VANCOUVER — Telus issued a press release today, known by many as Giving Tuesday, to its team members worldwide for their dedication to helping push the company’s global leadership in social capitalism during a year of uncertainty and unique challenges.
In addition, Telus announced it has recently been recognized by the Wall Street Journal as the only telecommunications company named to its The 100 Most Sustainably Managed Companies in the World list, with Telus ranking 29th overall and 15th in social capital. Telus attributed its achievement to the Telus team’s “unwavering resilience and commitment to making a meaningful impact in our communities.”
“Our Telus team continues to demonstrate that when things are at their worst, the Telus team is at its best. When Canadians needed support the most, we responded with passion and purpose to protect and support our communities and our customers. Indeed, our Telus team is guided by our longstanding belief that doing well in business and doing good in our communities are mutually inclusive,” said Darren Entwistle, president and CEO of Telus, in the company’s press release.
Since 2000, Telus and its employees have contributed $1.3 billion in value, time and financial support to Canadian charities and grassroots organizations, including $736 million and 1.4 million days of volunteerism. Each year, Telus team members and retirees volunteer one million hours in their local communities and support more than 4,000 charities.
To help during the global pandemic, Telus launched a number of initiatives to support Canadians across the country, dedicating more than $150 million to support Covid-19-related relief efforts including:
- Partnering with school boards to offer high-speed Internet at home for only $9.95 per month to families and K-12 students in need;
- Keeping Canada’s most vulnerable citizens connected, including seniors in long-term care homes, by donating more than 14,000 free mobile devices and rate plans, valued at more than $9 million, to hundreds of organizations across the country;
- Extending the Telus Mobility for Good program nationwide to help young people transitioning from foster care stay connected with access to a free smartphone and fully subsidized plan from Telus for two years;
- Further expanding the Telus Internet for Good program to the more than 179,000 British Columbians and Albertans living with disabilities, giving them access to $9.95 per month Internet to stay safely connected at home;
- Offering adult and youth-sized reusable critter masks featuring Telus’ loveable critters and nature themes on telus.com and in select stores across Canada, exceeding Telus’ goal of raising $500,000 for the Telus Friendly Future Foundation, supporting Covid-19 relief efforts across Canada;
- Volunteering nearly 1.2 million hours of service, virtually and safely, to help build stronger, healthier communities by sewing masks and other personal protection items for frontline workers, delivering food and supplies to local food banks and families in need, donating blood, and conducting phone check-ins for isolated seniors; and
- Donating 13,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to Canadian students as part of Telus’ Kits for Kids program at the start of the school year in September.
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