Environment & climate change

In 1990 the BT Board made a commitment to optimise environmental management across the company. Since then, we have made real strides towards our goal of world class environmental management.

Climate change is higher than ever on the agenda for government and business. BT's response to this is a new plan which takes some ambitious steps to cut our emissions of carbon dioxide. Having already reduced our carbon footprint by 58% in the UK, we have now set a target to achieve an 80% reduction in our carbon intensity worldwide by 2020.

BT consumes 0.7% of the UK's entire electricity, so we think we can make an important difference. We have pledged to reduce the amount of carbon we emit as a business and help others to do the same. We are encouraging our suppliers, customers and employees to take action. We also believe that communications technology can be harnessed to help address climate change.

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.