CARING FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS

As Canada's largest communications company we know our corporate 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 consumption and air emissions to acting on waste.

QUICK FACTS

• Bell became the first telecom company in Canada to obtain ISO 14001 certification for its environmental management system
• Bell conferencing solutions enabled employees and customers to hold 3.3 million teleconferences in 2008, up 13% year over year, eliminating greenhouse gas emissions equal to taking more than 180,000 mid-sized cars off the road for a year
• Bell diverted 6,160 metric tons – or 616 truckloads – of residual materials from network operations from landfill
• Through e-billing, more than one million customers saved 14,500 trees and enough energy to heat thousands of homes
• Opened three new employee campuses designed to meet rigorous Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification standards for environmental responsibility, healthy living and energy efficiency
• 625,000 mobile phones and more than 90 metric tons of batteries and accessories diverted from landfill under the Bell Blue Box program since 2003, including almost 78,000 phones in 2008. For every mobile phone or PDA collected, $1 goes to WWF-Canada to support climate change and conservation work