  Look for the HP videos very soon.