Beste persrelatie,
Verizon neemt aanstaande zaterdag 31 maart deel aan Earth Hour om wereldwijd aandacht te vragen voor duurzaam ondernemen.
Samen met miljoenen anderen in meer dan 128 landen zullen de Verizon-medewerkers wereldwijd deelnemen aan
Earth Hour. Van 20.30 tot 21.30 lokale tijd gaan op miljoenen vierkante meters in meer dan 600 vestigingen de lichten uit om het bewustzijn van energiebesparing aan te scherpen.
Vorig jaar heeft Verizon in één uur 45.000 Kilowatt aan elektriciteit bespaard, genoeg om 10 woningen één jaar lang van energie te voorzien. In 2011 heeft Verizon het energieverbruik met 2.34 procent verlaagd – wat gelijk staat aan het verbruik van 20.600 woningen in één jaar.
Earth Hour, gesponsord door het
Wereld Natuurlijk Fonds, is een evenement waar jaarlijks miljoenen mensen aan meedoen. Door de verlichting bij bedrijven of thuis gedurende één uur uit te schakelen, steunen zij de actie en vragen daarmee aandacht voor het veranderende klimaat, een schonere, veiligere en een meer zekere toekomst. Het wereldwijde evenement wordt nu voor het zesde jaar georganiseerd. De lichten van wereldwijde iconen zoals de Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australië, Buckingham Palace in Londen, de Eiffeltoren in Parijs, het 101 Financial Center in Taipei en de Golden Gate Bridge in San Fransisco zullen gedimd worden.
Verizon zal niet alleen de lichten van de Verizon-kantoren in meer dan 40 landen dimmen, maar ook de buitenverlichting op grote kantoorlocaties in onder andere Manhattan, Dortmund en Reading.
Het volledige Engelstalige bericht is hieronder te vinden.
Verizon to Participate in Earth Hour to Drive Awareness of Sustainable Business Practices Around the World
NEW YORK – Verizon employees across the globe will join millions of people in more than 128 countries and territories to support
Earth Hour on Saturday (March 31). From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. local time, millions of square feet in more than 600 company locations will go dark, helping to raise awareness of energy-efficiency opportunities.
During the event last year, Verizon in just one hour saved 45,000 kilowatt-hours of electricity, enough energy to power approximately 10 homes for a year. Throughout all of 2011, Verizon reduced its energy usage by 2.34 percent – the equivalent of powering 20,600 homes for a year.
Sponsored by the
World Wildlife Fund, Earth Hour is an event in which millions of people participate by turning off their lights at businesses and homes for one hour to support action on climate change and on creating a cleaner, safer and more secure future. During the global event, now in its sixth year, the lights will be dimmed on global icons including the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Australia, Buckingham Palace in London, the Eiffel Tower in Paris, Taiwan’s 101 Financial Center in Taipei and the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco.
In addition to darkening numerous floors in Verizon office buildings and technical sites in 40 different countries, Verizon also will dim lights and signs outside its major office sites including the Pearl Street building in Manhattan; a twin office complex in Irving, Texas; an entire campus in Basking Ridge, N.J.; and company sites in Dortmund, Germany; and Reading in the United Kingdom.
“Verizon is proud to once again demonstrate our commitment to the environment this year during Earth Hour,” said James Gowen, chief sustainability officer for Verizon. “In 40 countries around the world our buildings will darken, and thousands of our employees will also participate from their homes. Together with our customers and suppliers, we can deepen the connection between our business interests and those of society.”
Verizon’s Sustainable Business Practices
Earlier this month,
Verizon announced a partnership with VIA Motors to develop and demonstrate plug-in electric vehicles using VIA’s proprietary technology and to evaluate the technology for possible wide-scale use in Verizon’s fleet. The company also operates an extensive fleet of alternative-energy vehicles including hybrid vans and trucks, and natural gas and electric vehicles.
Last year, Verizon announced a collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) to develop innovative ways to reduce energy use in the communications industry. Verizon and NREL are now working together to identify ways to make Verizon’s networks, data centers and office buildings more energy efficient.
Verizon has been named to several lists for sustainability, corporate ethical standards and social responsibility, including the Dow Jones Sustainability Index, Newsweek Global Green 100, Maplecroft Climate Innovation Inde, FTSE4Good Index, Ethibel Sustainability Index and Calvert Large Cap Value Fund.
Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America’s most reliable wireless network, with nearly 108 million total connections nationwide. Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America’s most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500. A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 194,000. For more information, visit
www.verizon.com.
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