T-Mobile announced its latest advancement in sustainability efforts, including an industry-leading commitment to achieve net-zero emissions across its entire carbon footprint by 2040. T-Mobile also joined The Climate Pledge, a cross-sector community of companies and organisations working to solve the challenges of reducing global carbon emissions for a sustainable future.
T-Mobile is the first company in the United States to set a net-zero goal for all three emissions scopes validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) using their Net-Zero Standard – the world’s first framework for company targets that align with the most recent climate science. This goal encompasses emission scopes 1 and 2, including direct emissions from T-operations Mobile’s and facilities and indirect emissions from purchased electricity.
The Un-new carrier’s goal also includes all remaining indirect scope 3 emissions (the company’s entire footprint!) — such as those produced by suppliers, customer device usage, materials and fuel required to ship products, employee travel, and more — which account for roughly two-thirds of the company’s carbon footprint.
The Climate Pledge, co-founded by Amazon and Global Optimism in 2019, is a collective commitment to achieve net-zero 10 years ahead of The Paris Agreement. T-Mobile joins nearly 400 organisations that have signed the Pledge, all of which agree to:
- Measure and report greenhouse gas emissions regularly;
- Implement decarbonisation strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real business changes and innovations, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, materials reductions, and other carbon emission elimination strategies;
- Neutralise any remaining emissions with additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially beneficial offsets to achieve net zero annual carbon emissions by 2040.
T-Mobile has a long history of working to create a more sustainable future. It was previously the first wireless company in the United States to achieve an ambitious 100% renewable electricity target, as well as previous science-based carbon reduction targets. The Un-carrier received an A- for its 2022 CDP Climate Change disclosure and was ranked number one in the telecom industry for environmental impact in JUST Capital’s 2023 Rankings of America’s Most Just Companies.
T-Mobile matches its annual electrical usage with renewable energy sourced from various sources, such as virtual power purchase agreements, a direct green tariff, renewable retail agreements, and unbundled REC purchases.