corporate social responsibility report 2005

commitment

• profile
• TELUS community boards
• our commitment
• business and management practices
• stakeholder relations
• auditors' report
• comments from the auditors
• global reporting initiative guidelines
• a friendly future by respecting our past

TELUS community boards

At TELUS, we have a fundamental belief that in order to do well in business, we must “do good” in the communities in which we live, work and serve. While we have fully embraced the challenge of becoming Canada’s premier corporate citizen as a national goal, we also realize that it must be owned and executed locally, in partnership with the community.

In 2005, we continued our journey to become Canada’s premier corporate citizen by taking a bold step to actively involve the community in our community investment efforts. To meet this new strategic focus, TELUS developed a community board strategy, with a goal to work collaboratively with the community to identify and address key issues.

This new strategy saw the incorporation of seven TELUS Community Boards across Canada with a mandate to guide our community investment efforts. Led by a diverse cross-section of key community leaders, the TELUS Community Boards allocated approximately $3.5 million to local charities in 2005, supporting 197 initiatives.

These ground-breaking boards are helping communities in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Rimouski to meet their local needs. The TELUS Community Boards have funded a diverse portfolio of educational programs that are a direct reflection of the needs in their specific communities. From the funding of sports programs for youth to the funding of leading-edge technology programs for children, the TELUS Community Boards have helped make the future friendlier for Canadians.

We are looking to the TELUS Community Boards to provide insight, local knowledge and inspiration to help us:

• Determine if we are successfully creating the benefits we mutually envision
• Point out opportunities we may have overlooked
• Identify where best to deploy our executives who are willing to lend their time to serve the region’s community and business organizations.