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title: "At Qualcomm, we believe in the power of technology to enrich lives through purposeful innovation."
url: "https://www.qualcomm.com/company/corporate-responsibility"
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# At Qualcomm, we believe in the power of technology to enrich lives through purposeful innovation.

ESG + Corporate Responsibility

[View our 2025 Corporate Responsibility Report](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/qualcomm-2025-corporate-responsibility-report.pdf)

## Empowering people. Transforming communities. Protecting the planet.

At Qualcomm, we believe in the power of technology. We invent technologies that have the power to catalyze change and the potential to have a positive impact on society for the better—for everyone.

With the world becoming increasingly connected, we’re embracing the tremendous opportunity before us and innovating solutions to tackle global challenges, inspire the workforce of tomorrow, and make a lasting difference. We’re continuing to push the boundaries of what’s possible to ensure we reach our sustainability goals while maintaining our commitment to creating a better future for the world.

## We focus our purposeful innovation on three key areas.

At Qualcomm, purposeful innovation drives us to take on some of the world’s biggest challenges. We pursue purposeful innovation through three strategic focus areas.

These focus areas guide our approach to addressing future challenges and to making the impossible inevitable.”

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#### Acting Responsibly

We invest in our people, strive to behave with integrity, and implement governance standards that uphold our Company values: winning together, achieving excellence, making the impossible inevitable, and doing the right thing. We are committed to responsible business practices, including striving to: foster an ethical culture, promote respect in the workplace, protect privacy, and provide leading employee development programs.

[Learn more](https://www.qualcomm.com/company/corporate-responsibility/acting-responsibly)

#### Empowering Digital Transformation

We believe technology can transform industries and businesses and benefit individual lives. We invent solutions that are foundational to advancing the global wireless ecosystem and to the digital transformation of industries, such as automotive, personal computing, and industrial IoT.

[Learn more](https://www.qualcomm.com/company/corporate-responsibility/empowering-digital-transformation)

#### Operating Sustainably

We aim to maintain safe, healthy, and productive working conditions and to conserve natural resources. Our environmental efforts center on reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, optimizing energy consumption, managing water use, and minimizing waste throughout our operations and the communities in which we work.

[Learn more](https://www.qualcomm.com/company/corporate-responsibility/operating-sustainably)

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#### 2025 Goals

- Enrich the lives of 27 million people by continuing to bring technology to communities around the world through Qualcomm® Wireless Reach™ from a 2006 base year¹.
- Have 100% of our primary semiconductor manufacturing suppliers audited every two years for conformance to our Supplier Code of Conduct, from a 2020 base year.
- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions by 30%, from a 2014 base year².
- Continue to inspire the next generation of inventors by engaging 1.5 million students and teachers across the globe in our strategic STEM initiatives: our home-grown Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab™, our collaboration with *FIRST*® and our STEM community partnerships, from a 2020 base year.
- Reduce power consumption by 10% every year³ in our flagship Snapdragon® Mobile Platform products.

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#### 2030 Goals

- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by 2030, from a 2020 base year².
- Reduce absolute Scope 3 GHG emissions by 25% by 2030, from a 2020 base year².

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#### 2040 Goals

- Reach net-zero global GHG emissions for Scopes 1, 2 and 3 by 2040.

¹ Defined as direct and indirect beneficiaries.
² Global
³ Given equivalent features.

OUR STRUCTURE

## Who’s responsible for corporate responsibility at Qualcomm? Everyone.

Our governance structure is designed to facilitate accountability, transparency, and ongoing improvement of our programs. We’ve integrated corporate responsibility throughout our business, from our daily operations to our executive leadership and our Board of Directors (Board).

Our Board’s Governance Committee provides oversight on corporate responsibility and sustainability matters not delegated to other Board committees, including relevant policies, programs, and initiatives. Our Board’s HR and Compensation Committee monitors the effectiveness of strategic human capital initiatives designed to attract, engage, motivate and retain employees. The Audit Committee of our Board periodically reviews legislative and regulatory developments affecting Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) disclosures in Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) reports.

Our ESG Leadership Committee — chaired by our CSO— provides guidance on global corporate responsibility issues, reviews progress on our goals, discusses risks and corresponding mitigation activities, and provides oversight of external reporting. The committee is also responsible for overseeing programs related to our corporate responsibility portfolio. The committee is composed of executives from Finance, Global Affairs, Human Resources (HR), and Legal. Other senior management representatives are periodically invited to ESG Leadership Committee meetings for updates, discussions, and engagement. The CSO, on behalf of the Committee, reports to our Board’s Governance Committee at least two times a year.

Our ESG Working Group is a cross-functional committee comprising business and functional leaders who oversee the execution and coordination of activities, goals, and key corporate responsibility issue areas. It integrates directives from the ESG Leadership Committee into company-wide programs, measures progress on achieving our goals, and reports accomplishments and challenges. The Working Group includes managers and other subject matter experts from functions across the Company, including Cybersecurity, Health and Safety, Finance, HR, Human Rights, Investor Relations, Legal, Manufacturing, Operations and Supply Chain Management, as well as Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education, among others.

The corporate responsibility and sustainability issues overseen by the ESG Leadership Committee and ESG Working Group include climate-related risks and opportunities, climate change mitigation and adaptation, STEM education, supply chain sustainability, social impact programs, human rights, forced labor, health and safety, sustainability reporting, public policy and regulation, and resource management, among others.

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Our Approach

## Ongoing, transparent communications.

Conversations with key stakeholders help align our corporate responsibility strategy, priorities, and efforts with the current needs of our business and with the expectations of the people, organizations, and communities that have an interest in the Company.

Our stakeholders include our employees, investors, customers, suppliers, governments, and communities with whom we interact, including civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).

We are committed to transparency in our stakeholder engagement and focus on developing trusted and constructive relationships. We continually seek ways to better communicate and obtain feedback on a variety of topics.

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OUR POLICIES AND GUIDING PRINCIPLES:

## At Qualcomm, we leverage Qualcomm’s leading-edge technologies to enrich lives, transform communities, and protect the planet.

To find out more about how we are working to achieving our corporate responsibility vision and meeting our goals, access please read our different policies and guiding principles.

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[The Qualcomm Way: Code of Conduct](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/COBC-2024.pdf)

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[Qualcomm’s Commitment to Human Rights](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/qualcomm-human-rights-statement1.pdf)

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[Supplier Code of Conduct](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/Qualcomm-Supplier-Code-of-Conduct.pdf)

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[Environment, Health, and Safety Policy](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/qualcomm_environment_health_and_safety_policy.pdf)

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[Qualcomm’s Conflict Free Minerals Policy](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/conflict_free_minerals_policy.pdf)

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[Corporate Citizenship Principles](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/qualcomm_corporate_citizenship_principles.pdf)

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[Tax Strategy](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/Qualcomm_Global_Tax_Strategy.pdf)

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[Responsible AI Principles](https://www.qualcomm.com/artificial-intelligence/responsible-ai)

## 2025 Qualcomm Corporate Responsibility Report

[Download](https://www.qualcomm.com/content/dam/qcomm-martech/dm-assets/documents/qualcomm-2025-corporate-responsibility-report.pdf)

## Looking for our corporate responsibility documents?

If you are looking for information about our transparency and value creation efforts across the company or are interested in accessing previous Corporate Responsibility Reports, please access our document library.

[View the documents](https://www.qualcomm.com/company/corporate-responsibility/documents)

## Do you have questions about our corporate responsibility strategy, activities, or program?

[Contact us](https://assets.qualcomm.com/Q220-WB-Contact-Us-Corporate-Responsibility.html?corporate_alert=overview)