Dear Everyone,
<http://links.mailing.greenpeace.org/ctt?kn=4&ms=MzcyNDcwNTgS1&r=OTE2MjA4NTc5OQS2&b=0&j=MTE1OTc0NTM2S0&mt=1&rt=0> Click here to send Mr Sunil Mittal an email asking him to fulfill his promise Bharti Airtel has failed to honour its commitment. Over 70,000 people asked the market leader to disclose its carbon emissions. In June 2011, Bharti Airtel, along with Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) representatives met Greenpeace India and promised to disclose its emission reduction plan, and a plan to use clean energy to power its network operations by September 2011 [1]. Now they refuse to act. In contrast, companies like Vodafone Essar and Google have disclosed their carbon emissions from their Indian operations.[2,3] Bharti Airtel can do the same. As a market leader and a company committed to sustainable growth, Bharti Airtel needs to be reminded about its commitment. Can you send an email to Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal and ask him fulfill the promise made by his company. http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Stop-Climate-Change/Green-Electronics/switch-off-diesel/sunil-mittal-fulfill-airtels-promise/ <http://links.mailing.greenpeace.org/ctt?kn=1&ms=MzcyNDcwNTgS1&r=OTE2MjA4NTc5OQS2&b=0&j=MTE1OTc0NTM2S0&mt=1&rt=0> The company needs to know that it is being watched by its current and potential customers. Thousands of people writing to Chairman Sunil Mittal will help put pressure on him to act. The telecom sector uses diesel at a subsidised price, which leads to a loss of Rs 2600 crore to the government.[4] Being the market leader Bharti Airtel powers lakhs of mobile towers and enjoys the biggest portion of this subsidised diesel. Research by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has shown that renewable energy has the potential to provide electricity to the world.[5] Ask Bharti Airtel to lead the energy revolution now! <http://links.mailing.greenpeace.org/ctt?kn=9&ms=MzcyNDcwNTgS1&r=OTE2MjA4NTc5OQS2&b=0&j=MTE1OTc0NTM2S0&mt=1&rt=0> http://www.greenpeace.org/india/en/What-We-Do/Stop-Climate-Change/Green-Electronics/switch-off-diesel/sunil-mittal-fulfill-airtels-promise/ Thanks a billion! Hari Haran sathyamurthy. PS: Greenpeace is an independent organisation funded by individuals like you. Your contribution will help further the struggle to save our food. You will also get a Greenpeace organic cotton grocery bag to carry your non-GM, organic groceries as a thank you for your contribution. Click <http://links.mailing.greenpeace.org/ctt?kn=8&ms=MzcyNDcwNTgS1&r=OTE2MjA4NTc5OQS2&b=0&j=MTE1OTc0NTM2S0&mt=1&rt=0> here to chip in. Sources: 1. COAI Declares Adoption of Common Evaluation Methodology for GHG Emissions, June 10 2011 http://www.coai.com/docs/PressReleases/Press%20Release%20GHG.pdf 2. Vodafone to set India-specific GHG emission reduction target, Economic Times, August 8 2011 http://m.economictimes.com/PDAET/articleshow/9529195.cms 3. Google discloses carbon footprint for the first time, The Guardian, September 8, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/sep/08/google-carbon-footprint 4. Telecom industry's "diesel exploitation" exposed, Business Standard, May 25, 2011 http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/telecom-industrys-diesel-exploitation-exposed-/435975/ 5. Renewable energy can power the world, says landmark IPCC study, The Guardian, May 9, 2011 http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/may/09/ipcc-renewable-energy-power-world
