180 suppliers, representing 47% cut our energy use every year design checklist helps us – ––We’ve ––Our of our spend, completed the since 2008. This year we invested a consider environmental criteria in CDP supply chain questionnaire. further £13.1m into energy the design and specification of Of these, 73% have set targets to management projects. This has helped new products and packaging. cut emissions and 66% are us cut consumption (exclusive of EE) by work with the suppliers who ––We engaging with their own suppliers 63 GWh, a 2.7% reduction since last make our products to look for on climate change. year. ways to reduce their energy use Suppliers participating in our – we sourced 82% of our and other environmental impacts. ––Worldwide, Better Future Supplier Forum electricity from renewable sources this also refurbish and re-use have saved nearly a million ––We year. And we’re working to achieve products such as mobile phones, tonnes of carbon since 2012. 100% across our operations. tablets, home hubs and set-top We included our climate change – replaced a further 460 boxes that customers return to us. procurement standard in 91% of ––We’ve emissions refrigerant systems with adiabatic applicable new contracts this units that cool our network equipment year. these using water instead of greenhouse Our efforts to manage climate – gases. risks across our supply chain were reducing recognised as one of 29 targeting the fuel efficiency of ––We’re companies (out of over 3,300 our fleet, using electric and hybrid we’re assessed) included in CDP’s first technologies, and through our annual How supplier engagement Green Driver competition to raise leaderboard. employee awareness of fuel-efficient driving. promote the use of video ––We and online meetings to cut emissions from business travel. And our liftshare service makes it easy for UK employees to cut emissions from commuting, by car sharing.
How we’re reducing these emissions – 180 suppliers, representing 47% of our spend, completed the CDP supply chain questionnaire. Of these, 73% have set targets to cut emissions and 66% are engaging with their own suppliers on climate change. – Suppliers participating in our Better Future Supplier Forum have saved nearly a million tonnes of carbon since 2012. – We included our climate change procurement standard in 91% of applicable new contracts this year. – Our efforts to manage climate risks across our supply chain were recognised as one of 29 companies (out of over 3,300 assessed) included in CDP’s first supplier engagement leaderboard. ––We’ve cut our energy use every year since 2008. This year we invested a further £13.1m into energy management projects. This has helped us cut consumption (exclusive of EE) by 63 GWh, a 2.7% reduction since last year. ––Worldwide, we sourced 82% of our electricity from renewable sources this year. And we’re working to achieve 100% across our operations. ––We’ve replaced a further 460 refrigerant systems with adiabatic units that cool our network equipment using water instead of greenhouse gases. ––We’re targeting the fuel efficiency of our fleet, using electric and hybrid technologies, and through our annual Green Driver competition to raise employee awareness of fuel-efficient driving. ––We promote the use of video and online meetings to cut emissions from business travel. And our liftshare service makes it easy for UK employees to cut emissions from commuting, by car sharing. ––Our design checklist helps us consider environmental criteria in the design and specification of new products and packaging. ––We work with the suppliers who make our products to look for ways to reduce their energy use and other environmental impacts. ––We also refurbish and re-use products such as mobile phones, tablets, home hubs and set-top boxes that customers return to us.
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