Carbon abatement:
Solutions for a more sustainable world

Advanced communications technology is enabling millions of consumers and businesses to reduce their carbon footprint. According to the GeSI Digital with Purpose Report, by 2030 digital technologies are expected to deliver reductions in carbon emissions equivalent to nearly seven times the size of the growth in information and communications technology (ICT) sector emissions over the same period. As a leading ICT company in the U.S., we recognize that our connected solutions can help customers save energy and significantly reduce their carbon emissions.

We work with nonprofit Carbon Trust to measure the yearly reduction in CO₂ equivalent (CO₂e) emissions achieved by our customers by using our products and services. In 2019, our solutions enabled the avoidance of 8.8 million metric tons of CO₂e, equivalent to taking 1.9 million cars off the road for one year. The emissions avoided represent approximately 1.99 times the emissions generated by Verizon’s operations (Scope 1 and 2 emissions). Our goal is for our networks and connected solutions to save more than double the amount of emissions that our operations create by 2022.