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John Wimpole AT&T Business Solutions ITU Symposium on ICT’s, the Environment & Climate Change November 2 nd 201

John Wimpole AT&T Business Solutions ITU Symposium on ICT’s, the Environment & Climate Change November 2 nd 2010. Agenda. What is environmental sustainability and what does it mean to AT&T? How is AT&T minimizing its environmental impact?

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John Wimpole AT&T Business Solutions ITU Symposium on ICT’s, the Environment & Climate Change November 2 nd 201

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  1. John Wimpole AT&T Business Solutions ITU Symposium on ICT’s, the Environment & Climate Change November 2nd 2010

  2. Agenda • What is environmental sustainability and what does it mean to AT&T? • How is AT&T minimizing its environmental impact? • How can AT&T help customers minimize their environmental impact?

  3. Environmental SustainabilityWhat Is It? Balancing the needs of our communities with short and long-term growth When evaluated holistically, there are “triple bottom line” benefits • Environmental • Increase energy efficiency • Reduce green house gas emissions • Improve recycling and reduce waste • Expand use of alternative energy sources • Economic • Reduce total cost of ownership • Improve efficiency • Social • Strengthen the viability and livability of communities around the world

  4. Environmental SustainabilityOur Commitment • At AT&T, we’re deeply committed to sustainability • By harnessing the scaleof our network, AT&T delivers more sustainable solutions to connectpeople and businesses seamlessly, increasing efficiency,and minimizing environmental impact * AT&T products and services are provided or offered by subsidiaries and affiliates of AT&T Inc. under the AT&T brand and not by AT&T Inc. • Reducing our own environmental impact • Providing products and services that enableothers to minimize their environmental footprint

  5. Minimizing Our Own ImpactIn Ways That are Relevant to Our Business and Important to the Communities We Serve • Reducing Waste • Reclaiming network resources • 72.1M pounds of “scrap” kept out of landfills in 2009 • Exploring Alternate Energy • Leveraging wind power and solar power in key facilities • 2.6M kWh of electricity generated per year • Managing Energy, Improving Efficiency • Reducing energy consumption • 23.8% improvement in 2009 • Improving Fleet Efficiency • Rolling out more than 15K alternative-fuel vehicles * • Saves 49M gallons of fuel • Reduces emissions by 211K metric tons • Delivering Sustainable Solutions • Efficiently connecting people and business • Innovative and sustainable products and services • Responsible Product Stewardship • Consuming less and helping customers recycle • 4.2M cell phones and 1.8M pounds of accessories/batteries recycled * 10 year commitment

  6. Minimizing Our Own ImpactUtilizing Alternative-fuel Technologies Improving Fleet Efficiency • Deploying more than 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles through 2018: • Deploy approximately 8,000 compressed-natural gas (CNG) service vehicles by EOY 2013 • Replacing 7,100retiring passenger vehicles with alternative-fuel vehicles • Saving 49 million gallons of fuel and reducing emissions by 211,000metric tons over the 10-year deployment period

  7. Enabling Businesses to Operate More Sustainably With Information and Communication Technology Delivering Sustainable Solutions • Our focus is on efficiently connecting people and businesses with innovative and sustainable products and services • Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products and services enable people and businesses to make more energy-efficient choices and reduce their own environmental impact • Movingwork to people rather than people to work • Connectingrather than traveling • Managingbusiness remotely and in real-time • Improvingtransportation and distribution systems

  8. ICT-enabled solutions could cut annual CO2 emissions in the U.S. by up to 22%in 2020. This translates to gross energy and fuel savings of as much as $240 billion. – SMART 2020 U.S. Addendum

  9. Sustainable Products and ServicesGrow Your Business and Minimize Your Impact on the Environment • Collaborate virtually without travel • Connect virtually anytime, anywhere • Streamline data center infrastructure • Enhance transportation efficiencies • Monitor energy remotely

  10. Collaborate Virtually Without TravelAT&T Telepresence SolutionSM What is it? AT&T Telepresence SolutionSM is an innovative service that combines actual size, high-definition video, advanced audio, and a finely tuned environment to provide users with an immersive “in person” experience. • What potential sustainability and related benefits can AT&T Telepresence Solution provide? • The option to avoid travel, resulting in fewer carbon emissions and more productivity • “Across the table,” natural eye-to-eye communication fosters tighter relationships • Enables more collaboration and innovation • Facilitates faster decision-making; reduced time-to-market Business Benefit Calculatorhttp://creative.att.com/pages/telepresence/roi.asp

  11. Collaborate Virtually Without Travel AT&T Connect What is it? AT&T Connect is a unique, integrated web, audio and video conferencing service. • What potential sustainability and related benefits can AT&T Connect provide? • Reduced dependency on business travel, resulting in fewer carbon emissions • Ability to connect employees, other agencies, and vendors around the world • Reduced travel expenditure and time spent traveling, improving productivity • Ability to share and collaborate on applications and documents in real-time Business Benefit Calculatorhttp://creative.att.com/pages/connect/roi.as

  12. Connect Virtually Anytime, Anywhere Remote Access Products and Services What is it? Reliable integration of wireline and wireless technologies and mobile solutions as an extension of your existing enterprise infrastructure, enabling employees to work from home, work while traveling, or work while visiting strategic business partners. • What potential sustainability and related benefits can remote access solutions provide? • Breadth of access and extended global reach • Reduced travel time and increased collaboration • Flexibility • Reduced real estate requirements • Product Examples • AT&T Global Network Client (AGNC) • AT&T Network-Based IP VPN Remote Access (ANIRA) • AT&T VPN Tunneling Services (AVTS) AT&T Global Network Client

  13. Streamline Data Center InfrastructureAT&T Synaptic Hosting What is it? A turnkey hosted solution that provides a complete, managed IT ecosystem to load and run business applications “on demand,” utilizing a virtual IT infrastructure. • What potential sustainability and related benefits can AT&T Synaptic Hosting provide? • Ability to easily scale up or down to better match IT capacity • Increased hardware efficiency and better use of power resources • Payment for additional IT capacity, only when needed, and ability to downsize resources when needed

  14. Maximize Transportation EfficienciesMobility Fleet Management Solutions What is it? Along with our business alliance members, we offer dozens of vehicle-based fleet solutions that combine GPS, wireless, and web technologies. • What potential sustainability and related benefits can Fleet Management solutions provide? • Reduced idle time and fuel consumption, resulting in fewer carbon emissions • Better management of miles driven per day • Improved route planning • Better maintenance tracking • Reduced travel time and costs

  15. Monitor Energy RemotelySmart Grid Solutions What is it? Smart energy grids enable two-way communication between the energy provider and the home or business. AT&T can provide the broadband and wireless communication backbone that smart grids need between devices producing, distributing, and consuming electricity. • What potential sustainability and related benefits can smart grid solutions enable for energy providers? • Ability to read electric meters remotely without sending technicians • Energy providers can more quickly identify outages or correct problems that could lead to outages • Product Examples • Itron OpenWay Solution • SmartSynch Solution

  16. Additional ResourcesAT&T's Citizenship and Sustainability Efforts Citizenship& Sustainability Report Sustainability Media Kit www.att.com/csr www.att.com/sustainability

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