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Alcatel-Lucent Reports on its Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in 2009; Company Launched CSR Council and Stepped up Pace on Eco Sustainability Initiatives
PARIS, June 8, 2010--
- CEO Ben Verwaayen leads new CSR Council formed to increase dialogue
with external stakeholders as a step toward becoming best in class
- Acted on Bell Labs research showing networks could be thousands of
times more energy efficient, as one of the founding members of the
GreenTouch(TM) consortium
- Reinforced action plan and monitoring to drastically reduce
environmental impact of operations, meeting 2010 carbon emission
reduction goal in 2009
- Enhanced assessments of vendors to ensure eco-sustainable and CSR
practices
- Alcatel-Lucent Foundation programs supported some 21,000 students in 17
countries and encouraged volunteerism among employees
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) issued its 2009 Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) report
[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/inbrief/index.html],
which gives an update on the company's actions to operate as a responsible
and involved corporate citizen. The report provides details on a broad range
of activities including:
- Initiating the formation of the industry-wide GreenTouch(TM)[
http://www.greentouch.org/] consortium and launching the Alcatel-Lucent
Alternative Energy Lab [ http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut
/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3MfQFSYGYRq6m-pEoYgbxjgiRIH
1vfV-P_NxU_QD9gtzQiHJHR0UAAD_zXg!!/delta/base64xml/L0lJayEvUUd3QndJQSEv
NElVRkNBISEvNl9BX0U4QS9lbl93dw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&
LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001593.xml],
- Enhancing assessment of suppliers in its supply chain to
ensure eco-sustainable and ethical behavior throughout,
- Employee volunteer programs, and
- Creating a workplace that values diversity and provides
growth opportunities for the company's 78,000 employees around the
world.
(Due to the length of these URLs, it may be necessary to copy and paste
the hyperlinks into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the
space if one exists.)
In his introduction to the report, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben
Verwaayen stressed how central CSR is to the company's culture and way of
doing business. He stated that the company's ambition in regards to CSR is to
be, "best in class - nothing less, a leader in our industry across the broad
range of CSR issues. Our technology is an enabler so we feel a particular
obligation to be an engaged, active corporate citizen of the global
community."
In 2009, the company launched its CSR Council with
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen as its chairman, to promote dialogue with
external stakeholders and to get their input and guidance on the steps the
company needs to take to achieve its goal of becoming best in class in terms
of its CSR efforts and results. The Council comprises six of Alcatel-Lucent's
senior leaders and two outside experts: Claude Fussler, Special Advisor to
the United Nations Global Compact, and Eric Olson, Senior Vice President,
Advisory Services, Business for Social Responsibility. The Council sets the
company's CSR goals, tracks programs and advices management on issues and
opportunities. It also advises the company's management committee on emerging
CSR trends.
The industry-wide GreenTouchTM consortium was launched in
early 2010, with much of the work for the initiative taking place in 2009,
including the Bell Labs research that found communications networks could be
dramatically more energy efficient than they are today. This consortium,
which now has 16 members, is committed to making global communications
networks 1,000 times more energy efficient than they are today. While this
effort focuses on reducing the industry's own carbon footprint, the urgency
for this effort is made all the more significant given that communications
technology is an enabler for other industries that are also seeking to reduce
their carbon footprint. Consequently, there will be an even greater
dependence on networks going forward that will result in an even higher level
of energy consumption unless a dramatic redesign of these networks is
undertaken that emphasizes energy efficiency.
The company is mobilizing its entire workforce to reduce the
company's global carbon footprint and is working on several fronts to develop
more eco-sustainable networks and operations, and that effort is showing
results. Alcatel-Lucent reduced its facility-based CO2 emissions by nearly
112,000 tons from 2007 to 2009, thereby exceeding its goal of reducing annual
CO2 emissions by 10 percent from their 2007 level by the end of 2010, and
providing more momentum for its ultimate goal of reducing its carbon
footprint from all sources by 50 percent by 2020. It has a robust program to
take back, remanufacture and reuse network equipment, and in 2009 handled
some 636 metric tons of equipment through that program. In June, the company
launched the world's first alternative energy lab and pilot site dedicated to
telecommunications in Villarceaux, France. The company's Alternative Energy
program was honored with France's Digital Green Growth prize [
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONT
ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001886.xml] in 2009, and in March of
this year received the European Commission's Sustainable Energy Europe Award
2010 [
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONT
ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2010/News_Article_002009.xml], in the "Market
Transformation-Voluntary Commitments" category.
Some of the other areas covered in the report are:
- Engagement with key global stakeholders, including the World
Economic Forum, the United Nations Global Compact, the Global
e-Sustainability Initiative, the Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions and the International Telecommunications Union Focus
Group on ICT and Climate change.
