Workplace

Our principles

Upholding the highest standards – the best place to work!

We govern our business the way you would expect a successful company to be run: with strong principles of ethical business conduct from the top down and an unshakeable set of codes, policies and systems to guide our activities. In many instances, our governance practices exceed requirements.

Dynamic and satisfying workplaces

Working for Bell means joining a dynamic company focused on achieving one goal: To be recognized by customers as Canada’s leading communications company. We’re cultivating a high-performance culture where team members are passionate about what they do, are creative, highly motivated and drive outstanding results. Bell team members constantly strive to deliver business initiatives that result in strategic, competitive advantages. After all, a vibrant and successful workplace is the basis for a strong and successful company and its ongoing success depends on its team.

10/10 score, for the 9th consecutive year, from rating agency GovernanceMetrics International in its global corporate governance study. BCE is one of only 43 companies (top 1%) to achieve this score.

$17 million invested in training and development of Bell team members

Northwestel was honoured as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2011 and 2012, recognizing the excellence of its workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs. Northwestel was singled out for its efforts to recruit and retain aboriginal employees across its operating territ

Quick Facts

Quick Facts:

• At the end of 2011, our 4G HSPA+ network covered 97.5% of the Canadian population, a 1.5 percentage point increase over 2010.

• We launched the LTE (Long Term Evolution) 4G wireless network in main Canadian markets

• 22.6% of all bills produced by Bell in 2011were electronic, saving approximately 33,000 trees and avoided the emission of about 4,100 tonnes of greenhouse gases

• Through virtualization, we decommissioned 664 of our servers, thus reducing capital requirements and saving approximately 2.8 million kWh per year – enough energy to heat 280 households for a year. That also amounted to a reduction of 159 tonnes of greenhouse gases.

• Since 2009 Bell requires that all new contracts include a standard clause indicating that the supplier conforms to Bell’s Supplier Code of Conduct

• Bell introduced a set of eco-criteria for all new mobile phones and components provided to Bell. This covers issues such as the use of toxic substances, recyclability of materials, identification of plastics, energy efficiency, carbon footprint, and conflict minerals.

10/10 score, for the 9th consecutive year, from rating agency GovernanceMetrics International in its global corporate governance study. BCE is one of only 43 companies (top 1%) to achieve this score.
$17 million invested in training and development of Bell team members
Northwestel was honoured as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers in 2011 and 2012, recognizing the excellence of its workplace diversity and inclusiveness programs. Northwestel was singled out for its efforts to recruit and retain aboriginal employees across its operating territory