Ericsson releases annual Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility Report
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* Summarizes Ericsson's activities and achievements during 2011
* Highlights ICT's potential to solve energy, environmental and social
Challenges
* Ericsson advocates the use of technology for good to deliver lasting,
positive change in the Networked Society
Ericsson's (NASDAQ: ERIC) annual Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility
report entitled "Technology for Good", released today, confirms the company's
belief on the transformational power of Information and Communications
Technology (ICT) to spur socio-economic development and put us on the path of
a
low-carbon economy has never been greater.
Hans Vestberg, Ericsson President and CEO, commented "We anchor our approach
to
sustainability and corporate responsibility in the triple bottom line of
responsible social, economic and environmental development. We continuously
raise the bar on our own sustainability performance, and seek to deepen our
understanding of stakeholders' top concerns. This way of doing business is
essential to our success."
Highlights of the report include:
Energy efficient solutions
The ICT industry can help lead the transition to a low-carbon economy through
greater resource efficiency. The ICT sector contributes about 2 percent of
global carbon dioxide emissions, but can potentially offset a significant
portion of the remaining 98 percent from other industries. Ericsson's
research
indicates that the increase in overall energy consumption from ICT will be
moderate, thanks to gains in network energy efficiency, through 2020. Some
efforts we have made on the networks include
* Ericsson has increased 3G/4G energy efficiency by 85 percent in base
stations over the last decade, while continuing to meet the bandwidth
demands of the Networked Society, without increasing energy consumption
per
subscriber.
* The Ericsson "Psi" -Coverage solution provides Mobile Broadband (3G)
coverage with 45% energy savings compared to traditional solutions. "Psi"-
Coverage uses new Ericsson technology to boost coverage while enabling
significant energy and cost savings by using just one standard radio.
Sustainable cities and urbanization
* Ericsson recognizes the increasingly important role of cities in future
sustainable development. By 2016, densely populated urban areas
representing
less than 1 percent of the Earth's total land area will generate around 60
percent of mobile traffic. To increase network capacity in such areas, we
will build heterogeneous networks, whereby powerful macro-radio base
stations are complemented by smaller pico and micro base stations, which
provide extra capacity for areas with high demand. With a nearby low power
node, we can off-load the high power nodes, thus saving energy.
* Ericsson became a founding member of the New Cities Foundation, a non-
profit
Swiss institution dedicated to improving quality of life and work in a
21st
century global city. Ericsson is leading work group on commuting trends,
and
many new and innovative discussions will take place at the inaugural New
Cities Summit, May 14-16, in Paris.
In 2011, Ericsson's CEO chaired the Climate Change Working Group of the
Broadband Commission, which delivered a report that made high-level policy
recommendations on ICT's role in tackling climate change, "The Broadband
Bridge:
Linking ICT with Climate Action for a Low-Carbon Economy."
Socio-economic development
Connectivity is a basic enabler for economic growth and improved quality of
life. ICT facilitates education, financial services, health, safety and
security, and livelihoods. With more than six billion mobile subscriptions,
innovative approaches are needed to address the "last" billion users at the
base
of the pyramid. Ericsson focused on two reports, and a number of initiatives,
to highlight this potential:
* A study conducted jointly in 2011 by Ericsson, Arthur D. Little and
Chalmers
University of Technology in Sweden in 33 OECD countries quantified the
isolated impact of broadband speed, and showed that doubling the broadband
speed for an economy increases GDP by 0.3 percent.
* A report "Leveraging Information and Communication Technology for the Base
of the Pyramid" reviewed 280 initiatives and identified key success
factors
for creating positive socio-economic impacts.
* We progressed in key initiatives in the areas of refugee reunification,
and
Connect to Learn, which celebrated one year of progress, with some 5,000
students in Africa now having access to ICT, and more than one million USD
raised in scholarships.
Business Ethics
Our stakeholders expect Ericsson to uphold high standards within business
ethics. While telecommunication can enable many positive impacts, Ericsson
also
recognizes that technology can be misused, which brings new ethical
challenges.
We seek to encourage the use of technology as a force for good rather than a
tool that can be used against democratic principles, and during 2011 we
committed to work actively with the new UN Guiding Principles for Business and
Human Rights, and strengthened internal due diligence processes in light of
this.
"We work with diverse stakeholders to help transform Technology for Good into
reality, with concrete initiatives and innovative solutions, research,
advocacy
and social media outreach that serve as a catalyst for change," says Elaine
Weidman-Grunewald, Vice President Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility,
Ericsson. Visit our website, read our report and join us on Facebook and
Twitter to learn more about our initiatives and progress.
NOTES TO EDITORS
Pictures of Hans Vestberg available at:
Pictures of Elaine Weidman
Ericsson's Sustainability and Corporate Responsibility website:
Our multimedia content is available at the broadcast room:
Ericsson is the world's leading provider of communications technology and
services. We are enabling the Networked Society with efficient real-time
solutions that allow us all to study, work and live our lives more freely, in
sustainable societies around the world.
Our offering comprises services, software and infrastructure within
Information
and Communications Technology for telecom operators and other industries.
Today
more than 40 percent of the world's mobile traffic goes through Ericsson
networks and we support customers' networks servicing more than 2 billion
subscribers.
We operate in 180 countries and employ more than 100,000 people. Founded in
1876, Ericsson is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. In 2011 the company had
revenues of SEK 226.9 billion (USD 35.0 billion). Ericsson is listed on NASDAQ
OMX, Stockholm and NASDAQ, New York stock exchanges.
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