AT&T’s business customers can use the new AT&T Carbon Impact Assessment Tool to calculate the estimated GHG emissions and cost savings of using solutions that replace or reduce business travel and increase productivity and collaboration. AT&T claims to be the first communications provider to offer such a tool for businesses.

Using detailed data such as company size, number of employees and employees’ travel plans, the AT&T Carbon Impact Assessment Tool calculates the estimated return on investment (ROI), GHG emissions avoided, and productivity enhancements that could be achieved through use or potential use of AT&T Telepresence Solution®, AT&T Connect, and AT&T Remote Access Service.

The tool can display the results of using these technologies in user-friendly terms, such as the equivalent number of passenger cars removed from the road, trees that no longer need to be planted to offset emissions, or houses’ worth of energy use avoided.

“Environmental resources are precious. The AT&T Carbon Impact Assessment Tool helps quantify benefits based on real customer-provided data and protocol-based calculations to support businesses as they make smart choices in deploying ICT solutions,” said Alicia Dietsch, VP Marketing Communications, AT&T Business Solutions.  

AT&T recently sponsored a study by the Carbon Disclosure Project and produced by Verdantix that shows that, by 2020, large  U.S. companies1 that use cloud computing can achieve annual energy savings of $12.3 billion and annual carbon reductions equivalent to 200 million barrels of oil, or enough to power 5.7 million cars for one year2. 

For more information on the AT&T Carbon Impact Assessment Tool: www.att.com/communicationseconomy