Climate protection
We aspire to provide products and services that are safe, sustainable and improve our customers’ lives.
The Verizon Climate Resilience Prize
We’re recognizing innovation that helps everyone thrive in a changing climate. Innovation with proven results and that’s ready to scale. We’re working with GreenBiz to make it all happen. Visit their site to learn more.
$500k in prizes was awarded to help our winners scale their tech-based climate solutions
Hyfi, The Forestry and Fire Recruitment Program (FFRP), and Coral Vita took first place in their prize category: next-gen tech, frontline community-led, and nature-based solutions.
We’re committed to a low carbon future.
We're working to achieve net zero carbon emissions in our operations by 2035, investing in renewable energy and improving energy efficiency of our networks and facilities.
50%
of our total annual electricity consumption will be backed by renewable energy by 2025.
Verizon completes
allocation of third
green bond.
In 2019, Verizon became the first U.S. telecom company to issue a green bond which raised ~$1 billion in net proceeds and was allocated in 2020 for environmental programs. In 2020, Verizon issued its second green bond which was allocated in 2021 for renewable energy.
Help us protect
the planet.
This year, for every purchase of a qualifying green accessory with eco-friendly composition, we'll plant a tree (up to 1 million). It's just one small piece of many larger initiatives as part of Citizen Verizon, such as our involvement in the One Trillion Trees program, and our goal to achieve net zero operational emissions by 2035. Purchase a qualifying accessory here.
Sustainability
at Verizon.
From sourcing renewable energy and partnering with reforestation projects to creating solutions that help customers save energy, we are committed to protecting our planet for future generations.
