Environmental and social sustainability takes many forms at AT&T. The company invites interested parties to learn more about the company's community activities by engaging in its newly redesigned interactive website, People | Planet | Possibilities.

The site shares information through videos, social media and blogs. To complement these frequent updates, AT&T today released a condensed summary of key topics and accomplishments, including:

• Reached the halfway mark toward the goal of deploying 15,000 alternative fuel vehicles (AFVs) by 2018. AT&T has now deployed 8,230 alternative-fuel vehicles and reduced unleaded gasoline use by 4.6 million gallons in 2013.
• Contributed 5.3 million volunteer hours by employees and retirees.
• Increased veteran hiring by nearly five times, compared to 2012.
• Reached 95 percent of postpaid AT&T branded devices being rated as 3 or above out of a potential rating of 5, using the Eco-Rating system.
• Received more than 4 million pledges to never text while driving through the It Can Waitcampaign.
• Invested $21.2 billion in IP (Internet Protocol) – enabled networks.

In Georgia alone, the following was accomplished:

• More than $4.95 billion invested by AT&T in its best-in-class wired and wireless networks inGeorgia from 2011-2013.
• $4.95 million invested in 223 energy efficiency projects in Georgia in 2013, resulting in an expected 25 million kilowatt hours of annualized energy savings.
• More than 1.3 million hours of personal time given by AT&T employees and retirees inGeorgia to community outreach activities from 2009-2013 – worth more than $28.5 million.
• More than $41.1 million contributed by AT&T and its employees from 2009 through 2013 through giving programs in Georgia.

"With the help of our employees and organizations that share our vision, AT&T's sustainability commitment is growing in ways both imagined and unimagined," said Beth Shiroishi, President of AT&T Georgia. "We are encouraged by our progress in 2014, and we will continue our commitment to improving our communities and empowering our customers to do the same.  I'd like to invite you to join us on our sustainability journey by engaging on our People I Planet I Possibilities website."