TELUS helps millions of Canadians during the global pandemic
December 01 2020 - 8:00AM
In celebration of Giving Tuesday, TELUS thanks its team members
worldwide for their incredible dedication to helping progress
TELUS’ global leadership in social capitalism during a year of
uncertainty and unique challenges. As a result of the TELUS team’s
unwavering resilience and commitment to making a meaningful impact
in our communities, TELUS is proud to announce that it has been
recognized by the Wall Street Journal as the only
telecommunications company in world named to its Top 100 Most
Sustainably Managed Companies, ranking 29th overall and 15th in
Social Capital. This worldwide recognition reinforces TELUS’ global
leadership in corporate citizenship and philanthropy,
environmental, and business innovation.
“Our TELUS team continues to demonstrate that when things are at
their worst, the TELUS team is at its best. When Canadians needed
support the most, we responded with passion and purpose to protect
and support our communities and our customers. Indeed, our TELUS
team is guided by our longstanding belief that doing well in
business and doing good in our communities are mutually inclusive.”
said Darren Entwistle, President and CEO, TELUS. “Our team is
extremely proud to be the only telecommunications company in the
world and one of just three Canadian companies named to the Wall
Street Journal’s global Most Sustainably Managed Companies list.
This acknowledgement of our leadership in social capitalism further
exemplifies our collective commitment to improving the social,
economic, environmental and health outcomes of our fellow citizens
and building stronger, healthier and more sustainable communities,
globally.”
TELUS’ global leadership in social capitalism is the direct
result of it’s long-standing commitment to leveraging its
technology to create remarkable human outcomes. Since 2000, the
TELUS team has contributed $1.3 billion in value, time, and
financial support to Canadian charities and grassroots
organizations including $736 million and 1.4 million days of
volunteerism. Each year, TELUS team members and retirees volunteer
one million hours in their local communities and support over 4,000
charities. In addition, over the last decade, the company has
reduced greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 31 per cent and energy
consumption by more than 15 per cent, and has committed to reducing
Greenhouse Gas emissions to operational net carbon neutrality by
2030 as part of its world-leading sustainability practices.
Together, these efforts and more have contributed to TELUS’
numerous accolades in social capitalism including the Dow Jones
Sustainability World Index and Forbes’ World’s Best Employers 2020
ranking.
Earlier this year, as Canadians began to feel the impact of the
global pandemic, TELUS sprang into action launching a number of
initiatives to support Canadians across the country, dedicating
more than $150 million to support COVID-19 related initiatives
including:
- Partnering with school boards to offer high speed Internet at
home for only $9.95 per month to families and K-12 students in
need;
- Keeping Canada’s most vulnerable citizens connected, including
seniors in long-term care homes by donating more than 14,000 free
mobile devices and rate plans, valued at more than $9 million, to
hundreds of organizations across the country;
- Extending the TELUS Mobility for Good program nationwide to
support young people transitioning from foster care stay connected
with access to a free smartphone and fully subsidized plan from
TELUS for two years;
- Further expanding the TELUS Internet for Good program to the
more than 179,000 British Columbians and Albertans living with
disabilities, giving them access to $9.95 per month Internet to
stay safely connected at home;
- Offering adult and youth sized reusable critter masks featuring
TELUS’ loveable critters and nature themes on telus.com and in
select stores across Canada, exceeding our goal of raising $500,000
for the TELUS Friendly Future Foundation, supporting COVID-19
relief efforts across Canada;
- Volunteering nearly 1.2 million hours of service, virtually and
safely, to help build stronger, healthier communities by sewing
masks and other personal protection items for frontline workers,
delivering food and supplies to local food banks and families
in-need, donating blood, and conducting phone check-ins for
isolated seniors; and
- Donating 13,000 backpacks filled
with school supplies to Canadian students as part of our Kits for
Kids program at the start of the school year in September.
In addition to its community and philanthropic investments,
TELUS further cemented its leadership in social capitalism with the
recent launch of the TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good, a $100 million
social impact investment fund created to power the biggest,
boldest, bravest ideas in new responsible and sustainable startup
businesses. The TELUS Pollinator Fund for Good will be one of the
largest corporate impact funds in the world, fueling greater social
innovation in Canada through investments in companies that generate
both financial and social returns benefiting our society.
Furthermore, TELUS announced the launch of TELUS Agriculture, a
new business unit dedicated to providing innovative solutions to
support the agriculture industry with connected technology. The
launch of TELUS Agriculture reflects TELUS’ unwavering commitment
to its social purpose to leverage its world-leading technology to
protect and improve the global food system.
To learn more about TELUS’ social purpose, visit
telus.com/givesback, and to learn more about TELUS’ commitment to
sustainability, visit telus.com/sustainability.
About TELUSTELUS (TSX: T, NYSE: TU) is a
dynamic, world-leading communications and information technology
company with $15.3 billion in annual revenue and 15.7 million
customer connections spanning wireless, data, IP, voice,
television, entertainment, video and security. We leverage our
global-leading technology to enable remarkable human outcomes. Our
longstanding commitment to putting our customers first fuels every
aspect of our business, making us a distinct leader in customer
service excellence and loyalty. TELUS Health is Canada's largest
healthcare IT provider, and TELUS International delivers the most
innovative business process solutions to some of the world’s most
established brands.
Driven by our passionate social
purpose to connect all Canadians for good, our deeply meaningful
and enduring philosophy to give where we live has inspired our team
members and retirees to contribute more than $700 million and 1.3
million days of service since 2000. This unprecedented generosity
and unparalleled volunteerism have made TELUS the most giving
company in the world.
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