Putting smart to work for our company and the world

Virginia M. Rometty

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

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Virginia M. Rometty

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Read the Chairman’s letter  

Putting smart to work for our company and the world

Virginia M. Rometty

Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer

Read the Chairman’s letter  

01 Trust and transparency

  

We follow core principles for handling client data and insights, and for responsibly developing and deploying new technologies.

02 Education and skills

  

We are reinventing education for the era of AI and helping to prepare young people around the world for the jobs of tomorrow.

03 Inclusion

  

We speak up and adopt progressive policies on inclusion, continuing a legacy that began with IBM’s inception.

Performance summary

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Performance summary

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01
Trust and transparency

We follow core principles for handling client data and insights, and for responsibly developing and deploying new technologies.
 
 

02
Education and skills

We are reinventing education for the era of AI and helping to prepare young people around the world for the jobs of tomorrow.
 
 

03
Inclusion

We speak up and adopt progressive policies on inclusion, continuing a legacy that began with IBM’s inception.
 
 
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Performance summary

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Since 2011 our P-TECH education model grew to include 90 schools in 2017 and will reach nearly 120 this year — across eight US states, Australia, Morocco and Taiwan — serving over 75,000 students.

 
 

Responsibility at IBM

Citizenship

Corporate Service Corps deployed IBMers from 50 countries to work on 122 immersive, socially impactful projects in 2017.

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Environment

IBM reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 42.9 percent versus 2005 levels, exceeding its third-generation goal of 35 percent by 2020.

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Research

The work of 3,000-plus researchers in 12 labs includes innovations in healthcare, the environment and other societal challenges.

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The IBMer

IBMers spent 23 million hours on internal education in 2017, and 1.2 million hours volunteering in communities worldwide.

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Supply chain

Social and environmental responsibility is integral to our relationships with over 13,000 suppliers worldwide.

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Governance

All IBMers worldwide participated in our Business Conduct Guidelines program in 2017.

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Recognition

Our report includes a complete list of recent awards.

 

2018 Catalyst Award

IBM is the only four-time winner of this award recognizing corporate initiatives that accelerate progress for women.

Climate Leadership Awards

Six awards in seven years, including 2017 for organizational leadership and 2018 for meeting greenhouse gas management goals.

The Just 100

Forbes and Just Capital assessed nearly 1,000 companies and ranked IBM fifth among “America’s 100 best corporate citizens.”

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IBM and the environment reports
Responsibility at IBM