At CREDO Mobile, we believe green is good. Our goal is to grow our business with minimal impact to the planet. Here’s how we’re keeping it green.

Citizen activism

With our members, we’ve stood up to Bush’s environmentally destructive administration and mobilized grassroots support on critical issues. We pushed Congress for the first increase in fuel-economy standards in 23 years. We helped stop the construction of 30 coal-fired power plants and have been fighting for more than two decades to prevent the despoiling of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. And our citizen activism movement continues to lobby for national legislation to address global warming and a switch to alternative energy sources.

Donations to environmental groups

CREDO members have helped generate more than $10 million for groups like Greenpeace, Rainforest Action Network, NRDC, Ocean Conservancy and Earthjustice. And since 1985 we’ve donated $60 million to progressive nonprofits fighting for peace, human rights, voting rights and economic justice and the environment.

Carbon offsets

CREDO Mobile is the first mobile phone company to be certified by carbonfund.org for offsetting the estimated electricity use and shipping of every mobile phone that goes to our customers (based on analyses from carbonfund.org).

Solar power

CREDO Mobile was the first U.S. mobile phone company to offer solar-powered phone chargers to its customers.

Recycling phones

CREDO Mobile has helped keep more than 25,000 phones out of landfills by partnering with CollectiveGood, an organization that recycles used phones. We send CREDO Mobile members a prepaid CollectiveGood envelope with each new handset so they can quickly and easily mail in their old phone(s).

Refurbished phones

CREDO Mobile’s refurbished phones are made from reused parts that provide an environmental benefit both by reducing electronic waste and by reusing existing materials.

Recycling paper

We’ve planted over 2.5 million trees to cover our paper use over the years (by donating $700,000 to tree-planting organizations). We also print our bills on 100% post-consumer recycled paper with soy-based, non-toxic ink.

Plastic with purpose

Working Assets offers a credit card that plants a tree every time you gas up plus donates 10¢ to alternative energy groups. Click here for more information.