NEW YORK, April 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon is
honoring Earth Day throughout April
with a digital campaign to build awareness about climate change and
the environmental issues of our day with Earth Day facts and fun tips on living a greener
lifestyle. We encourage our employees to share their green
lifestyle tips and Earth Day facts
@VerizonGreen, promoting #EarthDay and #HUGATREE.
At Verizon, environmental awareness goes well beyond
Earth Day. We've invested more than
$137 million in green solar and fuel
cell energy since 2013 and encourage our global employee Verizon
Green Team to treat every day like Earth
Day. The Green Team has grown to more than 17,000 employee
members in 28 countries around the world. Our members Work
Green and Live Green, they volunteer and lead events where they
live, including tree plantings, community cleanups, and eWaste
recycling rallies. Nearly 7,000 Verizon Green Team members
recently celebrated Earth Hour – turning off lights at their homes
across nearly 30 countries, and Verizon darkened nearly 500
building locations around the world.
Learn how Verizon is celebrating Earth
Day:
http://www.verizon.com/about/celebrating-earth-day-2015
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in
New York, is a global leader in
delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications
services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers.
Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network,
with more than 108 million retail connections nationwide. Verizon
also provides converged communications, information and
entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic
network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers
worldwide. A Dow 30 company with more than $127 billion in 2014 revenues, Verizon employs a
diverse workforce of 177,300. For more information, visit
www.verizon.com/news/.
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