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Innovation event
In November, Philips Research organized an Innovation
Event at the High Tech Campus with external guest
speakers, to share best practices, share Philips
corporate ambition for more sustainable product
solutions; initiate new innovative concepts to radically
improve access to healthcare; new products that
decrease food waste and help meet world food security
goals; and to identify new approaches to the circular
economy, focusing on concepts such as “design for
reuse” and improved recycling efficiency. We believe
these global challenges can only be addressed through
Open Innovation and regional partnerships with all
stakeholders involved. We collaborate with academics,
universities through direct partnerships, Open
Innovation initiatives and government driven initiatives,
like FP7 and Horizon 2020, two European Union
research programs.
4.2.9 Social Investment Programs
In 2013, we continued to develop and localize our
global social investment program,
SimplyHealthy@Schools. In Brazil, 230 employees
from Philips offices and factories registered to
volunteer in Fal@ndo em Bem-Estar, the local
adaptation of SimplyHealthy@Schools. The program
aims to empower kids from 8 to 12 to change their
habits, health and environment and educates
teenagers about safe sex and sexual transferable
diseases prevention, a critical national issue.
Philips Brazil also rolled-out a new initiative in 2013
with an important Healthcare partner, Fleury. Based on
the same topics and questions explored in our Fal@ndo
em Bem-Estar, the project consists of a giant interactive
board game, developed to be used in schools
throughout the entire country by Fleury and Philips
employees.
In North America, the Philips Cares program provides
ways for employees to work together to improve
people’s lives by creating healthy, sustainable
communities that contribute to the success and well-
being of future generations. This can take many forms:
from helping a child to excel in math, to providing safety
and energy efficient home improvements to the
disadvantaged, to raising awareness about the
importance of cardiac health. In 2013 alone, more than
5,000 employees participated in volunteer
opportunities that suited their needs, schedules, and
passions in partnerships with organizations such as
American heart Association, March of Dimes, and
Rebuilding Together.
At the end of 2012 we signed a three year partnership
agreement with the Royal Dutch Football Association
(KNVB) to support their WorldCoaches program by
installing more than 100 solar lighting ‘Light Centers’ in
rural communities throughout Africa and South
America. Working together with local communities and
the KNVB, the Light Centers will provide safe and
functional space for sports and other community
activities after dark.
Throughout 2014, Philips will roll out a new three pillar
social investment strategy, comprising of a disaster
relief program, a local community investment program
and a signature social innovation program. The main
focus will be on access to healthcare, access to light and
healthy futures.
4.2.10 Supplier sustainability
Many of our products are being created and
manufactured in close cooperation with a wide range of
business partners, both in the electronics industry and
other industries. Philips needs suppliers to share our
commitment to sustainability, and not just in the
development and manufacturing of products but also in
the way they conduct their business. We require
suppliers to provide a safe working environment for
their workers, to treat workers with respect, and to work
in an environmentally sound way. Our programs are
designed to engage and support our suppliers on a
shared journey towards continuous improvement in
supply chain sustainability.
As a leading company in sustainability, Philips will act
as a catalyst and support our suppliers in their pursuit of
continuous improvement of social and environmental
performance. We recognize that this is a huge challenge
requiring an industry-wide eort in collaboration with
other societal stakeholders. Therefore, we remain
active, together with peers in the industry, in the
Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) and
encourage our strategic suppliers to join the EICC too.
We will also continue to seek active cooperation and
dialogue with other societal stakeholders including
governments and civil society organizations, either
directly or through institutions like the EICC, the multi-
stakeholder programs of the Sustainable Trade
Initiative IDH, and the OECD.
Supplier Sustainability Involvement Program
The Philips Supplier Sustainability Involvement
Program is our overarching program to help improve
the sustainability performance of our suppliers. We
create commitment from our suppliers by requiring
them to comply with our Regulated Substances List and