MONROE, La., April 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Coinciding
with Earth Day April 22, CenturyLink,
Inc. (NYSE: CTL) is releasing its Corporate Social Responsibility
(CSR) report, which describes the ways in which CenturyLink is
making a positive difference in the world and in the communities
the company serves. The CSR report also highlights the company's
continued success managing its impact on the environment, including
progress toward its long-term targets for greenhouse gas emissions
reduction.
- 2017 Corporate Social Responsibility brochure:
http://www.centurylink.com/asset/aboutus/downloads/community/Corporate-Social-Responsibility-Report.pdf
CenturyLink was in the top 100 in Barron's first-ever ranking of
the most sustainable companies in the U.S. The ranking's
methodology looked at the 1,000 largest publicly held companies by
market value, with headquarters in the U.S., as of Dec. 31, 2017. The rankings focused on 300
performance indicators for each company.
"CenturyLink's goal is to help ensure the long-term health of
the environment, joining with consumers and businesses who are
focusing on the sustainable use of resources," said Mike Beekman, CenturyLink's director of global
environment, health, and safety. "Through our involvement in
efforts ranging from energy efficiency and the use of renewables to
minimizing waste through reduction, re-use, and recycling, we
further our commitment to improve lives by being a good citizen and
neighbor in the communities where we work and live."
CenturyLink's environmental initiatives include:
- North America: Switch
consolidations, which began in 2015 and continued in 2017, resulted
in reduced annual kilowatt hour usage by 21.8 million and an
EPA-estimated reduction of 12,066 metric tons of CO2 emissions.
- Latin America: Air
conditioning system updates started in 2016 and continued in 2017,
which provided a 537,697 kWh decrease in energy consumption.
- Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA): CenturyLink purchased
192,793 MWhs of renewable zero carbon electricity in 2016. All
electrical power supply contracts in 2017 were for zero carbon
renewable energy.
More information about CenturyLink's sustainability campaigns
can be found in the newly published 2017 Corporate Social
Responsibility brochure which also covers the CenturyLink Clarke M.
Williams Foundation's Teachers and Technology grants program, the
Backpack Buddies Food Drive campaign and CenturyLink's diversity
and inclusion programs.
About CenturyLink
CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is the
second largest U.S. communications provider to global enterprise
customers. With customers in more than 60 countries and an intense
focus on the customer experience, CenturyLink strives to be the
world's best networking company by solving customers' increased
demand for reliable and secure connections. The company also serves
as its customers' trusted partner, helping them manage increased
network and IT complexity and providing managed network and cyber
security solutions that help protect their business.
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