Comcast 2024 Impact Report: Advancing Digital Equity and Sustainability
Comcast has unveiled its 2024 Impact Report, showcasing stories of impact and providing diversity and environmental data to demonstrate the company's efforts towards creating a fairer, more inclusive, and sustainable world.
Celebrating Comcast’s 60th anniversary, the company has intensified its initiatives to bridge the digital divide through Project UP, a $1 billion pledge to enhance digital equity. This includes ongoing support for local and national nonprofits that offer digital-skills training and career development opportunities. Comcast also remains dedicated to environmental sustainability through energy-efficient measures aimed at reducing its carbon footprint.
The report outlines the company's achievements in 2023 and early 2024, such as:
Celebrating Comcast’s 60th anniversary, the company has intensified its initiatives to bridge the digital divide through Project UP, a $1 billion pledge to enhance digital equity. This includes ongoing support for local and national nonprofits that offer digital-skills training and career development opportunities. Comcast also remains dedicated to environmental sustainability through energy-efficient measures aimed at reducing its carbon footprint.
The report outlines the company's achievements in 2023 and early 2024, such as:
- Distributing over $25 million to various community organizations nationwide to support digital skills programs and partnerships.
- Expanding the Digital Navigators network with $13.6 million in grants to aid connectivity and adoption for more than 250 organizations.
- Helping thousands of young people acquire media literacy and storytelling skills through Sky Up Academy and NBCU Academy.
- Supporting the growth of 13,500 underrepresented small businesses with $125 million in grants, technology, and marketing resources through Comcast RISE.
- Piloting American Sign Language (ASL) in Greater Philadelphia Xfinity retail stores to enhance inclusivity.
- Advancing the goal to double the energy efficiency of its network by 2030, with a 40% reduction in electricity used per byte of data since 2019.
- Launching the GreenerLight Program to integrate sustainability throughout the filmmaking process.
- Promoting volunteerism through Team UP, with over 25,000 employees volunteering more than 220,000 hours.
- Progressing towards carbon neutrality, reducing emissions by over 30% since 2019.
Comcast acknowledges the dedication of its employees and partners and looks forward to ongoing collaboration to build a future full of limitless possibilities.
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