BCE INC. | Carbon neutral operations and suppliers at BCE INC.

Status
Withdrawn
AGM date
Previous AGM date
Resolution details
Company ticker
BCE
Lead filer
Mouvement d'éducation et de défense des actionnaires (MÉDAC)
Resolution ask
Report on or disclose
ESG theme
  • Environment
ESG sub-theme
  • Net Zero / Paris aligned
Type of vote
Shareholder proposal
Filer type
Shareholder
Company sector
Telecom
Company HQ country
Canada
Resolved clause
It is proposed that the corporation specify the actions it is taking with its suppliers to ensure that they adhere to concrete carbon neutrality objectives.
Supporting statement
In a press release issued last March you made a commitment to become carbon neutral in all your activities by 2025. While we recognize the importance of such a commitment, we know that corporations are addressing scope 1 emissions, such as those emitted directly from their operations, and scope 2 emissions, such as space heating and cooling. Scope 3 emissions, such as emissions from suppliers or users of their products, are rarely taken into account in such strategies. The objective of this proposal is to invite you to disclose the actions you are taking with your various suppliers to encourage them to reduce their carbon footprint and become carbon neutral. These disclosures could take the form of those you present in your Corporate Responsibility Report on diversity. Such disclosure would allow shareholders and stakeholders to better appreciate the scope of the efforts made by BCE in this regard.

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