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Verizon – Catherine Mullin – 2019

Goals 

Verizon, one of the world’s largest telecommunication companies, has a diverse and global supply chain and a robust supplier code of conduct. To encourage commitment to sustainability throughout its supply chain, Verizon has set a public commitment to have 80% of assessed suppliers to be compliant with minimum CSR standards by 2020. To help meet this goal, EDF Climate Corps fellow Catherine Mullin was enlisted to assess the program and help Verizon establish a pathway towards its goals.

Solutions

To develop an assessment timeline Mullin worked with both internal and external stakeholders to strengthen partnerships to support Verizon’s supplier assessment initiative and assessment goals. She evaluated third party suppliers to expand the program by determining which platforms were equipped to support the program’s future goals at scale.

Mullin worked with the Sustainability Team to identify sourcing champions to support a cross-divisional effort to increase internal support and ultimately the initiative’s long-term success. Catherine engaged the sourcing division through emails and calls, to increase transparency about the sustainability goals of the program. In addition to supplier assessment, Catherine assessed the sustainability of 5G, Science Based Targets initiative and sustainability communications.

Potential Impact

As a result, over the course of her 10 week assignment, Catherine increased the amount of Verizon suppliers on the platform to be assessed by over 110%. The number of suppliers assessed also increased by 3% during Catherine’s tenure.

At a glance
Industry: Telecommunications
Project types:
  • Engagement and Behavior Change
Year: 2019
Location: Basking Ridge, NJ
About the fellow
Catherine Mullin
University of Michigan
Catherine Mullin is a dual degree MBA/MS candidate at the University of Michigan. She serves on the Erb Institute's Student Advisory Board and enjoys spending her free time baking and exploring Maine with family & friends. Before graduate school, Catherine worked in non-profit and CSR, exploring how to have positive impact across sectors.

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