Business Chief USA February 2019
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CLICK TO WATCH: ‘AT&T HELPS RESTORE COMMUNICATIONS<br />
AFTER HURRICANE MATTHEW’<br />
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AT&T has had a long history of corporate<br />
social responsibility, even if it<br />
wasn’t always labelled as CSR. “We<br />
have an extensive history of strong<br />
energy management and corporate<br />
real estate management,” Carrol<br />
explains. “We looked at things like<br />
waste water, and obviously there<br />
are natural financial incentives to use<br />
those resources, but you also want to<br />
look at being a good corporate citizen.<br />
What are the positive environmental<br />
impacts of doing that? I see my role,<br />
first and foremost, as looking into what’s<br />
going to be best for the company, while<br />
also seeing how we can have the most<br />
sustainable business practices possible.”<br />
One of the first things Carroll explored<br />
when he stepped into his current role<br />
was AT&T’s greenhouse gas footprint.<br />
Carroll monitored all the different<br />
aspects of scope 1, scope 2 and scope<br />
3 through an inventory to gather the<br />
required information. “Once we had<br />
that information, we had it verified by<br />
an independent third party,” he explains.<br />
“That was a great introduction to the<br />
job because I got to touch all parts of<br />
the business when undertaking a corporate<br />
greenhouse gas footprint. From<br />
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