2010 corporate responsibility report

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Northrop Grumman’s Community Involvement Newsletter • Q2 2011 • Issue 13
2010 CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY REPORT—
NORTHROP GRUMMAN MAKES BIG ENVIRONMENTAL GAINS
investment in our corporation, working to generate top financial
performance and pursuing a long-range strategy that will sustain
that performance.”
The company’s reporting continues to focus on the environmental
and social responsibilities most critical to key stakeholders
including shareholders, customers, employees, academics, local
communities, contractors, media, governments and suppliers.
For the 2010 edition, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) confirmed
Northrop Grumman’s “A” reporting level.
Northrop Grumman made big strides in its environmental efforts
last year, as stated in the 2010 Corporate Social Responsibility
Report now available online. Northrop Grumman began reporting
voluntarily on environmental and social performance with its first
corporate responsibility report documenting 2007.
Specifically, in 2010 Computerworld Magazine ranked Northrop
Grumman as one of the Top 12 Green IT organizations in 2010, the
only company in its industry to make that list. Also in 2010, the
company’s score for the Carbon Disclosure Project improved by
62 percent.
“Corporate responsibility is a key component of the value we
provide to all our stakeholders,” says Wes Bush, chief executive
officer and president, in his message opening the report. “For
our shareholders, we strive to be outstanding stewards of their
The new report continues the company’s hallmarks of a strong
focus on absolute integrity and attention to longstanding core
values. To demonstrate transparency, the report covers the
company’s governance, diversity and inclusion, health and safety,
supplier responsibility and diversity, environment, community,
disaster relief, and military/veterans support. For the first time,
the report includes a section detailing GRI performance indicators
to further improve transparency and accountability. Other reported
2010 highlights include:
• Education: Provided aid to higher education grants
to more than 106 universities totaling $1.9 million.
• Community: Contributed $29.9 million in total
philanthropic donations.
• Diversity and Inclusion: Ranked #2 for “Top 50 Employers”
by Minority Engineer Magazine.
To view the 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report online visit:
http://www.northropgrumman.com/corporate-responsibility/
csr-reports/index.html
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Sector Roundup
A quick look at some of the many community outreach efforts here at Northrop Grumman.
COMING TOGETHER
FOR CALIFORNIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS
EMPLOYEES CLEAN UP WETLANDS
Sixty Northrop Grumman employees and their friends and
families volunteered at the 2011 Summer Games on June
11 and 12 at California State University at Long Beach.
Volunteers staffed the Northrop Grumman booth and ran the
water duck race for the 1,100 Special Olympics athletes who
competed in aquatics, basketball, bocce, golf, gymnastics
and track and field.
Posing with some of the trash pulled from the creek that runs through
the wetlands are Xetron employees, from left to right, Sam Banzhaf,
Paul Brown, Allen Farel, Woody Willis, Rob Evans (Beavercreek
Wetlands Association President), Pete Bohman, Josh Fuerst, Ryan
Lamb and Adam Horton.
On May 14 members of the mission operations software
department at Northrop Grumman-Xetron spent the morning
removing trash and cutting honeysuckle in Ohio at the
Koogler Reserve wetlands in Beavercreek.
Staff from Special Olympics present Northrop Grumman an award for
being a sponsor.
Employees chose this activity based largely on the positive
impact that the wetlands has on the Little Miami corridor and
flood control. Given the amount of rain that has fallen this
year in the area, the cleanup was especially appropriate.
SNAKES AND ROBOTS—STUDENTS MARVEL AT SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING FAIR
A “snake” with some 10 triangular segments, a remote
controlled transforming robot on wheels, the “Jet
Works Flight Simulator” video dogfight game and the
CyberPatriot security demo attracted streams of curious
students to the Northrop Grumman Foundation booth
at Intel’s International Science and Engineering Fair
(ISEF) in June.
Student inventors, researchers and scientists were
especially drawn to the sophistication and utilitarian
nature of the robotics devices brought to the booth
by Peter Abrahamson, of Applied Minds, a strategic
partner in Northrop Grumman’s Futures Lab, which is
commissioned to develop innovative thinking and ideas
that may lead to technology differentiators for Northrop
Grumman. Northrop Grumman representatives Chris
Orlowski, of the corporate engineering council, and
Carleen Beste, corporate citizenship, were on hand to
meet and greet students, parents and teachers along
with a group of their colleagues who volunteered to
help with the event.
