Sustainability at Cogeco
At Cogeco, we take pride in our strong presence in the communities we serve and in our commitment to a sustainable future. We feel a deep sense of responsibility towards our stakeholders. We strive to build a more sustainable and inclusive future and deliver on our sustainability strategy, which focuses on reducing our environmental footprint, creating a positive social impact, and ensuring transparency. We continue to demonstrate our commitment to sustainability by adopting relevant reporting standards, recognized frameworks and pledges, which help our stakeholders better understand our efforts and measure our progress.
We are honored to be recognized as one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world by Corporate Knights for the sixth consecutive year. This recognition is a testament to our sustainability strategy and the value we place on the communities our employees and customers call home.
2024 Sustainability highlights
Taking urgent action to limit the impacts of climate change
Cogeco is proud to be the first telecommunications company in Canada to have its net-zero target approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi). Cogeco has joined business leaders representing over $23 trillion in market capitalization in signing the Business Ambition for 1.5°C pledge, a call to action to limit the worst impacts of climate change. We also signed Environment and Climate Change Canada’s Net-Zero Challenge and have been officially recognized as a Gold Tier Participant. Both of these commitments include setting a target to achieve net zero emissions across our entire value chain by 2050.
Cogeco’s emissions reduction pathway
Cogeco is taking concrete steps to reduce its emissions across its operations and value chain to meet its SBTi approved targets. The infographic below shows our emissions reduction pathway and the key levers we are employing to achieve our goals.