Digital impact and sustainability
We’ve been on a climate action journey for over 25 years, since setting our first carbon reduction target in 1992. Since 2016/17, we’ve reduced the carbon emissions intensity of our operations by 57% and have reduced carbon emissions by 19% in our supply chain over the same timeframe. We’ve pledged to be a net zero and circular business by 2030, and 2040 for our supply chain and customers. We hold a platinum EcoVadis rating, reflecting our core purpose: we connect for good.
We will only succeed if we help solve some of the problems faced by the societies and customers we serve, through the creation of products and services directly addressing them in a responsible, inclusive and sustainable way.”
The connections we make are helping solve the world’s biggest challenges, such as cybersecurity, the global pandemic and climate change.
Read how we’re leading the way to a bright, sustainable future, and ensuring our technology assists our customers with their net zero targets, in our BT Manifesto here.
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Our sustainability awards and ratings
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Carbon Disclosure Project
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Rating | A rating on Climate (6th year running) Companies scores - CDP |
Dec 2021 |
| Responsible Business Alliance Innovation Award 2021 | Award | BT's Green Tech Innovation Platform won the Responsible Business Alliance Innovation Award at COP 26 in Glasgow. (More on GTIP here: https://business.bt.com/insights/events/towards-net-zero/ | Nov 2021 |
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Nov 2021 | 78.7%, 3rd in UK FTSE100 leaderboard 7th in international leaderboard |
Nov 2021 |
| BT - Stand Out Skills campaign Reuters Events: Responsible Business Awards 2021 |
Award | BT's STAND OUT SKILLS campaign declared winner of the Purpose Driven Communications Award at the Reuters 2021 Responsible Business Awards | Oct 2021 |
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Ranking | BT Group ranked 1st in the Tortoise Media Climate100 Index in the UK FTSE100 based on a number of environmental indicators, recognising BT's efforts in carbon emissions reduction, high percentages in renewable energy/electricity, and waste reuse/recycling, plus our CDP climate 'A' rating. This climate ranking is subset of the Responsibility100 Index - Tortoise (tortoisemedia.com), where BT have been ranked 7th in the UK (best Telco) - based on a number of indicators that align to the UN Sustainable Development Goals |
Oct 2021 |
| Communicate magazine: The winners - Corporate & Financial - Awards | Award | BT (with Emperor) won best online annual report in the FTSE100 | Sep 2021 |
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Rating | Top quartile: Low Risk score of 17.0 on ESG |
Jul 2021 |
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Rating | Platinum rating - in top 1% of 6,000 companies assessed worldwide on environmental credentials | Jul 2021 |
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Rating | Confirmed in Global 100 (# 35th), most sustainable Telco globally | Jan 20201 |
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Rating | BT Group remains a constituent of the FTSE4Good Index Series | Jul 2020 |
Meet the experts
Want to know more? Connect with our team of digital transformation specialists.
Sarwar Khan
Sarwar is responsible for integrating sustainability into the way we design, build, sell, market, and measure the performance of digital products and propositions.
Andy Rowland
With over 35 years of experience in IT, Andy is an award-winning business technologist holding a special interest in the evolution of new technologies in the interconnected world.
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