Liberty Global Named to Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for 2015
September 21 2015 - 6:00AM
Business Wire
Liberty Global plc (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB,
LBTYK, LILA and LILAK) today announced its inclusion in the Dow
Jones Sustainability World and North America Indices.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices track the performance of
leading companies in terms of their economic, environmental,
governance and social performance. Each year, over 3,000 publicly
traded companies are invited to participate in this corporate
sustainability assessment and Liberty Global’s inclusion is
evidence of the company’s continued progress in delivering its
Corporate Responsibility strategy.
Highlights from Liberty Global’s Corporate Responsibility
program in 2014 included:
- Empowering young people to acquire and
grow their digital skills through programs such as CoderDojo and
YouRock. Liberty Global became a partner of both programs, which
are part of its ‘promoting a digital society’ strategy and
demonstrates its commitment to the European Commission's Grand
Coalition for Digital Jobs;
- Engaging with thousands of
entrepreneurs across a number of markets in online competitions and
initiatives to support innovation in digital society. Projects
included Pitch to Rich in the U.K., Telenet’s Kickstart accelerator
in Belgium, and Think Big in Poland;
- Continuing to make advances in
conserving energy and reducing greenhouse gas emissions relative to
the company’s key measure - the amount of data traffic consumed by
our customers. In 2014, the company improved its energy efficiency
by 34% and its carbon efficiency by 31%;
- Refurbishing 4.4 million set-top boxes
and modems, avoiding approximately 7,200 metric tons of waste that
would otherwise have ended up in landfill sites. This also resulted
in a financial saving of $320 million;
- Continuing Liberty Global’s partnership
with global supply chain assessment specialist EcoVadis to
implement a robust approach for assessing social and environmental
performance of Liberty Global’s suppliers.
Rick Westerman, who oversees Liberty Global's Corporate
Responsibility program, said: “We are committed to maximizing the
positive social impact of our products and services and to
conducting our operations both responsibly and sustainably. Our
inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices for the last four
years reflects that commitment, and we look forward to building on
our success in this area.”
Alongside its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices
this year, Liberty Global continues to be a member of the FTSE4Good
Index and earlier this year became a constituent of the MSCI Global
Sustainability Indexes. Liberty Global’s 2014 Corporate
Responsibility Report is available at www.libertyglobal.com/cr.
About Liberty GlobalLiberty Global is the largest
international cable company with operations in 14 countries. We
connect people to the digital world and enable them to discover and
experience its endless possibilities. Our market-leading products
are provided through next-generation networks and innovative
technology platforms that connected 27 million customers
subscribing to 56 million television, broadband internet and
telephony services at June 30, 2015. In addition, we served five
million mobile subscribers and offered WiFi service across six
million access points.
Liberty Global’s businesses are currently attributed to two
tracking stock groups: the Liberty Global Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA,
LBTYB and LBTYK), which primarily comprises our European
operations, and the LiLAC Group (NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link:
LILAB), which comprises our operations in Latin America and the
Caribbean.
Liberty Global's consumer brands are Virgin Media, Ziggo,
Unitymedia, Telenet, UPC, VTR and Liberty. Our operations also
include Liberty Global Business Services and Liberty Global
Ventures. For more information, please visit www.libertyglobal.com
or contact:
View source
version on businesswire.com: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20150921005442/en/
Liberty GlobalInvestor
Relations:Oskar Nooij, +1 303 220 4218orChristian
Fangmann, +49 221 84 62 5151orJohn Rea, +1 303 220
4238orCorporate Communications:Marcus Smith,
+44 20 7190 6374orBert Holtkamp, +31 20 778 9800orHanne Wolf, +1
303 220 6678
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK)
Historical Stock Chart
From Mar 2024 to Apr 2024
Liberty Global (NASDAQ:LBTYK)
Historical Stock Chart
From Apr 2023 to Apr 2024