2019 IMPACT REPORT Applying Maxar Capabilities for a Better World TABLE of CONTENTS
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2019 IMPACT REPORT Applying Maxar Capabilities For A Better World TABLE OF CONTENTS ABOUT MAXAR TECHNOLOGIES Maxar is a trusted partner and innovator in Earth intelligence and space infrastructure. We serve the most discriminating and innovative government and commercial customers to help them monitor, understand and navigate our changing planet; deliver global broadband LETTER FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER 5 communications; and explore and advance the use of space. Our unique approach combines decades of deep mission understanding and a A GLOBAL COMPANY WITH A TRULY GLOBAL REACH 6 proven commercial and defense foundation to deploy solutions and deliver insights with unrivaled speed, scale and cost-effectiveness. Maxar’s 5,800 team members in 30 global locations are inspired to OUR IMPACT PHILOSOPHY 8 harness the potential of space to help our customers create a better world. Maxar trades on the New York Stock Exchange and Toronto Stock VIGNETTES 10 Exchange as MAXR. For more information, visit www.maxar.com. 1. EARTH 10 The Maxar Impact Report 2019 includes projects worked on or completed between January 1, 2019–December 31, 2019. The projects enclosed are representative of Maxar’s work, not exhaustive. 2 SPACE 16 3. OPEN DATA PROGRAM 24 Cover image courtesy REUTERS / Mohammad Ponir Hossain. 4 NEWS BUREAU 26 . 5 PURPOSE PARTNERS 30 6. COMMUNITY 32 LOOKING AHEAD TO 2020 40 Persistent Change Monitoring and GeoEye-1 | Dublin, Ohio, USA | 9 September 2019 3 LETTER FROM THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER At Maxar, we bring together technologies that enable understanding, PURPOSE & VALUES exploration and communication across our planet and beyond. Our work is inspired by our purpose “For a Better World” and guided by our values. We believe breakthrough insights unlock infinite possibilities. Our team members are passionate about the work we do, and believe strongly that our Earth intelligence and space infrastructure capabilities We exist to create the connections between Earth and space have the power to change the world. They put that belief into action in for a better world. myriad ways every day―from supporting customers and their critical missions, to doing educational outreach and volunteering in their community. DAN JABLONSKY CEO, MAXAR Over the years, Maxar has supported organizations and individuals dedicated to addressing challenges, both local and global. For example, Maxar contributed data to investigations that led to freedom for thousands of enslaved people. We’ve helped with mapping efforts for vaccination outreach programs to eradicate preventable illnesses and to guide healthcare professionals to areas at risk of deadly epidemics. Our technological innovations in space robotics have been used to enhance how medical procedures on Earth are performed. We have never compiled the stories of how we work to make the world a better place. Until now, with this—our first Impact Report. Our team members This report outlines our view of corporate social responsibility and details the are passionate actions we took in 2019 to put our Purpose into action to improve the health and sustainability of our planet and the people who call it home. Many of about the work the vignettes told in this report have been generated by our team members we do, and believe taking initiative to make the world a better place. strongly that our As you’ll learn, our efforts take place both on Earth and in space. We provide Earth intelligence and insight about what’s happening on Earth that can be used to monitor changes both natural and manmade, and to inform understanding and decision- space infrastructure We put the mission first. This means We do it right. This means we operate with making. Maxar produces data and spacecraft used to protect and defend that everything we do is to satisfy the goals, high integrity. No shortcuts. We honor our capabilities have human rights, to monitor climate change, to support humanitarian assistance ambitions and dreams of our customers. commitments to our customers, our partners and disaster response efforts, to inform natural resource management and and our employees. the power to change to increase transparency about current events around the globe. We are also We stay curious. We never stop working the world. committed to preserving the space environment through debris and collision to discover the answers to the questions We act like owners. We know that results management and responsible manufacturing. of tomorrow and to solve the most matter and we continually find new ways to difficult problems. grow, improve and deliver sustainable value. I am proud to present this 2019 Impact Report, which highlights how Maxar’s team members and our trusted customers and partners are working toward a We work better together. We are an You matter. Our strength is our people. shared goal of a Better World. organization that values collaboration and Each of you makes a unique contribution to diversity to create a better future. our