GLOSSARY Sustainable materials: Materials whose Underrepresented minority: In the context of origination or processing has reduced impacts on this report, we are referring to two ethnic groups, the environment. Black/African American and Latino/Hispanic, that Sustainability: The ability to be maintained at have historically been underrepresented in the a certain rate or level or the avoidance of the organization compared to the addressable U.S. depletion of natural resources to maintain an workforce in the technology industry. ecological balance. United Nations Sustainable Development Talent pipeline: A pool of potential candidates, Goals (SDGs): A collection of 17 interlinked global including a company’s employees who are goals, designed to be a “blueprint to achieve a promotion prospects or external candidates, who better and more sustainable future for all.” The are qualified and ready to fill a position. SDGs were set in 2015 by the U.N. General Assembly and are intended to be achieved by the Team members: Team members refer to all Dell- year 2030. badged employees (including full-time, part-time Upstream: Refers to the material and service and temporary). inputs needed for the production of goods or Tell Dell: Annual employee opinion survey services. that gathers feedback across several topics, Value chain: A set of activities that a company including My Leader, Our Culture, My Overall Dell performs to deliver a good or service. Experience and Inclusion. Third-party audits: Verification and/or audit Water risk score: A numerical indication of the activities carried out by independent, unrelated level of water-related risk. entities. Water stress: A situation in which the water Unconscious bias: An implicit association, resources in a region or a country or those whether about people, places or situations, available to a company are insufficient for its that is often based on mistaken, inaccurate or needs. For determining water stress, we use the incomplete information, and includes the personal WRI Aqueduct Baseline Water Stress indicator. histories we bring to the situation. The areas considered to be water stressed are those that have indicator scores of high or extremely high. INTRO OUR PLAN GOALS DASHBOARD ADVANCING SUSTAINABILITY CULTIVATING INCLUSION TRANSFORMING LIVES ETHICS & PRIVACY SUPPLY CHAIN BY THE NUMBERS APPENDIX 154