Awards and Recognition

Based on our transparency in environmental, climate control, employee rights, human relations, corporate governance, philanthropy and financial reporting, Dell made the 2012 Corporate Responsibility Magazine’s 100 Best Corporate Citizens List.

Dell ranked No. 10 in Convalence’s 2011 scoring of the most ethical companies. EthicalQuote evaluates more than 500 multinational companies on 45 criteria to determine those with the highest ethical reputation.

Knowing how you provide the products and services is an important part of business, the 2011 Best Corporate Citizens in Government Contracting List highlights Dell’s commitment to transparency in reporting.

Dell’s corporate citizenship has earned listing on the Dow Jones Sustainability Global and U.S. Indexes, the first indexes that track the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide.

A testament to our strong corporate citizenship is our inclusion in the FTSE4Good Index, which measures the performance of companies that meet globally recognized corporate responsibility standards.

Dell received a top 10 rating for the voluntary disclosure of political spending.

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When comparing the environmental footprint, management and transparency of the biggest U.S. companies, Dell has been among the top five — according to Newsweek’s Green Rankings for 2009-2011. In 2010, Dell topped the list at No. 1.

What’s the 8^th greenest brand worldwide? Interbrand honored Dell with the title. Its Best Green Brands ranks environmental sustainability performance and degree of external reporting while measuring performance versus perception.

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Recognized for our energy-efficiency discipline, Dell was named by Computerworld as a Top 12 Green-IT Vendor. The criteria focused on using technology to conserve energy and lower carbon emissions.

Dell China won the 2011 World Environmental Conference’s International Carbon Gold Award. Design and packaging innovations, coupled with our commitment to energy efficiency, provided the highest evaluation among China’s IT companies.

With multiple recycling programs and our partnership with Goodwill, the Electronic Takeback Coalition Report Card awarded Dell the highest grade among computer, TV, printer and game console companies.

The 3 Cs strategy — our deliberate and innovative approach to providing sustainable packaging — caught the eye of Singapore’s National Environment Agency, earning the 2011 3R Packaging Merit Award.

Dell Ireland won EnviroCom’s 2011 Waste Prevention Award, recognizing our unique global packaging reduction target for desktops and laptops, and our 3Cs recycling strategy that introduces new sustainable packaging materials.

Dell partners and spends more than $1 billion with minority- and women-owned businesses. Support of these businesses has made us a member of the Billion Dollar Roundtable since 2009.

Since 2008, the Women's Business Enterprise National Council has recognized Dell as one of America’s Top 20 Corporations for Women’s Business Enterprises.

In 2010 and 2011, Dell was named as one of the 10 Best U.S. Corporations for Veteran-Owned Businesses by the National Veteran-Owned Business Association.

In 2011 and 2012, Dell earned the No.3 spot on DiversityBusiness.com’s Top 50 Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities list — showcasing those that provide the best and the most business for diversity-owned companies.

Believing education shouldn’t be a privilege, Dell actively brings technology to underserved communities. The Brookings Institution named Dell in the top 10 percent of corporate donors giving to education in developing countries.

Our support of child cancer research led IDG Computerworld to honor Dell as a 2012 Laureate for Emerging Technology. The award recognizes how information technology creates positive change beyond business applications.

Dell ranked No.30 in DiversityInc’s 2011 Top 50 Companies for Diversity, a recognition focused on CEO commitment, human capital, corporate and organizational communications, and supplier diversity.

A perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index for six consecutive years (2005–2011) means Dell is helping to change workplace equality and move it forward.

Dell was named as one of the 2011 Top Employers for Working Families in the UK, recognizing our flexible-work program and its expansion into 10 countries.

Judith Browne, our Global Product Data director for EMEA, was one of five professionals honored at the 2011 Women Mean Business Conference. Judith earned the Microsoft® WMB Woman in Technology Award.

Since 2008, Dell has been rated as one of Working Mother (Magazine) 100 Best Companies for establishing and evolving as a family-friendly workplace.

Dell was recognized in Universum’s 2011 Most Attractive Employers, the only global index of employer attractiveness. The index, divided into two categories, ranked Dell No. 46 for business and No. 31 for engineering.