collective mission. We recognize and ― Dan maxar.com/impactreport appreciate your commitment—every day bringing your best to work, living our values and fulfilling our purpose. Impact Report | 4 5 A GLOBAL COMPANY Sustainable Development In-Kind Imagery Locations Practice Projects WITH A TRULY GLOBAL REACH Open Data Program News Bureau Projects Event Activations 9 $10.3 129,612 25,000 176 876,781 1.17B Open Data Program Million U.S. dollars Open Data Program Remote villages News Bureau Number of Number of square event activations of in-kind imagery pageviews connected to projects WorldView images kilometers of the internet by a collected in 2019 WorldView imagery Maxar-built satellite collected in 2019 IMPACT 2019 Information is representative of Maxar’s work, not exhaustive. OUR IMPACT PHILOSOPHY Corporate Social Responsibility at Maxar Maxar’s Purpose—For a Better World—is what we aspire to achieve with the work we do. It drives us forward, it FOUR PILLARS OF informs our decisions, and, most important, it makes what MAXAR’S CSR STRATEGY we do worthwhile. It’s a statement of hope and belief that our work matters and contributes to making the world a better place. DATA PHILANTHROPY CLIMATE & SUSTAINABILITY CUSTOMER IMPACT COMMUNITY OUTREACH Within a single company, we focus on a multitude of critical missions, problems in need of solutions, questions that Purpose Partners We’ve created corporate programs We create solutions in In addition to Maxar providing require data and insight to answer—around the planet and Maxar contributes geospatial data and expertise like our Sustainable Development partnership with our customers data for disaster response to in space. But with this extraordinary perspective, comes an to nonprofits we select that significantly benefit Practice that use Maxar’s Earth to address pressing challenges, organizations like our Purpose understanding of the complexity of the world in which we from using our data to achieve their missions. Jane intelligence products and services save lives, and improve the Partner Team Rubicon, our live and a sense of responsibility. Goodall Institute and the Amazon Conservation Team to support the 17 United Nations quality of life for billions employees also volunteer on the are two long-term Purpose Partners who rely on Sustainable Development Goals of people every day. Our ground, as well as fundraise for Maxar’s approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Maxar data. (SDGs) established in 2015. collaborative approach with other nonprofits that mobilize in the takes into full account the uniqueness of what we deliver customers has led to innovative wake of global disasters, such as Open Data Program and why it matters. Our CSR program is how we put our Maxar also supports company work in human trafficking, gender World Central Kitchen. When crises occur, Maxar supports humanitarian inequality, diseases prevention Purpose, our North Star, into action: by supporting people, practices like reducing hazardous organizations and communities by providing critical waste at our Space Infrastructure and eradication, and disaster In local communities, Maxar organizations and initiatives that address issues local and actionable information to assist response manufacturing facilities. In response and recovery. We employees select nonprofits like and global. efforts. Satellite imagery and information layers are addition, we support recycling, build satellites for customers the Make-a-Wish Foundation released into the public domain under a Creative energy-efficient lighting, that provide broadband access to support with volunteer work, Commons 4.0 license, allowing for rapid use and easy carpooling and bike to work days for underserved populations. financial contributions and integration with on-the-ground response teams. to minimize negative impacts of We apply machine learning fundraising to give back. We our environmental footprint. and artificial intelligence to our support the passions of our News Bureau imagery to create dynamic, employees who best understand The Maxar News Bureau is a partnership program continent-wide maps used the unique needs of the areas with trusted media organizations around the world. for safe navigation, mission where we live and work. We provide satellite imagery as visual evidence of planning and insights about our At Maxar, we believe it’s ground truth to promote global transparency and changing planet. Science, Technology, Engineering our responsibility to make expose injustice. Access to high-resolution satellite and Math (STEM) education: imagery has enabled journalists to definitively Maxar team members bring their a positive impact on the world and accurately report from areas that are too experiences and excitement for remote, dangerous or inaccessible to reach in any space and Earth Intelligence in which we live and to do our other way. into K-12 schools, universities, museums and clubs to inspire part to ensure a sustainable students to pursue careers in our industry. We understand it’s our future for our planet and responsibility to cultivate and maxar.com/impactreport engage the next generation of its inhabitants.