Accenture Helps Swisscom Advance Its Environmental Ambitions with Sustainability Roadmap
03 August 2022 - 10:59AM
Business Wire
Swisscom aims to be climate neutral and reduce
carbon emissions by one million tons by 2025, using new “Scope 4”
climate strategy developed with Accenture
Accenture (NYSE: ACN) collaborated with Swisscom (OTCMKTS:
SCMWY) on a climate strategy to reduce the telecommunications
company’s emissions and help its customers reduce their emissions
by one million tons of carbon by 2025 — equal to 2% of
Switzerland’s total carbon emissions.
Swisscom expects to achieve climate neutrality faster than
planned with new sustainability goals for its corporate
decision-making and product development processes. Accenture helped
Swisscom integrate an emerging interpretation of an emissions type,
known as Scope 4, that the company can integrate into its strategy
to enable its customers to avoid or reduce emissions.
“We strive every day to be more ambitious with our
sustainability commitments and generate more impact for our
company, our people, our customers and the environment,” said Res
Witschi, head of sustainable digitization, Swisscom. “With
Accenture’s industry knowledge and decarbonization insights, we
raised our climate target and continue to be a sustainability
leader in the telco space.”
Accenture also helped Swisscom explore strategies for
incorporating technologies within the emerging Scope 4
classification that can help further reduce carbon emissions from
customers. These considerations include technology such as
AI-driven analytics, cloud, and 5G and IoT to address faster and
higher capacity data transmission, with remote management and
control of connected devices.
By addressing Scope 4 emissions, Swisscom is simultaneously
addressing environmental concerns and its bottom line. In fact,
research from Accenture found that companies with a higher
sustainability performance — across environmental, social and
governance (ESG) indicators — have been shown to also perform
better financially.
“Technology is a critical driver for improving sustainability,
helping to accelerate transitions to net zero, build sustainable
organizations, embrace responsible value chains, and provide
sustainable choices for customers,” said Stephan Schneider,
managing director, Accenture. “Swisscom is positively impacting the
planet by combining technology solutions to enable a reduction
across their emissions while also driving business value. The
company can boost their business by offering customers a larger
number of green products and services to choose from to reduce
their emissions.”
For more information about how the communications industry can
embrace and become effective stewards of sustainability, visit the
Accenture report “Communications Service Providers’ Critical Role
in the Race to Net Zero.”
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