“Being here is amazing,” Beste said. “There are,
obviously, incredibly bright students participating in the
International Science and Engineering Fair, the type
of students we would like to have as employees five
years from now. Many of them are not familiar with our
company or what we do. It’s a great audience to reach.”
The Northrop Grumman Foundation was a contributing
sponsor to ISEF as part of its coordinated focus
upon increasing awareness of science, technology,
engineering and mathematics fields on a national level.
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Sector Roundup continued
A quick look at some of the many community outreach efforts here at Northrop Grumman.
KICKING OFF SUMMER WITH A FOOD DRIVE
Employees from Rolling Meadows donated two large bins of food to
the Palatine Township during a summer food drive. The food drive
took place for one week in June and is held annually as another way
for employees to support the local community.
SPACE CAMP PROVIDES
THE ULTIMATE LEARNING EXPERIENCE
Northrop Grumman Foundation sponsored unique opportunities for
48 students and 16 teachers nationwide to participate in an exciting
mission to Space Camp in early August. The goal for the student
component of Space Camp, located in Huntsville, Alabama, was to
inspire and motivate the next generation of explorers, scientists,
teachers and engineers. The Northrop Grumman Foundation
sponsorship provides life-changing experiences to students who
have the potential to excel with the right support and inspires
them to dream big.
The teacher component, called Space Academy for Educators,
amplifies that mission by using the excitement of the space
program to create an immersive learning environment where
teachers learn to effectively present concepts in their classrooms.
Rolling Meadows employees prepare the bins of donated food before
delivery to the Palatine Township June 17.
Palatine Township employees Connie Osmer (left), Regina Stapleton,
Janice Peterson, Christine Favia and Township Administrator Paul Pioch
(second from right) receive employee donations from Northrop Grumman
Receiver Specialist Craig Gustafsson and Communications Intern Ashley
Veurink during the Rolling Meadows facility summer food drive.
For the first year, employees at the Northrop Grumman facility
in Azusa, California participated in the program. The Adelante
employee resource group there, thanks to the Foundation support,
coordinated Space Camp attendance for four students and one
teacher from nearby Slauson Middle School.
Front row are students Peter Gutierrez (left) and Ken Linares. Back
row (from left): Adriana Velazquez (Adelante), Giovanni Vela Enriquez
(Adelante), Synclair Gonzalez (student), Natalie Landivar (teacher), Xavier
Manzano (student) and Lorraine Pegorari (assistant principal).
ENGINEERING SCHOLARS RECEIVE AWARDS
The 2011 recipients of Northrop Grumman’s annual Engineering
Scholars award visit the Rolling Meadows facility to celebrate
individual $10,000 scholarships. In the photo, from left: Jim Cascino
(parent), Ashley Veurink (Northrop Grumman communications
summer intern), Shelia Cascino (parent), Ellen Hamilton (Northrop
Grumman director of communications), Kevin Cascino (scholarship
winner), Carl Smith (Northrop Grumman vice president of infrared
countermeasures) Bryan Filippelli (scholarship winner), Nicole
Ackleson (Northrop Grumman communications specialist), Bob
Leppen (Northrop Grumman talent acquisition manager) and
parents Kathy and Ralph Filippelli.
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MENTORING PROGRAM LOGS FIRST-YEAR SUCCESS
In June, three students successfully completed the first year of the Annapolis WORTHY program. Nicholas Lapides, Jameel Shums-Ward
and Mackenzie White, seniors at Annapolis High School, celebrated with their parents and used WORTHY Day as a forum to present their
acquired learning to the Undersea Systems leadership team. The students’ presentation included building and testing an underwater
remotely operated vehicle (ROV) along with experiences gained from their understanding of how different engineering principles apply to
design and construction of ROVs.
WORTHY is a signature science, technology, engineering and mathematics program that started at the Electronic Systems sector
in Baltimore in 1998. The WORTHY mentoring program is one of many programs to address the growing demand for future engineers for
Northrop Grumman and other regional employers. The Annapolis WORTHY program started with three students in 2010 and will expand
to six students in September 2011. The mentoring program provides employees with an opportunity play a key role in sharing knowledge
and helping future engineers. Special thanks to first-year WORTHY mentors Todd Bruner, Jackson Cheng, Luke Kappers, Mairim RamosLebron, Lindsay Vuolo and Vince Wilburn.
WORTHY Day Attendees attend a demo of the remotely operated vehicle.
Contact
Information
From left to right, Jameel Shums-Ward,
Mackenzie White and Nicholas Lapides.
Corporate
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Technical Services
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Northrop Grumman Foundation
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