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Corporate Responsibility Highlights
At Verizon, we believe there are tremendous opportunities to grow and innovate
by applying our technologies to important social issues. In doing so, we create value
for our shareowners, our employees and our communities.
VERIZON INNOVATIVE LEARNING SCHOOLS
The Verizon Innovative Learning Schools (VILS) program increases the effective use of mobile technology in today’s
classrooms in order to improve student performance and drive student interest in science, technology, engineering
and math (STEM) subject areas. The program partners with administrators and teachers in underserved schools
across the nation and provides them with a comprehensive, two year sequence of onsite and online professional
development around leveraging mobile technology for teaching and learning.
According to the International Society for Technology in Education, students at VILS schools showed stronger
gains in mathematics and science than did students from comparison schools. On average VILS students showed a
4.63% increase in standardized test scores, while students at comparison schools’ test scores decreased 4.18%.
VILS DEMOGRAPHICS
¬ 24 underserved schools in the U.S.
¬ 200+ math and science teachers
¬ 11,500+ students
¬ 63% of VILS students on free or
reduced lunch programs
¬ 59% of VILS teachers are
individualizing instruction more
¬ 52% of students exhibited
increased proficiency
with mobile technology
¬ 40% of students increased their
problem solving ability
¬ 37% of students showed
increased academic achievement
VERIZON INNOVATIVE APP CHALLENGE
Over 1,000 teams and 5,000 students from schools
in every state and the District of Columbia
registered for the inaugural 2012-2013 Verizon
Innovative App Challenge.
¬ 90% of the winning teams’ apps are available
via Google Play
IMPROVING EDUCATION
ENGAGING EMPLOYEES
App Challenge winners are:
¬ $25.3 million has been donated
to nonprofits through
employee gifts and the Verizon
Foundation match
¬ 428,000 hours of volunteer
service given by employees
¬ Nearly 15,000 community
nonprofits benefitted
from employee support
Female
59%
60%
86%
Likely to pursue a STEM career
More interested in taking future
computer programming classes
Medical personnel at several Children’s Health
Fund locations are using Verizon’s 4G LTE mobile
technology to support the comprehensive care they
provide to disadvantaged youth. Children’s Health
Fund estimates that using the technology at these
locations will save approximately 4,000 hours in
administrative tasks annually, freeing up significantly
more time to spend with patients.
Construction began on a $100 million initiative
to install solar power and fuel cells at 17 Verizon
facilities in six states around the country by the
end of 2014. This commitment to green energy is
an important new element of our broader strategy
to cut the carbon intensity of our business in
half by 2020. By year end, 12.4MW of fuel cells
and solar power were implemented with another
2.6MW near completion.
In 2013, Verizon purchased $6.3 billion in
goods and services with minority, women,
and service-disabled veteran business
enterprises (MWSDVBE)—the highest total
in company history and nearly a 20% increase
compared to 2012.
To view our complete set of Corporate Responsibility Key Performance Indicators online, go to responsibility.verizon.com
+4,000
Hours Saved Annually $100M
For Green Energy +20%
Purchased from MWSDVBE
TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE MANAGING ENERGY SUPPLIER DIVERSITY
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