2023 Integrated Annual Report features contributions to creating a connected, sustainable world
Published 03-12-24
Issued by Bell Canada
BCE’s 2023 Integrated Annual Report presents the company’s financial and non-financial performance in one document, demonstrating its continued commitment to create a connected, sustainable world.
BCE Inc. ("Bell Canada” or “Bell”) has released its 2023 Integrated Annual Report.
We are pursuing our purpose to advance how Canadians connect with each other and the world by building resilient networks and embracing automation to offer even better products, services and customer experiences. All with a continuing commitment to corporate responsibility that helps create a better world, better communities and a better workplace.
As we accelerate our transformation from a traditional telecommunications company to a technology services and digital media leader, Bell continues to seek to create a more connected world through network investments that support the social and economic prosperity of communities across Canada. Bell’s objective to create value long into the future includes community investment, recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent and conscientious environmental practices.
Bell’s 2023 Integrated Annual Report (IAR) presents its financial and non-financial performance together in one document, following the principles of the International Reporting Framework (the <IR> Framework), now part of the International Reporting Standards Foundation. The <IR> approach helps illuminate the connection between sustainability and financial performance, permitting the company to present its strategy to create sustained value for stakeholders over time.
In accordance with the <IR> Framework, the 2023 report includes a description of how the company’s six forms of “capital” (our networks, our customers and relationships, our products and services, our environment, our people and our financial resources) serve as inputs to create value. This value creation model demonstrates the value we create for our stakeholders through the use of capitals, such as keeping customers connected through strong reliable networks, helping to enable a sustainable society, consistent investor returns and a strong capital structure.
Bell’s commitments to value creation, reflected in its Bell for Better platform, is based on these pillars:
Better World
Better Communities
Better Workplace
Bell always seeks to improve its performance reporting and welcomes your feedback and suggestions. Please send any questions or comments to esg@bell.ca.
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