Unwanted electronic items can be conveniently dropped into ReCYCLE bins at selected Singtel stores and post offices.
Our approach to a sustainable environment strategy for our Singapore and Australia businesses covers two key areas: climate change and product stewardship.
As our business grows and we extend our infrastructure and networks, Singtel is committed to optimising energy efficiency to minimise our environmental impact and reduce our carbon footprint in the long term.
Our 2030 carbon reduction targets were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative in October 2017, a global group which recognises organisations aligned with the COP21 Paris Agreement. We were also one of the first companies worldwide that endorsed the climate risk reporting framework recommended by the G20 Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures in June 2017. We will enhance our disclosures of climate-related financial and risk information, and work progressively towards this reporting framework.
Our 2030 carbon reduction targets were approved by the Science Based Targets initiative in October 2017, a global group which recognises organisations aligned with the COP21 Paris Agreement. We were also one of the first companies worldwide that endorsed the climate risk reporting framework recommended by the G20 Financial Stability Board’s Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures in June 2017. We will enhance our disclosures of climate-related financial and risk information, and work progressively towards this reporting framework.
Through Optus, we continue to play an active role in the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities. This involves undertaking research, recommending policy and engaging stakeholders on the need to make Australian communities and infrastructure safer and more resilient to natural disasters.
Engaging and educating stakeholders on the impact of e-waste on the environment is important to us. We offer a buy-back scheme for customers to trade in used phones and provide recycling facilities at our retail shops in Singapore and Australia.
In conjunction with World Environment Day last year, Singtel and SingPost launched a nationwide e-waste ReCYCLE programme. People can dispose of their e-waste at selected Singtel shops, exclusive retailers and post offices with a ReCYCLE bin, or mail their old mobile phones and accessories in special ReCYCLE envelopes at their convenience. ReCYCLE collected 9,677 kg (net weight) of e-waste as at 31 March 2018, 2.5 times more than previous years. In Australia, Optus continues to support the Mobile Muster programme, where customers take their old mobile phones to any Optus retail outlet for recycling. Last year, 4,251 kg of handsets, batteries and accessories were collected for recycling.
Our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate-related risks were recognised by CDP, the global environmental disclosure platform. We achieved an A- “Leadership level” score for climate disclosure in CDP 2017.
In addition, we won Asia’s Best Carbon Disclosure award at the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2017.
Through Optus, we continue to play an active role in the Australian Business Roundtable for Disaster Resilience and Safer Communities. This involves undertaking research, recommending policy and engaging stakeholders on the need to make Australian communities and infrastructure safer and more resilient to natural disasters.
Engaging and educating stakeholders on the impact of e-waste on the environment is important to us. We offer a buy-back scheme for customers to trade in used phones and provide recycling facilities at our retail shops in Singapore and Australia.
In conjunction with World Environment Day last year, Singtel and SingPost launched a nationwide e-waste ReCYCLE programme. People can dispose of their e-waste at selected Singtel shops, exclusive retailers and post offices with a ReCYCLE bin, or mail their old mobile phones and accessories in special ReCYCLE envelopes at their convenience. ReCYCLE collected 9,677 kg (net weight) of e-waste as at 31 March 2018, 2.5 times more than previous years. In Australia, Optus continues to support the Mobile Muster programme, where customers take their old mobile phones to any Optus retail outlet for recycling. Last year, 4,251 kg of handsets, batteries and accessories were collected for recycling.
Our efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and mitigate climate-related risks were recognised by CDP, the global environmental disclosure platform. We achieved an A- “Leadership level” score for climate disclosure in CDP 2017.
In addition, we won Asia’s Best Carbon Disclosure award at the Asia Sustainability Reporting Awards 2017.