- Infusing sustainability and ethical practices throughout the
company's supply chain. Alcatel-Lucent conducts on-site audits of
suppliers to review the full range of CSR practices, including how
employees are treated, safety practices, social and ethical policies
as well as environmental issues. Alcatel-Lucent also engaged EcoVadis,
a company that specializes in sustainable supply management solutions,
to implement a rating system to help us better assess suppliers in this
area and help them improve their practices. Nearly 80 percent of the
assessments were rated satisfactory.
- Supporting communities through the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation
[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/htm/en/ourFoundation.html], which
spearheads the company's charitable activities. Foundation grants
focus on education programs, especially for girls and women. In 2009,
some 21,000 students around the world received help through 35
Foundation-funded projects, and employees donated some 50,000 hours of
their time to 225 "International Days of Caring" projects, ranging from
park clean up days to comprehensive mentoring programs for students, in
more than 40 countries.
As it did last year, the company is publishing this report on
line, as one of the tactics it is employing to minimize its carbon emissions.
The report is available in three, digital, eco-friendly formats: 2009 CSR
Report In Brief version (in English only):
- http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/inbrief/index.html
- 2009 CSR Report Interactive version:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/index.htm
- 2009 CSR Report Full PDF version:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/Alcatel-Lucent
-CSR-Report-2009-En.pdf
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic
industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and
governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video
communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged
broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services,
Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of
Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications
industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced
global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local
partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2
billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located
in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent
blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.
Source: Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Peter Benedict, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, peter.benedict@alcatel-lucent.com ; Alix Cavallari, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-16-58, alix.cavallari@alcatel-lucent.com ; Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations: Frank Maccary, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-12-11, frank.maccary@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tom Bevilacqua, Tel: +1908-582-7998, bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tony Lucido, Tel: +1-908-582-5722, alucido@alcatel-lucent.com ; Don Sweeney, Tel: +1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com
Alcatel-Lucent Reports on its Corporate Social Responsibility Initiatives in 2009; Company Launched CSR Council and Stepped up Pace on Eco Sustainability Initiatives
PARIS, June 8, 2010--
- CEO Ben Verwaayen leads new CSR Council formed to increase dialogue
with external stakeholders as a step toward becoming best in class
- Acted on Bell Labs research showing networks could be thousands of
times more energy efficient, as one of the founding members of the
GreenTouch(TM) consortium
- Reinforced action plan and monitoring to drastically reduce
environmental impact of operations, meeting 2010 carbon emission
reduction goal in 2009
- Enhanced assessments of vendors to ensure eco-sustainable and CSR
practices
- Alcatel-Lucent Foundation programs supported some 21,000 students in 17
countries and encouraged volunteerism among employees
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) issued its 2009 Corporate
Social Responsibility (CSR) report
[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/inbrief/index.html],
which gives an update on the company's actions to operate as a responsible
and involved corporate citizen. The report provides details on a broad range
of activities including:
- Initiating the formation of the industry-wide GreenTouch(TM)[
http://www.greentouch.org/] consortium and launching the Alcatel-Lucent
Alternative Energy Lab [ http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut
/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM0Y_QjzKLd4w3MfQFSYGYRq6m-pEoYgbxjgiRIH
1vfV-P_NxU_QD9gtzQiHJHR0UAAD_zXg!!/delta/base64xml/L0lJayEvUUd3QndJQSEv
NElVRkNBISEvNl9BX0U4QS9lbl93dw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&
LMSG_CONTENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001593.xml],
- Enhancing assessment of suppliers in its supply chain to
ensure eco-sustainable and ethical behavior throughout,
- Employee volunteer programs, and
- Creating a workplace that values diversity and provides
growth opportunities for the company's 78,000 employees around the
world.
(Due to the length of these URLs, it may be necessary to copy and paste
the hyperlinks into your Internet browser's URL address field. Remove the
space if one exists.)
In his introduction to the report, Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben
Verwaayen stressed how central CSR is to the company's culture and way of
doing business. He stated that the company's ambition in regards to CSR is to
be, "best in class - nothing less, a leader in our industry across the broad
range of CSR issues. Our technology is an enabler so we feel a particular
obligation to be an engaged, active corporate citizen of the global
community."
In 2009, the company launched its CSR Council with
Alcatel-Lucent CEO Ben Verwaayen as its chairman, to promote dialogue with
external stakeholders and to get their input and guidance on the steps the
company needs to take to achieve its goal of becoming best in class in terms
of its CSR efforts and results. The Council comprises six of Alcatel-Lucent's
senior leaders and two outside experts: Claude Fussler, Special Advisor to
the United Nations Global Compact, and Eric Olson, Senior Vice President,
Advisory Services, Business for Social Responsibility. The Council sets the
company's CSR goals, tracks programs and advices management on issues and
opportunities. It also advises the company's management committee on emerging
CSR trends.
