While it’s true that we must reduce the amount of greenhouse gases emitted to our atmosphere if we want to maintain a livable climate, environmental sustainability covers all human activity that protects our planet’s ecosystems and resources.
We need a sustainable climate, but we also need healthy oceans, streams and land in order to ensure future generations can thrive.
Read about environmental sustainability from the Environmental Protection Agency.
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Although “net-zero” and “carbon neutral” have similar meanings, they’re not quite interchangeable.
Carbon neutrality is often achieved when a company offsets the same amount of carbon that it emits, while net-zero means reducing all greenhouse gas emissions as much as possible (only offsetting the essential emissions that remain as a last resort).
Also, achieving net-zero includes ALL emissions - including those that the company does not directly emit. For T-Mobile, some examples include the energy customers use with their phones, gas used in the trucks to ship materials, and the travel of our employees.
Read more about T-Mobile’s net-zero commitment here.
Purchasing renewable electricity addresses one portion of a company’s emissions — Scope 2 emissions, to be precise — but doesn’t eliminate a company’s entire carbon footprint.
Scope 3 emissions generally make up the largest part of a company's carbon emissions. At T-Mobile, that includes things like device recycling, vendor operations and much more. Fun fact: T-Mobile is the only U.S. telco to include Scope 3 emissions in its net-zero goal!
Find out the difference between emission scopes and T-Mobile road to net-zero here.
The Earth is already about 1.1°C warmer than it was in the late 1800s, and emissions continue to rise. To keep global warming to no more than 1.5°C - as called for by the Paris Agreement - emissions need to be reduced by 45% by 2030 and reach net-zero by 2050.
That’s why T-Mobile signed The Climate Pledge, a coalition of companies committed to reaching net-zero ten years ahead of this deadline.
Read about The Climate Pledge here.
Yes, recycling truly recyclable products and composting organic debris can help prevent waste from building up in landfills — but just because something can be recycled doesn’t mean that always happens.
Instead of relying on products that say "recyclable"on the label, check whether your local waste management service takes those items and how to recycle them properly. To have an even greater impact, look for ways to reuse or repair items or proactively reduce potential waste by making simple swaps like switching to tote bags for groceries.
Did you know T-Mobile offers device recycling options? Más información aquí.
A huge focus of T-Mobile's sustainability commitments is on customers. We offer a variety of device takeback and trade-in programs which directly help our customers avoid creating waste. We're also the only U.S. telecom powered by 100% renewable electricity, which means our customers' phone calls and texts are transferred by our network with almost no emissions!
T-Mobile matches its own annual electrical usage with renewable energy from a portfolio of sources including: virtual power purchase agreements, a green direct program, renewable retail agreements and unbundled REC purchases. For details see T-Mobile.com.
Have a recommendation on how we can further help our customers reduce their environmental footprint? Read more about our industry-leading renewable energy commitment here.
5G networks are a critical component for enabling technology that will help address global climate action, and are projected to make a 20% contribution toward the U.S. carbon reduction goals by just 2025.
Find out how 5G can help us accelerate climate action.