TELUS contributes $85 million, representing 5% of profits, to charities in Canada
February 23 2021 - 9:00AM
As part of TELUS’ passion to make the future friendlier for all
Canadians and citizens across the globe, TELUS is proud to announce
that it gave five per cent of its pre-tax profits -- more than any
other Canadian organization -- in support of charities, community
organizations and programs in Canada and around the world in 2020.
Last year alone, the TELUS team gave $85 million to drive
meaningful, positive change for our most vulnerable citizens during
a year of unprecedented uncertainty and hardship.
“For more than two decades, our TELUS team has demonstrated an
unsurpassed commitment to creating a friendly future for people
around the world, and driving positive social change in the global
communities where we operate,” said Darren Entwistle, President and
CEO, TELUS. “When our support was needed the most, we responded
with passion and purpose to protect and support our communities and
our customers. Indeed, our TELUS team is guided by our longstanding
belief that doing well in business and doing good in our
communities are mutually inclusive. Now more than ever, I am
inspired by our team’s extraordinary efforts to enable remarkable
human and social outcomes on a global basis. Last year alone, our
TELUS team volunteered 1.25 million hours and contributed $85
million, representing five per cent of pre-tax profits to
charitable and community organizations worldwide. It is this
unparalleled dedication to making the world a better place,
exemplified by our incredible team, that reinforces TELUS’ global
leadership in social capitalism.”
A global leader in social capitalism with enduring roots
in global communities
TELUS’ global leadership in social capitalism is the direct
result of it’s long-standing commitment to leveraging its
technology and compassion to create remarkable human outcomes.
Since 2000, the TELUS team has contributed $1.3 billion in value,
time, and financial support to charities and grassroots community
organizations in Canada and in global communities where we operate,
including 1.6 million days of volunteerism. Each year, TELUS team
members and retirees worldwide volunteer more than one million
hours in their local communities and support more than 4,000
charities and community organizations. Together, these efforts and
more have contributed to TELUS’ numerous accolades in social
capitalism. Last year alone TELUS was recognized by leading
organizations including the Wall Street Journal’s Top 100 Most
Sustainably Managed Companies, Dow Jones Sustainability World Index
and Forbes’ World’s Best Employers 2020 ranking.
Helping Canadians through the COVID-19
pandemic
Last year, as the global pandemic gripped the world, TELUS
sprang into action to support Canadians across the country. TELUS
CEO Darren Entwistle set the tone by donating his salary for April,
May, and June of last year, totaling approximately $400,000 to
Canadian healthcare workers on the front lines of the COVID-19
pandemic and critical research to combat the impact of the virus.
The Entwistle Family Foundation, established in 2018 by Darren, his
wife Fiona, and their two adult children, matched this donation.
The organizations that received funding included the London Health
Sciences Foundation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, McGill
University Health Centre Foundation, and Covenant Health Alberta.
Darren was only one of a handful of CEOs globally who donated their
salaries.
In addition to giving $85 million to charitable partners in
2020, TELUS collectively contributed more than $150 million to
support COVID-19 related initiatives including:
- Partnering with school boards to offer high speed Internet at
home for only $9.95 per month to families and K-12 students in
need;
- Keeping Canada’s most vulnerable citizens connected, including
seniors in long-term care homes by donating more than 14,000 free
mobile devices and rate plans, valued at more than $14 million, to
hundreds of organizations across the country;
- Launching the TELUS Mobility for Good program for Seniors,
providing Canadian seniors receiving the Guaranteed Income
Supplement (GIS) with a free smartphone and subsidized mobility
rate plan to ensure they can stay connected to loved ones, reduce
feelings of isolation, manage their mental wellbeing, and access
important healthcare and government resources and information.
- Further expanding the TELUS Internet for Good program to more
than 200,000 British Columbians, Albertans and Quebecers living
with disabilities, giving them access to $10 per month high speed
Internet to stay safely connected at home;
- Offering adult and youth sized reusable critter masks featuring
TELUS’ loveable critters and nature themes on telus.com and in
select stores across Canada, exceeding our goal of raising $535,000
for the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, supporting COVID-19
relief efforts across Canada;
- Volunteering 1.25 million hours of service, virtually and
safely, to help build stronger, healthier communities by sewing
masks and other personal protection items for frontline workers,
delivering food and supplies to local food banks and families
in-need, donating blood, and conducting phone check-ins for
isolated seniors; and
- Donating 13,000 backpacks filled
with school supplies to Canadian students as part of our Kits for
Kids program at the start of the school year in September.
To learn more about TELUS’ commitment to giving back and global
leadership in social capitalism, visit telus.com/socialimpact.
About TELUSTELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a
dynamic, world-leading communications technology company with $16
billion in annual revenue and 16 million customer connections
spanning wireless, data, IP, voice, television, entertainment,
video, and security. We leverage our global-leading technology and
compassion to enable remarkable human outcomes. Our longstanding
commitment to putting our customers first fuels every aspect of our
business, making us a distinct leader in customer service
excellence and loyalty. In 2020, TELUS was recognized as having the
fastest wireless network in the world, reinforcing our commitment
to provide Canadians with access to superior technology that
connects us to the people, resources and information that make our
lives better. TELUS Health is Canada’s leader in digital health
technology, improving access to health and wellness services and
revolutionizing the flow of health information across the continuum
of care. TELUS Agriculture provides innovative digital solutions
throughout the agriculture value chain, supporting better food
outcomes from improved agri-business data insights and processes.
TELUS International (TSX and NYSE: TIXT) is a leading digital
customer experience innovator that delivers next-generation AI and
content management solutions for global brands across the
technology and games, ecommerce and FinTech, communications and
media, healthcare, travel and hospitality sectors. TELUS and TELUS
International operate in 25+ countries around the world.
Driven by our passionate social purpose to connect all citizens
for good, our deeply meaningful and enduring philosophy to give
where we live has inspired TELUS, our team members and retirees to
contribute more than $820 million and 1.6 million days of service
since 2000. This unprecedented generosity and unparalleled
volunteerism have made TELUS the most giving company in the world.
Together, let’s make the future friendly.
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