CARING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

As Canada's largest communications company we know our environmental footprint will never disappear altogether. However, we work hard to make that footprint as small as possible. We strive to continually improve our performance, from the management of our energy consumption and air emissions to reducing waste.

QUICK FACTS

• Bell is the first and only telecom company in Canada to be ISO 14001 certified for its environmental management system.
• Bell has reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by 22% since 2003, on track to reach our challenging objective: to reduce our GHG emissions by 152 kilotonnes (50% less than 2003) by the end of 2020.
• Bell collected 7,568 tonnes of material from network operations in 2010. From this amount, 6,799 tonnes (89,8%) were recycled or used as a fossil fuel substitute. This is a 2.8 percentage point increase over 2009.
• Bell recovered 127,500 mobile phones in 2010 for a total of more than 879,000 recovered since 2003. From the collection of used mobile devices, Bell has donated more than $200 000 over the last four years to WWF-Canada to support climate change and conservation work.