June 21, 2013
SR Inc welcomes Verizon Wireless to the Sustainable Business & Enterprise Roundtable
Verizon Wireless is the 2nd largest mobile network operator in the United States, providing wireless services to 98.9 million subscribers as of Q4 2012. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, New Jersey, the company has over 2,330 locations and more than 85,000 employees.
Verizon Wireless builds and operates energy-efficient stores in accordance with LEED® and ENERGY STAR®, with more than 100 of its retail stores nationwide have earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED certification for 2012 and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s coveted ENERGY STAR® qualification. Its LEED-certified buildings adhere to the highest standards in responsible procurement, construction and day-to-day conservation measures, which include optimizing energy and water use and enhancing indoor environmental quality. The company also recycled over 200 tons of construction waste at these locations. The company also boasts 26 solar-assisted cell sites.
Verizon also participates in several recycling and efficiency programs, including HopeLine, which has saved 22 million Kilowatt hours of energy, refurbished 10 million phones, and recycled 2.1 million phones and accessories to help survivors of domestic violence; the Verizon Device Recycling Program, which has kept over 420 tons of electronics waste out of landfills by offering gift cards to customers for donating devices to be recycled or refurbished; Call2Recycle, which has recycled 265,485 pounds of rechargeable batteries; and Green Bill, Verizon’s paperless billing system that saved 70,000 trees annually by eliminating in-store print brochures.
