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- Motorola was named by Business Ethics Magazine as the 4th best corporate citizen in 2006
- CHICAGO — 5 June 2007 — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has renewed and expanded its membership in the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX®), the world’s first and North America’s only voluntary but legally binding greenhouse gas emissions reduction, registry and trading system. By becoming a Phase II CCX member, Motorola has committed to tracking and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and to achieving a 6 percent reduction in its greenhouse gas emissions by 2010 below a year 2000 baseline.
Motorola also has become the first member of CCX to include in its commitment all of its worldwide manufacturing sites that currently are not covered under the regulatory emissions reduction requirements of the Kyoto Protocol signatories and the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EUETS). The CCX commitment will include sites in Brazil, China, India, Israel, Malaysia, Mexico, Singapore, Taiwan and the United States, thus making Motorola the first global member of CCX.
CCX establishes a legally binding reduction commitment. Members that reduce emissions beyond the commitment may sell surplus allowances to other members. Participants that do not meet reduction commitments must buy allowances to achieve compliance.
“Motorola is working proactively to manage our impact on climate change by reducing our carbon footprint, using renewable energy and reducing our products’ energy usage,” said Jodi Shapiro, vice president of environment, health and safety for Motorola. “We value the CCX’s innovative, collective approach to addressing climate change and believe Motorola can make a bigger impact when we work together with others.”
A CCX founding member, Motorola’s objective is to be highly energy efficient and to use renewable energy wherever practical to reduce its carbon footprint. Motorola is the first major cell phone manufacturer to redesign all its new mobile phone and accessory chargers (external power supplies) to be ENERGY STAR-qualified. Since voluntarily signing the European Union "code of conduct on energy efficiency of external power supplies" in 2000, Motorola has reduced the average standby power of its chargers by at least 70 percent.
“We proudly welcome Motorola’s decision to continue its membership in CCX and highlight their path-breaking decision to include their global sites not already subject to a regulatory reduction structure,” said Dr. Richard L. Sandor, CCX’s chairman and CEO. “This shows their leadership and vision, which is consistent with their many environmental initiatives throughout the years, including their role as a founding member of CCX. The use of the CCX Registry and Trading Platform for a global company shows CCX’s capacity to address the challenge of climate change from a global standpoint.”
- ORLANDO, Fla. – CTIA Wireless 2007 – 27 March 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) announced today that it is the first major cell phone manufacturer to redesign all its mobile phone and accessory chargers (external power supplies) to be ENERGY STAR-qualified. ENERGY STAR is designed to help consumers identify energy-efficient products which meet strict energy efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Energy (DOE).
Climate change is widely recognized as one of the greatest challenges facing the world today, and Motorola is doing its part to help protect the environment and spur innovative solutions such as ENERGY STAR-qualified power supplies.
"EPA salutes Motorola's leadership as the first company to ensure all of the power adapters in their phone chargers earn the ENERGY STAR," said Bill Wehrum, Acting EPA Assistant Administrator for Air and Radiation. "By being more energy efficient, ENERGY STAR-qualified adapters reduce greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution associated with the generation of electricity."
According to EPA, if every phone sold in the U.S. this year used an ENERGY STAR qualified adapter in its charger, the energy saved could light 760,000 homes for a year. In addition, it would prevent well over 1 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions, the equivalent emissions of more than 200,000 cars.
“At Motorola, we realize the importance of helping to protect the environment,” said Greg Estell, Corporate Vice President and General Manager, MobileME, Motorola, Inc. “As a leading provider of consumer electronic products to millions of American homes, Motorola is dedicated to providing solutions, like ENERGY STAR-qualified chargers, that help improve the everyday lives of consumers.”
The ENERGY STAR logo will be incorporated on the packaging of Motorola’s aftermarket wall-charging solutions so consumers can easily identify energy efficient products.
- SCHAUMBURG, Ill. – 12 April 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today renewed its call for U.S. schools to earn extra money and help the environment by collecting used mobile phones for reuse and recycling through the company’s Race to Recycle program.
Race to Recycle enables accredited K-12 schools to earn extra cash for books, desks, computers, gym equipment, extracurricular activities and more while doing their part to protect the environment. Students, parents and entire communities work together to get old mobile phones out of closets and drawers and into the recycling bin. Each school can earn up to $21,000 per calendar year. Schools in each U.S. state currently participate.
Motorola operates multiple U.S. recycling programs. This includes collections taken by participating schools, postage-paid envelopes packaged with new Motorola phones for mail back and joint programs with mobile carriers. Postage-paid labels also are available at www.motorola.com/racetorecycle. Motorola accepts any manufacturer’s mobile phone for reuse and recycling. A portion of the proceeds collected through all of these programs helps reward schools participating in Race to Recycle.
“The Race to Recycle program goes beyond philanthropy to unite our commitment to environmental goals, community outreach and education,” said Jodi Shapiro, vice president of Motorola environment, health and safety. “The success of our reuse and recycling program depends on consumers handing back their used mobile phones. The schools help us with this in an easy, environmentally friendly, educational way for schools to raise funds.”
- Schaumburg, Ill. – 21 September 2007 – Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index (DJSI World) and the Dow Jones Sustainability North America Index (DJSI North America), recognizing the company’s economic, environmental and social performance.
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes are among the first global indices tracking the financial performance of leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide. As a member of DJSI World, Motorola is among the top 10 percent of the largest 2,500 companies in the Dow Jones World Index.
“We’re honored to receive this prestigious recognition for the efforts of all Motorola employees in corporate responsibility. We are committed to doing the right thing in all aspects of our business,” said Ed Zander, Motorola’s chairman and chief executive officer.
The annual review of the DJSI family is based on a thorough analysis of corporate economic, environmental and social performance, assessing issues such as corporate governance, risk management, branding, climate change, supply chain standards and labor practices.
The DJSI awarded Motorola the highest score among its peer group across a number of performance areas, including codes of conduct, compliance, corruption and bribery, brand management, supply chain management, privacy protection, environmental policy / management system, talent attraction and retention, stakeholder engagement, and standards for suppliers.
