Sprint has set the following targets for as part of its corporate social responsibility code:
- 1. Reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2017.
- 2. Secure 10 percent of Sprint’s energy from renewable sources by 2017.
- 3. Recycle 50 percent of our operational waste from commercial facilities by 2017.
- 4. Send for reuse or recycle 95 percent of Network and IT e-waste by 2017.
- 5. Ensure that 90 percent of Sprint suppliers comply with our environmental standards by 2017.
- 6. Achieve a 90 percent device collection rate (measured as the number of total devices collected divided by the number of devices sold), by 2017.
- 7. Train 100 percent of Sprint employees on customer privacy and ethics each year, including specialized training for customer-facing roles.
- 8. Develop and support programs that encourage employees to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions, and establish an approach to measure the company’s impact, by second-quarter 2009.
- 9. Establish a meaningful way to measure customers’ perception of Sprint’s sales and marketing ethics by the end of 2008.
- 10. Develop an employee environmental training program by the end of second-quarter 2009.
http://www.sprint.com/responsibility/sustainability.html