Agilent Corporate Citizenship Report 2012


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 19,220 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 four businesses—Chemical Analysis, Life Sciences, Diagnostics and Genomics, 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 19,220 employees serve customers in more than 100 countries. Agilent had net revenues of $6.9 billion in fiscal 2012.

2.9 SIGNIFICANT CHANGES DURING THE REPORTING PERIOD REGARDING SIZE, STRUCTURE, OR OWNERSHIP
On June 21, 2012, Agilent acquired Dako, and on Sept 12, 2012, the company created a fourth business group called the Diagnostics and Genomics Group. DGG comprises Agilent's Genomics Solutions Division and Dako. More information about the Dako acquisition is available at the Agilent Newsroom.

2.10 AWARDS RECEIVED IN THE REPORTING PERIOD
Agilent received the following awards and recognition during the reporting period:

  1.  Ranked No. 3 in Glassdoor's Top 25 Best Companies for Work Life Balance
  2.  Ranked No. 82 in Forbes' Top 100 Innovative Companies in 2012
  3. Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2012/13
  4. Ranked No. 11 on the Best Place to Work list in India (out of 550 companies)
  5. Ranked No. 26 on the Newsweek Green Rankings
  6. Davos 100 Global Most Sustainable Companies 2012
  7. Agilent's Santa Rosa, Calif., site selected in North Bay Business Journal as “Best Place to Work"
  8. Manufacturing Awards: Partner in Education 2012

Technology and Product Innovation Awards can be found at Agilent 2012 Technology and Product Awards

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