Awards and Recognition

Corporate Citizenship

• EthicalQuote, Switzerland - IBM ranked #1 in Covalence’s EthicalQuote Q1 2010 Ranking, besting 581 large companies across 18 sectors. Covalence, based in Switzerland, runs EthicalQuote, the ethical reputation scoring system and corporate social responsibility news database tracking the world’s largest companies. It is one of the most influential rankings used by socially responsible investment funds.
   
• Global 1000: Sustainable Performance Leaders - IBM ranked #2 on Justmeans “Global 1000: Sustainable Performance Leaders” list. The list measures performance on financial, environmental, social and governance factors among the 1,000 largest publicly traded companies.
   
• 100 Best Corporate Citizens - IBM ranked #4 on CR Magazine’s 12^th Annual “100 Best Corporate Citizens” list. The list is based on the Russell 1000 listing of large public corporations. The list is based on publicly available information and is recognized by PR Week as one of America’s top three most important business rankings.
   
• World’s Most Respected Companies - IBM ranks #4 on Barron’s World’s Most Respected Companies list. This survey of money managers produces a ranking of businesses with strong leaders, good governance, quality products and services, and solid market returns.
   
• Five Star Outstanding Corporate Citizen, China - IBM China was awarded the “Five Star Outstanding Corporate Citizen in China” award late last year. Only four other companies received five stars among the almost 100 Outstanding Corporate Citizen companies selected nationwide by the Ministry of Civil Affairs. IBM was recognized for its extraordinary corporate social responsibility (CSR) achievements supporting local governments’ agendas in the areas of disaster relief, community services, closing the digital divide, and education in remote and minority regions.
   
• Award for Ethics and Values in the Industry, Mexico - For the seventh time, IBM Mexico received the “Award for Ethics and Values in the Industry” from the Confederation of Industrial Chambers (CONCAMIN). The award recognizes best business practices and the corporate values of the company.
   
• Multiple Awards, Poland - In Poland, IBM received the top CSR award for the IT and telecommunications sector from the Responsible Business Forum, and was runner up for the American Chamber of Commerce award for the most socially responsible company in Poland.
   
• Multiple Awards, India - In India, IBM received the Golden Peacock Award for Corporate Social Responsibility in February 2010 and the Bombay Stock Exchange Award for Best Corporate Social Responsibility Practice in September 2010.
   
• Caring Company Award, Hong Kong - In Hong Kong, IBM received the Caring Company award from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service.
   
• 100 Most Valuable Global Brands - IBM was awarded the #2 position by BrandZ in its list of “100 Most Valuable Global Brands.” One of the deciding factors was the inclusion of new CSR-related criteria, which helped move IBM into this slot.

Leadership

• Outlook Business, India
  

  IBM’s Corporate Service Corps was praised as a one-of-a-kind program for leadership development in a feature story in Outlook Business, one of India’s top business magazines.

• Industry Innovation Award, China
  

  In China, IBM received the Industry Innovation Award for Corporate Services Corps and related CSR activities, and the 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility Award from the China Business Journal.

• 2010 Best Volunteer Project Award, Turkey
  

  In Turkey, IBM was awarded the “2010 Best Volunteer Project Award” by the Corporate Volunteer Association (OSGD) for the Corporate Service Corps program.

Education

• Childhood Education Reform, China
  

  China’s Ministry of Education Counselor, Mr. Xuming, visited the KidSmart center in Guangzhou and praised IBM as the only major corporation to make a long-term commitment to early childhood education reform in China. 2010 is the 10^th anniversary for China’s KidSmart program. In 2010, IBM donated 200 KidSmart Young Explorer units to preschool education centers in minority areas across China.

• Certificate of Outstanding Contributions, China
  

  The China Ministry of Education (MoE) awarded IBM the certificate of outstanding contributions to China’s education system for seven consecutive years at its Spring Festival Reception for representatives from more than 30 multinational companies in China.

• Ministry of Education & Training, Vietnam
  

  In Vietnam, IBM was recognized by the Ministry of Education & Training for our 10-year contribution to early IT learning in education.

Disaster Relief & Recover

• Chilean Innovation Discovery Workshop, Chile
  

  The IBM/Red Cross project for Chile relief was highlighted as an example of a smart solution at the Chilean Innovation Discovery Workshop for government. Chile’s Minister of Housing and Urban Development participated in the workshop.

Employee Engagement

• Global Views Magazine, Taiwan
  

  IBM Taiwan was recognized by Global Views Magazine with a major CSR award—the only “foreign company” to win the award three consecutive times. The judging group, comprising eight prestigious thought leaders from academia, not-for-profits and government, recognized IBM’s achievements in “volunteerism for community services” and its “work-life integration program for the workplace.”

