Sichuan Mobile has released its second corporate social responsibility report recently, showing the efforts it has made over the year on economic, social and environmental responsibilities.
In economic development, the company's operating income for 2007 reached CNY14 billion with taxation of nearly CNY2 billion. It is estimated that the company's contribution rate to GDP is 1.3%.
In social responsibilities, Sichuan Mobile has been committed to providing communications infrastructure for villages since 2004; and by the end of 2007, the Company has invested CNY3.948 billion for communications infrastructure in 9,232 administrative villages. In addition, CNY150 million were invested for 50,409 information terminals in rural areas providing agricultural information. Following the blizzard disaster in early 2008 and the May 12 earthquake, the company organized communication repair teams to mitigate the disasters and received praise from the State Council.
For environmental protection, the company has launched a green initiative plan focusing on energy conservation and emission reduction, which is expected to result in a decrease of 8% in power consumption for each of its business units in 2008. It also launched a green box environmental program for the recycling of cellphones in its 130 business halls and communications markets. As of June 2008, 22,733 cellphones and accessories had been received under this scheme.
