ACCENTURE AIDS IN SWISSCOM’S ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AMBITIONS

In a collaborative effort, a Telecommunications firm, Accenture, has partnered with Swisscom to lessen, and possibly curb, the company’s emissions, and that of their customers, by one million tons by 2025.  This is equal to cutting down 2 percent of Switzerland’s total greenhouse gas emissions.

With this action and per their new sustainability goals, Swisscom looks forward to quickly achieving a balance between emissions and aiding in a carbon-free planet. Accenture assisted Swisscom to integrate the emerging Scope 4 as part of the latter’s strategy to “enable its customers to avoid or reduce emissions.”

Head of Sustainable Digitization for Swisscom, Res Witschi, reaffirmed the company prioritizes the wellbeing of individuals and the environment, thus their sustainability measures.

“With Accenture’s industry knowledge and decarbonization insights, we raised our climate target and continue to be a sustainability leader in the telco space.”, he added.

Moreover, Accenture also assisted in considering technological insertions such as “AI-driven analytics, cloud, and 5G and IoT” that could best support their cause. This could help Swisscom to tackle environmental issues, and perhaps, improve them 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 at 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 its business by offering customers a larger number of green products and services to choose from to reduce their emissions.”

It is Swisscom’s goal to help reduce as many greenhouse gas emissions as practicable and to have others do the same for a more sustainable planet and business.