Environment

• #1 Green Ranking, Newsweek
  

  IBM ranked #1 in the Newsweek “Green Ranking” of the biggest publicly traded companies in developed and emerging world markets. The criteria include environmental impact, green policies and reputation.

• Green500 List, The Green500^™
  

  IBM was ranked #1 in the latest Supercomputing Green500 List announced by Green500.org. The Green500 ranks the top 500 supercomputers in the world by energy efficiency. The list shows that 13 of the top 25 most energy efficient supercomputers in the world are built on IBM high-performance computing technology. IBM also holds over half of the top 100 positions on this list.

• Low-Carbon & Environmental Leadership, Gartner/World Wildlife Fund
  

  IBM was ranked #1 in all-around performance and was in the top 3 in all five categories in Gartner/World Wildlife Fund’s recent “Low-Carbon & Environmental Leadership Findings Report.” The report evaluated 28 ICT companies on their all-around performance, transformation by IT, transformation of IT, internal environmental performance and supply chain.

• ISM Award for Excellence in Supply Management, Institute for Supply Management
  

  IBM received the ISM Award for Excellence in Supply Management (the “R. Gene Richter Award”) from the Institute for Supply Management in the Sustainability category for 2011. The award recognized IBM for three initiatives including its Center of Excellence for Environmental Compliance/Social and Environmental Management System, Supply Chain Social Responsibility Initiative and Green ISC Initiative.

• PM100 Awards
  

  Three of the eight 2011 Progressive Manufacturing 100 (PM100) Awards IBM received related to its environmental leadership. The awards recognized IBM for its Supply Chain Environmental and Corporate Responsibility Management System Requirement, its Center of Excellence (CoE) for Product Environmental Compliance, and its Environmental Reporting Tool (ERT). The PM100 Awards recognize companies from around the world that have achieved significant breakthroughs in innovation, the use of advanced technologies and the effective management of their businesses.

• LEED^® Gold Certification, U.S.
  

  In 2010, IBM’s new, 60,000 square foot, Leadership Data Center in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, became the company’s first LEED(R) Gold certified data center. Other IBM LEED certified facilities include its Boulder, Colorado Data Center (LEED Silver) and its LEED Gold Certification for Commercial Interiors for its leased office space known as the Bay Area Lab in Foster City, California.

• Advanced Enterprise Award, China
  

  IBM International System and Technology Company (ISTC), Shenzhen, China, received an Advanced Enterprise Award from the Shenzhen Waste Reduction Action Program in 2010. The award is part of a voluntary program that encourages enterprises to reduce their waste volumes versus production.

• Class of Excellence Wastewi$e Label Award, Hong Kong
  

  IBM Hong Kong received the Class of Excellence Wastewi$e Label Award in August 2010 in the Hong Kong Awards for Environmental Excellence program. The Wastewi$e Label is a recognition scheme established to encourage Hong Kong businesses and organizations in adopting measures to reduce the amount of waste generated within their establishments or generated through the services and products they provide; and recognize their waste reduction efforts.

• Environmental Excellence Award, Philippines
  

  In the Philippines, at the 9th Asian Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Awards, IBM received the Excellence Award in the Environment Excellence category for IBM’s Corporate Service Corps, which helped create Interactive Flood Maps in support of a Smarter Philippines project.

• Most Valuable Pollution Prevention Awards, National Pollution Prevention Roundtable
  

  IBM received two 2010 Most Valuable Pollution Prevention (MVP2) Awards from the National Pollution Prevention Roundtable: one for the elimination of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) compounds from the company’s chip manufacturing processes in Burlington, VT and East Fishkill, NY, and one for chemical usage reductions at IBM’s 300mm manufacturing facility in East Fishkill. This is the second year in a row and the third time in four years that IBM has received an MVP2 Award.

• Vermont Governor’s Awards, U.S.
  

  IBM Burlington, Vermont, received two 2010 Vermont Governor’s Awards for Environmental Excellence & Pollution Prevention under the Environmental Excellence in Resource Conservation category for its “Solid Waste and Packaging Reductions at the IBM Burlington Facility” and “Cooling Load Reduction by Free Cooling in Cold Weather.” This marked 17 consecutive years that IBM has been recognized with at least one of these awards—which is every year the competition has been held.

• Distinguished Service Citation, U.S.
  

  IBM Burlington received a Distinguished Service Citation in the business/professional organization category of the 2010 Keep America Beautiful National Awards for Waste Reduction and Recycling for its solid waste and packaging reduction initiatives.

