-- The company's efforts to ensure long-term sustainability
have helped set a new standard for corporate environmental
responsibility
MOUNTAIN VIEW, California,
April 27, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Based
on its recent analysis of the mobile and wireless industry, Frost
& Sullivan recognizes Sprint with the 2015 North American Frost
& Sullivan Award for Green Excellence. Sprint's focus on
reducing its carbon footprint and consumption of natural resources,
encouraging phone recycling and reuse, and establishing processes
that enable a more environmentally sound ecosystem has influenced
the entire wireless industry, other market participants and the
community at large. Its unmatched efforts to advance long-term
sustainability through greener devices, award-winning phone
buy-back program, and industry-wide influence have set it apart
from its peers.
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By the end of 2013, Sprint had met half of its 2017 goals,
namely:
- Reduced GHG emissions by an absolute 20 percent (at 29.36
percent through 2013)
- Improved carbon efficiency by 75 percent (at 84.77 percent
through 2013)
- Lowered paper volume by 40 percent (at 71.63 percent through
2013)
- Ensured 70 percent of devices launched met Sprint's
environmental criteria (at 71.4 percent through 2013)
- Decreased purchased water by 30 percent (at 30.33 percent
through 2013)
"Sprint has already met half of its environmental goals three
years ahead of schedule," said Frost & Sullivan Research
Analyst Jennifer Knox. "Importantly,
achieving its GHG emissions and paper consumption targets is having
a direct business impact that has already saved the company more
than $110 million annually."
Additionally, in response to the high volumes of e-waste that
affect the wireless industry, Sprint established a trend-setting
Electronics Stewardship policy to handle e-waste from inception to
end of life. It innovated substantially in this area to limit risk
when introducing a product and educated manufacturers regarding the
environmental impact of each product. It even drove the development
of UL 110, the first environmental standard for wireless devices,
which stipulates material use, energy consumption, end-of-life
management, packaging, and other criteria. Today, the company has
more UL-certified phones than any other carrier, and 90 percent of
its phones launched in the first half of 2014 were UL
110-certified, of which 50 percent were certified "Platinum"—the
highest for any carrier.
The company is also enabling suppliers to reduce their own
environmental footprint by establishing clear supplier criteria. It
offers a supplier guide to assist vendors in better meeting
sustainability goals, thereby continuing to drive change through
suppliers in the mobile and wireless industry.
Sprint's award-winning Sprint Buyback program has put more than
$250 million back in customers'
pockets, and the program has focused not just on recycling, but on
reuse. Today, nine of every 10 phones that come back through the
program are reused and given a second life.
"Sprint has emerged as the clear leader with respect to
environmental responsibility and influence based on its proactive
actions to preserve natural resources, reduce waste, and strengthen
a green supply chain," noted Knox. "Further, through paperless
billing and 2-in-1 envelopes, m-payments, SmartGrid initiatives,
fleet management solutions, machine-to-machine communications, and
green applications, Sprint customers are able to significantly
enhance their productivity, while also reducing costs."
Each year, Frost & Sullivan presents this award to the
company that has demonstrated superior technological advancement,
which is aligned with a sustainable and environmentally conscious
objective within its industry sector. This Award signifies the
company's identification of a unique and revolutionary solution
with sizeable environmental benefits, while presenting tremendous
market potential. Moreover, the Award also signifies that the
company's overall business strategy is sound and poised for
success.
Frost & Sullivan Best Practices Awards recognize companies
in a variety of regional and global markets for demonstrating
outstanding achievement and superior performance in areas such as
leadership, technological innovation, customer service and
strategic product development. Industry analysts compare market
participants and measure performance through in-depth interviews,
analysis and extensive secondary research to identify best
practices in the industry.
About Sprint
Sprint (NYSE: S) is a communications services company that
creates more and better ways to connect its customers to the things
they care about most. Sprint served nearly 56 million connections
as of Dec. 31, 2014, and is widely
recognized for developing, engineering and deploying innovative
technologies, including the first wireless 4G service from a
national carrier in the United
States; leading no-contract brands, including Virgin Mobile
USA, Boost Mobile, and Assurance
Wireless; instant national and international push-to-talk
capabilities; and a global Tier 1 Internet backbone. Sprint has
been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI)
North America for the past four
years. You can learn more and visit Sprint at www.sprint.com or
www.facebook.com/sprint and www.twitter.com/sprint.
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