National Instruments Releases 2009 Citizenship Report

“When we founded NI more than 30 years ago, we aspired to create a company that fosters innovation in a fun and collaborative environment, empowers engineers and scientists to improve the world and aims to be a responsible corporate citizen to communities around the globe,” said Dr. James Truchard, President, CEO and Cofounder of National Instruments. “I am proud to present our annual citizenship report, which outlines our commitment to these long-standing efforts and demonstrates the many ways we are working to achieve success for our key stakeholders: employees, customers, suppliers and shareholders.”

At the heart of NI citizenship is an effort to engage students with technology through mentorship and a fun, hands-on, project-based learning environment, arming them with skills to become tomorrow’s innovators. The company's citizenship report underscores this commitment by detailing the key programs and collaborations, product development initiatives and donations designed to increase the technical literacy of students, from grade school through graduate school.

The report highlights benchmarks of the company, including the following:
-- Increased the number of hours mentored in classrooms by NI headquarters employees by 14 percent
-- Received recognition for 11 consecutive years on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For list in the U.S. and from the Great Place to Work Institute for superior employment culture at five NI branch offices
-- Supported 34 medical device start-ups with $600,000 USD in software and services through the NI Medical Device Grant Program
-- Reduced water usage by 7 percent at headquarters and reduced energy usage by 13 percent at NI Hungary
-- Reduced physical size of software packaging by 71 percent
-- Donated 1 percent of corporate pretax profits to nonprofit organisations