1、Corporate Impact Report2020CORPORATE IMPACT REPORT 2020 02NIs purpose to Engineer Ambitiouslymeans looking at the worlds toughest problems as difficult but solvable.2020 was a year like no other,bringing a host of difficult problems.With the global pandemic and sudden lockdowns,we all had to create
2、a new normal for ourselves and our families.And here at NI,we had to create a new normal for our employees and our customers.With the lockdowns came economic challenges,and we also saw civil unrest in the United States and globally.Although this was a challenging year,the events of 2020 helped inspi
3、re our first-ever Corporate Impact Strategy to drive the positive change we want to see in the world.At the beginning of 2021,we launched this strategy,called Engineering Hope.It includes 15 aspirational 2030 goals and commitments that outline how NI will put our company,people,and technology soluti
4、ons to work to make a positive impact on society and our planet.As part of this strategy,we identified three pillars of impact where we intend to focus our efforts:changing the faces of engineering,building an equitable and thriving society,and engineering a healthy planet.The metrics youll see in t
5、his 2020 Corporate Impact Report are from our baseline year before we published our goals.I look forward to sharing our 2021 dataour first full year of progress toward our goalsin a future report.Meanwhile,this reports historical 2020 data represents the starting point of our 10-year journey toward
6、positive,lasting social and environmental impact.In many ways,2020 is a difficult barometer:the pandemic changed the way we used energy,served the community,procured supplies,and more.But it also reminded us theres no perfect time to get started.Real innovation takes time,iteration,and most of all,p