Corporate Responsibility in Action

Symantec’s Corporate Responsibility in Action blog highlights how Symantec is implementing environmental, social, and ethical principles throughout its business practices

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  Updated: anand_raj 17 May 2013

  Pedal to the Metal - National Bike Month

  As a passionate biker, I always look forward to this time of year when Symantec Headquarters employees join thousands across the nation to participate in The League of American Bicyclists National Bike Month. Bike to Work Day and Month has become a hugely popular nationwide event to celebrate the many benefits of bike transportation.  As featured in this great Bike to Work Day PSA, ‘Why do you Ride’, biking to work has numerous benefits for your health, your wallet and the environment. For example, for every one mile pedaled rather than driven, approximately one pound of CO²  is saved, and on a round-trip commute of 10 miles, bicyclists save around $10 daily....
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  Created: lora_phillips 02 May 2013

  Speaking AND Listening: The Key to Effective Stakeholder Communications

  Fostering a two-way, inclusive dialogue with stakeholders is key to the success of corporate sustainability programs. But developing a communications strategy that delivers the transparency stakeholders demand, in an engaging, enriching way, is challenging. For this Sustainable Brands article, I spoke with the author about the various ways Symantec is communicating to its stakeholders through social media tools such as Chatter, this blog, our intranet, and more. One key piece of advice: Don’t just talk to your audience — listen. Do it often, do it consistently and do it thoughtfully. You can read the full article...
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  Created: Chris Abess 22 Apr 2013

  Celebrate Earth Day with the Symantec community!

  Today is Earth Day and the start of National Volunteer Week in the United States. Symantec is celebrating by exploring our commitment to environmental responsibility. Previous posts have explored Symantec's commitment to LEED certification, talked about our participation in Earth Hour, and explained our efforts to minimize our waste stream. Today we hear from Chris Abess, a Symantec VP in the Norton business segment who also serves as the global executive sponsor for the company's Green Teams. ...
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  Created: kelly_shea 19 Apr 2013

  Minimizing our waste streams - Symantec's first global waste audit

  This month, Symantec is celebrating Earth Day by exploring our commitment to environmental responsibility. Previous posts have explored Symantec's commitment to LEED certification, and talked about our participation in Earth Hour. Today we hear from Kelly Shea, Symantec's sustainability program manager, on the results from Symantec's first global waste audit.   Symantec recently completed its very first set of “friendly” waste audits at local sites across the world to better understand our waste impacts. The audits are conducted according to the LEED-EBOM MRc6: Solid Waste Management...
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  Updated: Debra McLaughlin 17 Apr 2013

  Turning off the lights for Earth Hour

     This month, Symantec is celebrating Earth Day by exploring our commitment to environmental responsibility. We've explored Symantec's commitment to LEED certification previously, and today we hear from Debra McLaughlin, Symantec's stakeholder engagement program manager, on Symantec's Earth Hour participation.   “Demand on natural resources has doubled since 1966 and we currently use the equivalent of 1.5 planets to support our activities.” WWF 2012 Living Planet Report   Every year, hundreds of millions...
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  Created: kelly_shea 11 Apr 2013

  Celebrating our 20th LEED-certified building!

  This month, Symantec is celebrating Earth Day by exploring our commitment to environmental responsibility. Today we hear from Kelly Shea, Symantec's global sustainability program manager, on the successful LEED certification of our 20th office facility.   With buildings accounting for 40 percent of global energy use and over one third of global greenhouse gas emissions, we recognize our responsibility to play a role in decreasing these impacts. We are therefore very proud to announce that we have just LEED-certified our 20th facility! This certification, for one of our Mountain View, CA buildings, is part of Symantec’s ongoing goal to obtain LEED and Energy Star certifications for all owned or long-leased...
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  Created: lora_phillips 08 Apr 2013

  Earth Day Series - Celebrating Our Progress

  At Symantec, we regard environmental stewardship as both an imperative of responsible operation, and an opportunity to improve our business performance. We therefore have prioritized where we can have the biggest impacts and track key indicators to monitor these impacts throughout our value chain. The pillars of our environmental strategy include data center considerations, conservation efforts, software packaging and delivery mechanisms, and transportation alternatives.   In honor of Earth Day this month, we will highlight accomplishments that demonstrate the progress we are making across these focus areas. From green...
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  Updated: Amanda Davis 13 Nov 2012

  I am the difference between supply chain compliance and supply chain confusion

  Symantec’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report explores our commitments to our employees, the world, and your information. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be featuring blogs from Symantec employees and partners that focus on how they are making a difference. This week, we hear from Amanda Davis, Global Systems Compliance Manager.   The Supply Chain team’s involvement in Symantec's environmental initiatives has been evolving since 1994 when we first registered to the ISO14001 Environmental Standard. Since then the journey has been interesting, challenging, and ever changing. Upon reflection when I think about then and now, Symantec as a company has made tremendous improvements to both its processes and approach. This is reflected in Symantec’s outstanding...
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  Updated: Patricia Titus 01 Nov 2012

  I am the difference between "at risk" and "at ease"

  Symantec’s 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report explores our commitments to our employees, the world, and your information. Over the next several weeks, we’ll be featuring blogs from Symantec employees and partners that focus on how they are making a difference. This week, we hear from Patricia Titus, Symantec Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer.   Symantec's mission to inspire confidence in a connected world requires that we ensure both our own operations and those of our customers are safe and secure. As the leading global information security company, this is not an easy task. In our tech-based society, cyber criminals are now harder to track and companies are more vulnerable than ever. At Symantec, we see every kind of cyber attack on our operations,...
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  Updated: Cecily Joseph 29 Oct 2012

  CEO Steve Bennett on Corporate Responsibility

  Recently, I had the opportunity to sit down with Symantec CEO Steve Bennett to talk about Symantec’s approach to corporate responsibility. In the course of the conversation, he discussed what he believes responsibility means at Symantec, some of the company’s recent accomplishments, and the challenges to be tackled in the coming year. You can read more about Symantec's approach in our 2012 Corporate Responsibility Report.