Liberty Global plc (“Liberty Global”) (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB, LBTYK, LILA
and LILAK) today announced its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability
World and North America Indices.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices track the performance of leading
companies in terms of their economic, environmental, governance and
social performance. Each year, over 3,000 publicly traded companies are
invited to participate in this corporate sustainability assessment and
Liberty Global’s inclusion is evidence of the company’s continued
progress in delivering its Corporate Responsibility strategy.
Highlights from Liberty Global’s Corporate Responsibility program in
2014 included:
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Empowering young people to acquire and grow their digital skills
through programs such as CoderDojo and YouRock. Liberty Global became
a partner of both programs, which are part of its ‘promoting a digital
society’ strategy and demonstrates its commitment to the European
Commission's Grand Coalition for Digital Jobs;
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Engaging with thousands of entrepreneurs across a number of markets in
online competitions and initiatives to support innovation in digital
society. Projects included Pitch to Rich in the U.K., Telenet’s
Kickstart accelerator in Belgium, and Think Big in Poland;
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Continuing to make advances in conserving energy and reducing
greenhouse gas emissions relative to the company’s key measure - the
amount of data traffic consumed by our customers. In 2014, the company
improved its energy efficiency by 34% and its carbon efficiency by 31%;
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Refurbishing 4.4 million set-top boxes and modems, avoiding
approximately 7,200 metric tons of waste that would otherwise have
ended up in landfill sites. This also resulted in a financial saving
of $320 million;
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Continuing Liberty Global’s partnership with global supply chain
assessment specialist EcoVadis to implement a robust approach for
assessing social and environmental performance of Liberty Global’s
suppliers.
Rick Westerman, who oversees Liberty Global's Corporate Responsibility
program, said: “We are committed to maximizing the positive social
impact of our products and services and to conducting our operations
both responsibly and sustainably. Our inclusion in the Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices for the last four years reflects that commitment,
and we look forward to building on our success in this area.”
Alongside its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices this
year, Liberty Global continues to be a member of the FTSE4Good
Index and earlier this year became a constituent of the MSCI Global
Sustainability Indexes. Liberty Global’s 2014 Corporate Responsibility
Report is available at www.libertyglobal.com/cr.
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the largest
international cable company with operations in 14 countries. We connect
people to the digital world and enable them to discover and experience
its endless possibilities. Our market-leading products are provided
through next-generation networks and innovative technology platforms
that connected 27 million customers subscribing to 56 million
television, broadband internet and telephony services at June 30, 2015.
In addition, we served five million mobile subscribers and offered WiFi
service across six million access points.
Liberty Global’s businesses are currently attributed to two tracking
stock groups: the Liberty Global Group (NASDAQ: LBTYA, LBTYB and LBTYK),
which primarily comprises our European operations, and the LiLAC Group
(NASDAQ: LILA and LILAK, OTC Link: LILAB), which comprises our
operations in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Liberty Global's consumer brands are Virgin Media, Ziggo, Unitymedia,
Telenet, UPC, VTR and Liberty. Our operations also include Liberty
Global Business Services and Liberty Global Ventures. For more
information, please visit www.libertyglobal.com
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