• Distinction Award, Canada
  

  IBM Canada’s Bromont site received the 2011 Distinction Award in the category of Energy Efficiency. The award was presented to IBM by the Agency for Energy Efficiency of Quebec and the Federation of Quebec Chambers of Commerce.

• Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award, U.S.
  

  IBM East Fishkill received a 2011 Excellence in Environmental Engineering Award in the small projects category from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers (AAEE) for the catalytic reduction of hydrogen peroxide in ammonia wastewater.

Internal Environmental Recognition

• Chairman’s Environmental Award Program
  

  IBM established the Chairman’s Environmental Award Program in 1991 to encourage leadership and recognize achievement and progress in environmental affairs on the part of IBM’s organizations.
   

  Similar to the past three years, the 2010 Award Program focused on energy conservation and energy efficiency across IBM’s operations, products and services, and the competition continued to be among major business units.
   

  The recipient was selected based on degree of leadership, results, and innovation and integration with regard to their programs and initiatives in the areas of energy conservation and energy efficiency. IBM Systems and Technology Group received the 2010 IBM Chairman’s Environmental Award.
   

  The Systems and Technology Group (STG) has global responsibility for developing IBM systems hardware and operating systems software solutions as well as designing and manufacturing semiconductor technology for IBM systems and OEM clients. STG’s operations include 37 laboratories in nine U.S. states and 17 countries around the globe.
   

  The selection of STG for the 2010 Chairman’s Environmental Award recognizes the organization’s outstanding leadership, innovation and results in energy efficiency and conservation as demonstrated by a comprehensive focus across its products and operations.
   

  Energy efficiency results in STG’s product lines from processors to high–performance computing products include:

  • Enhanced power management functions in new server POWER7^® and x86 processors, memory and I/O subsystems.
  • Innovative data management such as Easy Tier^™ storage, data compression, data de-duplication, and thin provisioning supporting storage energy efficiency.
  • Low-power “sleep” mode for Retail Store Systems.
  • The first in the industry to qualify a 4-processor socket server to the new U.S. EPA ENERGY STAR^® criteria for servers.
  • The IBM System Blue Gene^® family of supercomputers achieved computing excellence with breakthroughs in energy efficiency, winning the National Medal of Technology.

  In data center energy efficiency initiatives, STG:

  • Moved Measurement & Management Technologies (MMT) from Research to a data center thermal analysis customer service offering.
  • Partnered with Syracuse University to deploy a new data center with innovative energy-saving features.
  • Developed and offered Active Energy Management capabilities for IBM products.

  In addition, STG achieved exceptional operational energy efficiency in its microelectronics manufacturing operations, significantly contributing to IBM’s overall energy conservation results over the last three years.

Diversity

• Diversity Award, Austria
  

  IBM Austria won the Diversity Award from the national Chamber of Commerce for the wide range of our diversity programs, including mentoring women, Bring your Daughter to Work Day, the GLBT network and the Women’s Leadership Forum.

• Max-Spohr Award, Germany
  

  In Germany, IBM received the Max-Spohr Award for leading practice in diversity. The award was made by Völklinger Kreis e.V., Germany’s professional association for gay managers.

• Top 100 Hong Kong Leading Graduate Employers, Hong Kong
  

  IBM is ranked #1 among the Top 100 Hong Kong Leading Graduate Employers. The survey explored key factors that influenced the decision-making process of final year students when selecting their first employer after graduation, as well as their career aspirations and motivations.

• Employee Resource Group of the Year, U.S.
  

  IBM HR won the Employee Resource Group of the Year award from The U.S. Business Leadership Network. IBM was selected because of our support for a broad array of cultures, people, thoughts and ideas. These are proving integral to the company’s success in the development of superior technology solutions that make a difference to our employees, clients and the world.

• Leadership in Global Diversity, U.S.
  

  DiversityInc named IBM the #1 company for leadership in global diversity based on our training, employee groups and strong cultural values across all boards.

• Corporate Citizenship
  IBM was ranked the #1 ethical corporation by Covalence, the Swiss ethical ranking agency, above 581 businesses across 18 sectors, The rating is based on capture of information from media and the internet, matching corporate offerings to specific societal expectations.

• Corporarate Citizenship
  IBM Singapore won seven awards at the Singapore HR Awards 2009 including the category of Corporate Social Responsibility. Yu-Foo Yee Shoon, Minister of State for Community Development, Youth and Sports presented the award at a ceremony attended by CEOs and HR leaders.

• Corporate Citizenship
  IBM was named one of the "50 Most Socially Responsible Corporations" by MacLean's, a Canadian weekly magazine.

