Verizon Singapore Lauded for Its Sustainability Efforts

SINGAPORE, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Verizon Singapore has been awarded the BCA Green Mark Gold^Plus Award in recognition of the eco-friendly design and sustainable best practices of the company's Singapore office. The award recognizes companies' achievements in environmental sustainability as part of their overall corporate social responsibility efforts.

Verizon's Singapore office fulfilled several criteria, including energy and water efficiency, management and operational sustainability, and indoor environmental quality.

Singapore's Building and Construction Authority launched the BCA Green Mark Scheme in 2005 to encourage the local construction industry and real estate sector to develop more environmentally friendly buildings.  Buildings are evaluated for their environmental impact and energy performance.

Andrew Dobbins, Verizon's Asia-Pacific group vice president, accepted the award from BCA's deputy chairman, Er Lee Chuan Seng, at the BCA Awards ceremony on Thursday (May 24).

Dobbins said: "Verizon believes very strongly that good business practice is intrinsically linked with sustainability, and we work very hard to practice what we preach, in terms of our internal operations and the services we offer our customers. Sustainable energy use is a key focus area for us across the business, and we continue to optimize our networks, our buildings and our resources as we strive for best practice. This award is a welcome recognition of our ongoing efforts in this area."

In March, Verizon announced plans to cut its CO2 intensity by half by 2020, as part of the company's broad sustainability efforts. Verizon's first combined annual and corporate responsibility report is available at http://responsibility.verizon.com.

Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE, Nasdaq: VZ), headquartered in New York, is a global leader in delivering broadband and other wireless and wireline communications services to consumer, business, government and wholesale customers.  Verizon Wireless operates America's most reliable wireless network, with 93 million retail customers nationwide.  Verizon also provides converged communications, information and entertainment services over America's most advanced fiber-optic network, and delivers integrated business solutions to customers in more than 150 countries, including all of the Fortune 500.  A Dow 30 company with $111 billion in 2011 revenues, Verizon employs a diverse workforce of nearly 192,000.  For more information, visit www.verizon.com.

SOURCE Verizon