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Corporate Citizenship Report 2011

 

Organizational Profile

Agilent Technologies is committed to conducting business in an ethical, socially responsible and environmentally sustainable manner. Our Citizenship Objective is to be an economic, intellectual and social asset to each nation and community in which we operate. We provide the measurement capabilities that make our world more productive and a safer, healthier, more enjoyable place to live. 

Organizational Profile

2.1 Name of the organization

Agilent Technologies Inc.

2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services

Agilent's singular focus on measurement helps scientists, researchers and engineers address their toughest challenges with precision and confidence. Our products and services help to deliver the breakthroughs that make a measurable difference. The company's 18,700 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries.

Agilent holds many product and market leadership positions, including first worldwide in overall test and measurement products, as well as in gas chromatographs and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. We are also a leading test and measurement equipment supplier to the telecommunications industry. With a singular focus on measurement, we:

  • Advance next-generation wireless communications.
  • Help the military become more flexible, mobile and reliable.
  • Enable nondestructive subsurface electronic testing of semiconductor materials.
  • Analyze the causes and cures for disease.
  • Make the world more safe and secure from crime and drugs.
  • Aid in the discovery and quality of medicines.
  • Keep our air, water, soil and food clean and safe.

More information about Agilent product, brand and services: Agilent Products and Services  

2.3 Operational structure of the organization, including main divisions, operating companies, subsidiaries, and joint ventures

Agilent offers the broadest range of innovative measurement solutions in the industry. The company's three businesses -- Chemical Analysis, Life Sciences and Electronic Measurement -- provide customers with products and services that make a real difference in the lives of people everywhere. And at Agilent Research Laboratories, we conduct research that anticipates customer needs and produces breakthroughs that power growth.

2.4 Location of organization's headquarters

Agilent Technologies Inc.
5301 Stevens Creek Boulevard
Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: (408) 553-2424  

2.5 Number of countries where the organization operates, and names of countries with either major operations or that are specifically relevant to the sustainability issues covered in the report.

Our primary research and development and manufacturing sites are in California, Colorado and Delaware in the U.S. and in Australia, China, Germany, India, Italy, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Kingdom.

2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form

Agilent is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and our ticker symbol is "A."

2.7 Markets served (including geographic breakdown, sectors served, and types of customers/beneficiaries)

Agilent holds many product and market leadership positions, including first worldwide in overall test and measurement products, as well as in gas chromatographs and liquid chromatography/mass spectrometry. We are also a leading test and measurement equipment supplier to the telecommunications industry.

More information about Agilent presence, sectors and customers served is available at Agilent Company Information

2.8 Scale of the reporting organization

The company's 18,700 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $6.6 billion in fiscal 2011.

2.9 Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, or ownership

On Nov 1, 2010, Agilent began reporting on Varian financial data following its acquisition on May 14, 2010. More information about the Varian acquisition is available at Agilent Newsroom.

2.10 Awards received in the reporting period

Agilent received the following awards and recognition during the reporting period:

  • Ranked 11th in Newsweek 2011 Green Rankings of the environmental performance of the U.S. 500 largest publicly traded companies.
  • Selected for inclusion in both the World and North America Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes. The DJSI track the financial performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social performance.
  • Chosen by Forbes magazine as one of the top 100 Innovative Companies in 2011 Forbes 2011 Innovative Companies.
  • Ranked #28 in the Davos 100 Most Sustainable Companies in 2011 Global 100.
  • Recipient of the Frost & Sullivan 2011 "Growth, Innovation and Leadership Award" for outstanding achievement in leadership, technological innovation, customer service and strategic product development.
  • Honored by North Bay Business Journal with the "Healthiest Company Recognition Award" in 2011 for leadership in creating a better health environment inside and outside of the workplace.
  • Recognized as one of top 25 "Best Tech Companies" to work for in 2011 by Business Insider.
  • Named "Company of the Year" in 2011 by IBO Instrument Business Outlook trade journal in 2011.
  • Selected as one of the best places to work according to according to an annual survey conducted in 2011 by The Scientist, a top-tier trade magazines.
  • Acknowledged as one of the Top Ten "Most Admired Companies" in Fortune 500 List for 2011 Industry Category "Medical and Precision Equipment".  
  • Technology and product innovation awards can be found at: Agilent 2011 Technology and Product Awards.  
     

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