• Environment
  IBM Canada Ltd. has been selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers. This special designation recognizes the employers that lead the nation in making environmental values part of their organizational culture. Winners of this competition have developed exception earth-friendly initiatives and are attracting employees and customers because of their environmental leadership.

• Acessibility
  IBM Spain was recognized by the Randstad Foundation as the best company for social action in 2008. CGM Juan Antoni Zufiria accepted the award, which recognized IBM's inclusion of people with disabilities.

• Corporate Citizenship
  Stan Litow, Vice President, IBM Corporate Citizenship & Corporate Affairs, was chosen to ring the opening bell at the NY Stock Exchange on February 23, International Corporate Philanthropy Day. He accepted the National Philanthropy Award from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, which recognized IBM's On Demand Community.

• Corporate Citizenship
  In Taiwan, IBM was ranked No. 2 in the foreign company group of CommonWealth Magazine's 2009 Corporate Citizen Survey, surpassing HP and DuPont. The award was presented by President Ma Ying-Jeou at a ceremony in March. For the last three consecutive years, IBM has been selected as one of the top 10 corporate socially responsible companies.

• Corporate Citizenship
  IBM Poland has been awarded the status of 'Best Practice for Business and Society' by the Responsible Business Forum, the country's largest corporate organization focused on corporate social responsibility.

• Corporate Citizenship
  IBM Romania has been recognized with a 'diploma' award from the Romanian Donors Forum and the Trust for Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe for being one of the top corporate socially responsible companies. The recognition cited KidSmart, as well as other grants made by IBM.

• Accessibility
  IBM Spain and Asociación Semilla's joint SocialGNU project has won the title of best 'Best IT Project' at an awards ceremony hosted at the Ministry of Industry by the Bip Bip Foundation, which is dedicated to helping the disadvantaged. The project promotes Open Source and Open Software amongst nonprofits working with socially disadvantaged people.

• Corporate Citizenship
  IBM China was awarded a certificate of appreciation for their outstanding contribution to education by the China Ministry of Education (MoE) at the Spring Festival Reception for more than 30 multinational companies.

• Corporate Citizenship
  For the seventh consecutive year, IBM Hong Kong has been awarded with "The Caring Company Award" by the Hong Kong Council of Social Services. The award ceremony was held in February in front of an audience of 2,000 people.

• Disaster Relief
  The President of Indonesia, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, has recognized IBM for its continued commitment to aid the people of Aceh and Nias, still suffering from the aftermath of the tsunami that hit the region in 2004. IBM has provided relief assistance through the SIMBA system (Sistem Informasi Manajemen Bencana Aceh), or Aceh Disaster Management System. It has been designated by the government of Indonesia as the approved system for Internal Displaced Person (IDP) registration, as well as data consolidation and logistics reporting. The award recognition is made to organizations demonstrating exemplary social responsibility efforts for tsunami relief.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM was recognized by China's Ministry of Education (MoE) at the annual Spring Festival Reception for its outstanding contributions in education. IBM was recognized as the top company to influence China's education system and was awarded a "Certificate of Honour" for this achievement. The event was hosted by premier Chinese government and education leaders and was attended by executives from the country's top 30 multinational companies.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM Greater China Group received the Best Public Image award in recognition of outstanding corporate social responsibility. It is the most reputable award from community groups for leadership in corporate social responsibility in China, and is initiated by the Development Research Center of the State Council and Guang Hua Media.

• Social Responsibility
  The Points of Light Foundation presented Sam Palmisano with its highest community service honor — the George Bush Corporate Leadership Award.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM received the Partner in Progress Award from the United Way of America.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM Chairman of the Greater China Group, Henry Chow, received the "2007 Most Socially Responsible Entrepreneur in China" award from the China Committee of Corporate Citizenship under the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM Taiwan received the Corporate Social Responsibility Award from Global View Magazine.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM Spain was ranked #1 for the third consecutive year in the MERCO (Spanish Monitor of Corporate Reputation) Survey for the IT company with the best corporate reputation in Spain.

• Social Responsibility
  IBM Mexico was awarded with the "Ethics and Values in the Industry" recognition by the National Confederation of Industry Chambers of the Mexican United States.

• Social Responsibility

  IBM Brazil was recognizes as one of the 20 best companies in Corporate Citizenship in Brazil.

• Social Responsibility

  The American Cancer Society presented IBM with its Nationwide Corporate Impact Award.

• Accessibility

  IBM received the Associated Services for the Blind's 48th Annual Louis Braille Award for outstanding work on behalf of visually impaired persons.

