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Environment & climate change
As one of the UK’s largest companies, what we do inevitably has an impact on the environment. Recognising this, in 1990 the BT Board made a commitment to optimise environmental management across the company. We launched our environmental management system in 1991, started reporting on our progress in 1992 and gained ISO14001 - the environmental management standard - accreditation in 1999.
We started measuring our carbon footprint in the UK in 1996 and have already reduced it by 58%. Our challenge now is to achieve an 80% reduction in CO2 intensity world-wide by 2020.
Our carbon busting plan commits us to:
- Reduce our own carbon footprint
- Influence our suppliers to produce products that emit fewer emissions
- Influence our customers by providing lower carbon solutions
- Engage our employees to reduce their personal carbon emissions
You can read more about our environment and climate change programme on our Better World site.
