SUSTAINABILITY
84 nator side . I ’ m trying to shrink our own operational footprint so it makes it easier to achieve it . We ’ re very lucky . We are a large company , but we have the right amount of resources addressing sustainability here .”
One of the challenges Carrol cites as specific to large-scale renewable energy is that first time you put the practice into action . Thus , off-site research is essential in getting these methods right . “ We ’ ve obviously been looking at renewable energy options for years and years and years . We did have some onsite solar and we just knew , because of our scale , that if we ’ re going to have a significant impact we needed to look offsite at the largescale renewable energies . We look at what others are doing and then try to figure out if that ’ s something that could potentially work for us . You do a lot of research and then bring that research and those findings home . We would then start stakeholdering those . I ’ d say the biggest challenge is because you ’ ve never done it before , you have to educate a lot of folks on what it is and how it works and how the mechanics of it work . What does it mean for AT & T to
FACTS
• AT & T ’ s renewable energy website , provides an overview of the deals the company announced this year and their impact : Click here for website
• AT & T ’ s 10x website , which outlines the 10x goal and includes case studies of the company working with customers to reduce their environmental footprint : Click here for website
• AT & T ’ s sustainability reporting website , which includes the information from the company ’ s annual CSR report : Click here for website
• The Energy Management issue brief : Click here for website
go from a relatively small renewable energy concern to one of the largest corporate buyers in the United States ? A lot of education has to be done , in getting people familiar with new terminology . I ’ d say that ’ s the biggest challenge ; the newness of it all .”
In reference to large scale renewable energy , AT & T is one of the top five
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