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What's BT doing?

Climate change

We live and work in a changing world and climate change is a big global issue which affects us all. Both individuals and businesses can make a real difference.

BT has made the following commitments:

  • Achieve an 80% reduction in our CO2 intensity worldwide by 2020
  • Help our customers to thrive by using efficient communications services
  • Influence our suppliers to produce lower carbon-emitting products
  • Engage our people and motivate them to take action at work and at home

You can find out more about what we are doing to reduce our footprint by using the navigation on the left of the page or the links below.

Reducing our footprint

Our customers

Our suppliers

Our people

Enviroment

We recognise that our day to day operations impact on the environment in a number of ways. We are committed to minimising the potentially harmful effects of such activity wherever and whenever possible.

Sustainability

The future is about creating even greater value for both the company and society. It’s about building on our strengths by generating opportunities, developing innovative new products and services and making our business more sustainable. Sustainability is part of the heart of BT.

You may be interested in reading our 2008 sustainability report.

Our achievements

Our long-standing commitment to the environment has led to a number of awards. You can also see a historical timeline of our key achievements on this site.

If you have any feedback or questions about what we are doing, please e-mail climatechange@bt.com

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11 Nov 2008 Orchestral manoeuvres in the light of Telepresence
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23 Oct 2008 BT helps to beat credit crunch with calls to mobiles up to 50 per cent cheaper than mobile rates
BT today slashed the cost of calling mobiles from a landline to help its customers who are paying up to 50 per cent over the odds by using their pay-as-you-go mobile to make calls from home.
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20 Oct 2008 BT Business offers free mobile broadband
BT Business today launches the first broadband packages to offer small businesses mobile broadband as part of an all-inclusive option that enables them to connect on the move for free.
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17 Oct 2008 Small business offered a financial boost
To celebrate Small Business Week 2008, BT Business is looking to help one budding entrepreneur take their business to the next level with a £10,000 business grant.
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16 Oct 2008 BT helps small businesses cut energy consumption
BT Business today launches a free online tool to help small businesses reduce their energy consumption and carbon footprint - the BT Business Environmental Self-assessment Tool (BT BEST).   
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15 Oct 2008 Credit crunch spurs spare room start ups
The current economic climate is acting as a spur for thousands of people to become their own boss and to start up and run their own business from home, according to a new report by Enterprise Nation
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13 Oct 2008 Small businesses battle rising costs and loss of customers
Small businesses are facing a “double whammy” of rising costs and losing customers as the economic crisis bites, according to new research from BT Business
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