The industry-wide GreenTouchTM consortium was launched in
early 2010, with much of the work for the initiative taking place in 2009,
including the Bell Labs research that found communications networks could be
dramatically more energy efficient than they are today. This consortium,
which now has 16 members, is committed to making global communications
networks 1,000 times more energy efficient than they are today. While this
effort focuses on reducing the industry's own carbon footprint, the urgency
for this effort is made all the more significant given that communications
technology is an enabler for other industries that are also seeking to reduce
their carbon footprint. Consequently, there will be an even greater
dependence on networks going forward that will result in an even higher level
of energy consumption unless a dramatic redesign of these networks is
undertaken that emphasizes energy efficiency.
The company is mobilizing its entire workforce to reduce the
company's global carbon footprint and is working on several fronts to develop
more eco-sustainable networks and operations, and that effort is showing
results. Alcatel-Lucent reduced its facility-based CO2 emissions by nearly
112,000 tons from 2007 to 2009, thereby exceeding its goal of reducing annual
CO2 emissions by 10 percent from their 2007 level by the end of 2010, and
providing more momentum for its ultimate goal of reducing its carbon
footprint from all sources by 50 percent by 2020. It has a robust program to
take back, remanufacture and reuse network equipment, and in 2009 handled
some 636 metric tons of equipment through that program. In June, the company
launched the world's first alternative energy lab and pilot site dedicated to
telecommunications in Villarceaux, France. The company's Alternative Energy
program was honored with France's Digital Green Growth prize [
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONT
ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2009/News_Article_001886.xml] in 2009, and in March of
this year received the European Commission's Sustainable Energy Europe Award
2010 [
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/wps/portal/!ut/p/kcxml/04_Sj9SPykssy0xPLMnMz0vM
0Y_QjzKLd4x3tXDUL8h2VAQAURh_Yw!!?LMSG_CABINET=Docs_and_Resource_Ctr&LMSG_CONT
ENT_FILE=News_Releases_2010/News_Article_002009.xml], in the "Market
Transformation-Voluntary Commitments" category.
Some of the other areas covered in the report are:
- Engagement with key global stakeholders, including the World
Economic Forum, the United Nations Global Compact, the Global
e-Sustainability Initiative, the Alliance for Telecommunications
Industry Solutions and the International Telecommunications Union Focus
Group on ICT and Climate change.
- Infusing sustainability and ethical practices throughout the
company's supply chain. Alcatel-Lucent conducts on-site audits of
suppliers to review the full range of CSR practices, including how
employees are treated, safety practices, social and ethical policies
as well as environmental issues. Alcatel-Lucent also engaged EcoVadis,
a company that specializes in sustainable supply management solutions,
to implement a rating system to help us better assess suppliers in this
area and help them improve their practices. Nearly 80 percent of the
assessments were rated satisfactory.
- Supporting communities through the Alcatel-Lucent Foundation
[http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/htm/en/ourFoundation.html], which
spearheads the company's charitable activities. Foundation grants
focus on education programs, especially for girls and women. In 2009,
some 21,000 students around the world received help through 35
Foundation-funded projects, and employees donated some 50,000 hours of
their time to 225 "International Days of Caring" projects, ranging from
park clean up days to comprehensive mentoring programs for students, in
more than 40 countries.
As it did last year, the company is publishing this report on
line, as one of the tactics it is employing to minimize its carbon emissions.
The report is available in three, digital, eco-friendly formats: 2009 CSR
Report In Brief version (in English only):
- http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/inbrief/index.html
- 2009 CSR Report Interactive version:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/index.htm
- 2009 CSR Report Full PDF version:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/csr/csr-report/2009-en/Alcatel-Lucent
-CSR-Report-2009-En.pdf
About Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) is the trusted
transformation partner of service providers, enterprises, strategic
industries such as defense, energy, healthcare, transportation, and
governments worldwide, providing solutions to deliver voice, data and video
communication services to end-users. A leader in fixed, mobile and converged
broadband networking, IP and optics technologies, applications and services,
Alcatel-Lucent leverages the unrivalled technical and scientific expertise of
Bell Labs, one of the largest innovation powerhouses in the communications
industry. With operations in more than 130 countries and the most experienced
global services organization in the industry, Alcatel-Lucent is a local
partner with a global reach. Alcatel-Lucent achieved revenues of Euro 15.2
billion in 2009 and is incorporated in France, with executive offices located
in Paris. For more information, visit Alcatel-Lucent on the Internet:
http://www.alcatel-lucent.com, read the latest posts on the Alcatel-Lucent
blog http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/blog and follow us on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/Alcatel_Lucent.
Source: Alcatel-Lucent
Alcatel-Lucent Press Contacts: Peter Benedict, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-50-84, peter.benedict@alcatel-lucent.com ; Alix Cavallari, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-16-58, alix.cavallari@alcatel-lucent.com ; Alcatel-Lucent Investor Relations: Frank Maccary, Tel: +33(0)1-40-76-12-11, frank.maccary@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tom Bevilacqua, Tel: +1908-582-7998, bevilacqua@alcatel-lucent.com ; Tony Lucido, Tel: +1-908-582-5722, alucido@alcatel-lucent.com ; Don Sweeney, Tel: +1-908-582-6153, dsweeney@alcatel-lucent.com