Letter from Oracle President

We launch this year’s Corporate Citizenship Report amidst a constantly changing global landscape, quite different from the one in which we published our 2008 report.  In response to a host of economic, social, and environmental challenges, governments, businesses, nonprofits, and local communities are working together to generate innovative solutions to seemingly intractable problems.

Oracle is doing its part to address these challenges.  In this report, you will find stories that illustrate the positive impact that Oracle’s technology and corporate citizenship efforts are having on society.

We continue to support K-12 and higher education institutions with technology education programs that reach 1.5 million students each year.  Working to reduce our environmental footprint, we manage our facilities and business operations with an eye toward sustainability.  We also donate millions of dollars to nonprofit organizations that share our goal of enriching community life globally.

Beyond these actions, Oracle supports more than 370,000 customers in 145 countries to create an IT foundation that enables them to react more quickly and effectively to opportunity.  We help companies and organizations sharpen their business practices and employ our industry-leading technology to increase efficiency and reduce costs.  And while these bottom-line benefits are what most often inspire customers to use Oracle products, our database, middleware, applications, server, and storage technologies are also helping them meet their sustainability goals.

Oracle added hardware to its product portfolio when we acquired Sun Microsystems in the latter part of fiscal year 2010.  Expanding our business in this way broadens our corporate citizenship scope to include hardware manufacturing for the first time.  Information about our progress in this area is included in the Supply Chain addendum.

We are proud of our work to serve our customers and advance society.  If you would like to share your feedback with us, please feel free to contact us at [email protected].

Safra A. Catz
Oracle President