Bridging the Digital Divide: Lenovo's Global Philanthropy Empowering Communities Through Technology and STEM Education

Originally published in Lenovo's 2023/24 ESG Report

NORTHAMPTON, MA / ACCESS Newswire / March 17, 2025 / Lenovo

Investing in communities

Lenovo's social investments are focused on empowering underrepresented populations with access to technology and STEM education. Lenovo has a goal of committing a minimum of 0.5 percent of its pretax income to global social investment programs and initiatives. Lenovo's social investments are executed through charitable corporate contributions and its charitable entities: the Lenovo Foundation, U.S. 501(c)(3), and the Lenovo Foundation Beijing (non-profit registered in China). The global philanthropy team has established global giving guidelines and compliance processes that are localized for alignment across the diverse markets where Lenovo does business.

Lenovo philanthropy governance

Corresponding with the launch of the Lenovo Foundation in 2018, Lenovo's global philanthropic initiatives are governed by a global philanthropy board of executives. The board works to represent the global communities that Lenovo philanthropy serves while advocating for philanthropic initiatives in their local region. The board governs and advises the operations of the Lenovo global philanthropy team through six board meetings each year and ongoing grantmaking oversight.

Social investment focus areas

In alignment to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Lenovo global philanthropy has key focus areas of contributions: reduced inequalities, quality education, and poverty reduction. Lenovo invests in these key focus areas through strategic investments, employee volunteerism, and humanitarian response.

• Partner with charitable organizations, educational institutions, and civic groups to empower under-represented populations with access to technology and STEM education. In FY 2023/24 Lenovo invested approximately USD $16.7M in strategic partnerships with charitable, mission aligned organizations around the world.

• Share Lenovo's Smarter Technology for All vision with communities around the world through employee volunteerism aligned to its mission and vision. In FY 2023/24, Lenovo invested approximately USD$2.5M in employee engagement initiatives like its Love on Month of Service, global matching gift benefit, and volunteer incentives (sometimes known as dollars for doers). Reference the Consolidated Metrics section to see volunteer hours and matching gift expenditures for FY 2023/24.