• Accessibility

  IBM received the Disability Rights Advocates' inaugural Eagle Award for decades of accessible products and technology, and overall leadership in the development of technology access policies.

• Kid Smart

  IBM New Zealand was awarded the inaugural Robin Hood Foundation Social Hero Award for Education Partnership.

• Social Responsibility

  IBM Australia received a "Gold" rating, the highest possible, in the Corporate Responsibility Index (CRI), an independent survey of Australia's top companies run by the St James Ethics centre, an independent, not-for-profit that provides a nonjudgmental forum for the promotion and exploration of ethics. The CRI covers four key areas of corporate performance: community, environment, marketplace, and workplace.

• World Community Grid

  On June 13, World Community Grid (link resides outside of ibm.com) and its FightAIDS@Home project were recognized by the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis (GBC) at the Sixth Annual Awards for Business Excellence Gala at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. Founded in 2001, the GBC is dedicated to combating the AIDS epidemic through the business sector's unique skills and expertise.

• Social Responsibility

  For the second year in a row, IBM China has been named Best Corporate Citizen by the China Corporate Citizenship Committee. Approximately 30 companies receive this award annually from a field of more than 300 entries. The awards are made based on the company's performance in key areas, including the environment and community.

• Web Adaptation Technology

  IBM has received Goodwill Industries International's 2006 "21st Century Business Partner Award" for its Web Adaptation Technology. The award specifically recognizes the innovative partnership between IBM and Goodwill Industries of Greater New York and Northern New Jersey; currently, more than 1,000 users in the area are now able to access the internet through this software application.

• Social Responsibility

  IBM was featured as one of the top 10 improvers and within the top 25 on AccountAbility's (link resides outside of ibm.com) Accountability Rating Report. The report measures the extent to which companies put responsible practices at the heart of their businesses. AccountAbility is an international membership organization committed to enhancing the performance of organizations and to developing the competencies of individuals in social and ethical accountability and sustainable development.

  
  

  IBM Australia has again maintained an overall rating of a "high" AA in the RepuTex (link resides outside of ibm.com) 2005 Social Responsibility Ratings. This places IBM in the top 10 socially responsible organizations in Australia. The overall rating was determined primarily by looking at four key categories, including social impact, workplace practices, corporate governance, and environment.

  
  

  IBM Brazil was recognized by the Balanço Social das Telecomunicações (Telecommunications Social Report), which publicizes the greatest social actions from the Telecommunications area in the country. IBM was recognized for the second year for its work on various programs, including KidSmart, Web Adaptation Technology, Reinventing Education, TryScience, On Demand Community and World Community Grid.

  
  

  IBM Mexico was awarded the "Ethics and Values in the Industry" recognition by the Confederation of Industry Chambers of Mexico (CONCAMIN) (link resides outside of ibm.com). This is the third time that IBM Mexico achieved this recognition since it was established in 2002. The recognition acknowledges IBM's ability to innovate and promote a culture of principles and values, using technology as a key element.

  
  

• KidSmart Early Learning Program

  KidSmart was recognized with the 2005 Codie Award for the "Best Distributed Computing Solution." Presented by the Software & Information Industry Association (link resides outside of ibm.com), the Codie Awards celebrate achievement and vision in software, education technology and digital content. For 20 years, the Codie Awards have remained the leading honor for the software and information industry's finest products and services.

  
  

  The KidSmart program in South Africa was awarded top place in the African ICT Achiever Awards, Civil Society category. IBM's partner, the Centre for Early Childhood Development, won the award for implementing KidSmart to bridge the digital divide in Africa. The African ICT Achiever Awards, which are known as the Oscars of the IT world, recognize ICT excellence, promote entrepreneurship, stimulate business in ICT services between Africa and the rest of the world, act as a catalyst for the stimulation of leading edge solutions in government departments and recognize individuals responsible for spearheading change.

  
  

• Eternal Egypt recognized

  Eternal Egypt received the UN World Summit Award (link resides outside of ibm.com) on the Information Society in Tunisia. IBM's partner, CultNat, received the award on behalf of the Egyptian government and IBM. Eternal Egypt was selected as a winner in the "best practice" and "e-content" categories out of 750 "products" nominated from 168 countries.

  The web site also won the 2005 Webby Worthy award (link resides outside of ibm.com) from the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.

  
  
• Reinventing Education

  IBM Ireland received the Chambers of Commerce of Ireland's (link resides outside of ibm.com) President's Awards 2005 for its Reinventing Education grant project, specifically for "taking a valuable and multi-faceted approach towards the development and education of children in the area of science and technology."