- Ericsson Sustainability and Corporate
Responsibility Report 2015 details company's performance in
responsible business; energy, environment and climate change; and
communication for all
- Ericsson uses United Nations Sustainable
Development Goals as a framework for measuring impact in
society
- Ericsson's Technology for Good initiatives
positively impact 20 million people.
Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) has published its
23rd annual
Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report, which details
the company's performance in 2015 in three areas: responsible
business; energy, environment and climate change; and communication
for all.
The report also highlights how Information and
Communications Technology (ICT) can enable all 17 of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and even has the
potential to accelerate their achievement.
Hans Vestberg, President and CEO, Ericsson, says:
"The SDGs lay out a clear path to a more sustainable world, and ICT
is a powerful lever to make that happen. We intend to build on our
momentum from 2015 so everyone can benefit from the opportunities
afforded by the Networked Society."
Responsible business
highlights
Conducting business with integrity and
transparency is at the heart of Ericsson's commitment to
sustainability and corporate responsibility.
The report shows that 99 percent of active
Ericsson employees have acknowledged the company's Code of Business
Ethics. In 2015, the Ericsson Compliance Line - which enables
secure reporting of suspected violations - was reinforced to
support industry anti-corruption best practices.
Demonstrating its commitment to respecting human
rights, Ericsson reported according to the UN Guiding Principles
for Business and Human Rights framework for the second year in a
row, and continues to be the only ICT company to do so.
Energy, environment and climate
change highlights
According to Ericsson research, ICT solutions can
help reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by up to 15 percent by
2030, more than the current carbon footprint of the EU and US
combined.
In 2015, Ericsson met the target to offset twice
the amount of CO2 from its own carbon footprint with solutions such
as smart grids and intelligent transport.
For customers, hardware platforms like the
Ericsson Radio System, new software and rural coverage solutions
are all designed to help customers optimize energy performance.
In 2015, Ericsson exceeded its goal to reduce CO2e
emissions per employee by 30 percent - two years ahead of schedule.
This amounted to a 42 percent reduction compared with the 2011
baseline.
Communication for all
By the end of 2015, an estimated 20 million people
had been directly impacted by Ericsson's Technology for Good(TM)
initiatives.
Connect To Learn, a global education initiative by
the Earth Institute of Columbia University, Millennium Promise and
Ericsson, has now been launched in 22 countries, where it is
benefiting over 76,000 students. In 2015, Connect To Learn was
deployed in Myanmar, India, Tunisia and Sri Lanka.
Mobile financial services can be a game changer
for advancing financial and social inclusion. In 2015, Ericsson
supported ASBANC, Peru's National Bank Association, in an
initiative to provide next-generation mobile financial services to
2.1 million Peruvians - about 7 percent of the total population -
within five years.
The employee volunteer program Ericsson Response
marked its 15th anniversary
during the year. Ericsson Response has so far supported 40 relief
efforts in 30 countries, and was deployed in locations including
Iraq, Nepal, Sierra Leone, South Sudan and Vanuatu in 2015.
Elaine Weidman-Grunewald, Vice President,
Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility, Ericsson, says: "By
embedding sustainability and corporate responsibility into our
business, we have a strong platform for progress and positive
impacts. We will continue to work in public-private partnership and
advocate Technology for Good to drive change for the better."
NOTES TO EDITORS
Ericsson Sustainability and CR Report
2015
Ericsson Sustainability
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Ericsson is the driving force
behind the Networked Society - a world leader in communications
technology and services. Our long-term relationships with every
major telecom operator in the world allow people, business and
society to fulfill their potential and create a more sustainable
future.
Our services, software and
infrastructure - especially in mobility, broadband and the
cloud - are enabling the telecom industry and
other sectors to do better business, increase efficiency, improve
the user experience and capture new opportunities.
With approximately 115,000
professionals and customers in 180 countries, we combine global scale with technology and services
leadership. We support networks that connect more than 2.5 billion
subscribers. Forty percent of the world's mobile traffic is carried
over Ericsson networks. And our investments in research and
development ensure that our solutions - and our customers - stay in
front.
Founded in 1876, Ericsson has its
headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. Net sales in 2015 were SEK 246.9 billion (USD 29.4 billion). Ericsson is
listed on NASDAQ OMX stock exchange in Stockholm and the NASDAQ in
New York.
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