Sprint to Be Recognized as “GHG Reduction
Goal Setter” During Oct. 6-Oct. 8 EPA Climate
Leaders Conference
Sprint (NYSE:
S) is announcing an ambitious goal to reduce its total
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 15 percent by 2017, along with a set of
environmental priorities, as part of its expanded environmental program.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will recognize Sprint as a “GHG
Reduction Goal Setter” during the 2008 Climate
Leaders Conference Oct. 6-Oct. 8 in Chicago.
Climate Leaders is an EPA industry-government partnership that works
with companies to develop comprehensive climate change strategies.
Partner companies commit to reducing their impact on the global
environment by completing a corporate-wide inventory of their greenhouse
gas emissions based on a quality management system, setting aggressive
reduction goals, and annually reporting their progress to the EPA.
Through program participation, companies create a credible record of
their accomplishments and receive EPA recognition as corporate
environmental leaders. Sprint became the first and only wireless telecom
company in this partnership when it joined the EPA Climate Leaders
Program in 2007.
“Sprint has a strong commitment to the
environment, and we are therefore proud to participate in the EPA
Climate Leaders Program,” said Dan Hesse,
Sprint CEO. “Our goal to decrease Sprint’s
total greenhouse gas emissions 15 percent by 2017, along with the other
targets that we are announcing as part of our robust environmental
program, reflect that commitment. These targets help demonstrate Sprint’s
environmental leadership by clearly articulating what Sprint is doing to
help meet today’s environmental challenges.”
Sprint’s efforts to further reduce its GHG
emissions will be two-fold: Reducing overall energy demand, and
increasing the use of renewable energy by having at least 10 percent of
the company’s energy come from renewable
sources by 2017. Efforts are already underway to achieve these goals: In
addition to using and experimenting with renewable energy in its
networks, approximately 75 percent of the power for Sprint’s
200-acre Overland Park, Kan., campus is sourced from a Spearville, Kan.,
wind farm.
Sprint’s environmental program
Sprint’s GHG reduction target is just one
element of its ongoing environmental program.
