Qwest Corporation.
CTBB.US | Wired telecommunications activities
Qwest Corporation, a telecommunications company, provides communications services to residential and business customers. It offers a range of services, including local voice, long distance, data, Internet, and video services. The company also provides broadband, Ethernet, and other data transmission...Show More
Better Health for All
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Qwest Corporation's business model as a telecommunications company does not involve offering health-related products or services requiring accessibility considerations, holding healthcare-related patents, producing food or nutritional products, or conducting clinical trials. Its products also do not have addiction potential.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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Qwest Corporation is a telecommunications company, not a financial institution. The provided articles do not contain any evidence that the company offers lending, deposit, or other consumer financial products or services that the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value's KPIs are designed to assess. Therefore, all KPIs are scored 0 as they are not applicable to the company's core business model.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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Qwest Corporation reported that as of December 31, 2023, approximately 43% of its employees were members of either the Communications Workers of America (CWA) or the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW).
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A 2023-2026 CWA LQ/LUMEN contract was ratified with an 83.19% yes vote.
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This agreement includes provisions for wage increases, various differentials, premium pay for overtime and holidays, and benefits such as vacation, personal days, and health care eligibility for part-time employees.
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The agreement also outlines procedures for union dues deduction, excused time for union representatives, and a commitment to neutrality during organizing campaigns.
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Qwest Corporation has no substantiated labor-law or human-rights violations recorded in the past three years (2023-2025). Historically, the company was subject to an EEOC case regarding national origin and race discrimination, which resulted in a consent decree in 2009.
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Additionally, Qwest Corporation, d/b/a CenturyLink QC, received a $55,000 penalty from the NLRB in 2019 for labor relations violations
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and a $15,120 penalty from OSHA in 2013 for workplace safety violations.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific evidence regarding Qwest Corporation's (CTBB.US) performance on fair trade and ethical sourcing metrics, such as fair trade certification share, audit frequency, forced or child labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage, materials risk index, or supplier diversity spend, was found in the provided articles. The articles either discuss general industry issues
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or refer to a different company, Quest Diagnostics
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Honest & Fair Business
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In 2023, the company identified immaterial errors in its previously reported consolidated financial statements for periods prior to 2021 and for December 31, 2022.
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These errors, related to understated revenues and network expenses, led to revisions of certain line items on the December 31, 2022 consolidated balance sheet
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and an adjustment to January 1, 2021 retained earnings.
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Kind to Animals
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The provided articles pertain exclusively to Lumen Technologies and explicitly state that they contain no data relevant to CTBB.US (Qwest Corporation)
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No War, No Weapons
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No specific, quantifiable evidence was found in the provided articles to assess Qwest Corporation (CTBB.US) against the defined KPIs for the 'No War, No Weapons' ethical value. While articles mention a $100 million contract with the U.S. Department of Defense for Internet Protocol Services
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, the percentage of company revenue derived from this contract is not disclosed, preventing a score for 'revenue_arms_contracts'. Similarly, although Internet Protocol Services are noted as potentially dual-use
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, there is no information regarding the scope of R&D investment in such technologies. No other relevant data points for the remaining KPIs were available.
Planet-Friendly Business
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Qwest Corporation (CTBB.US) has set targets to reduce Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 18% and Scope 3 emissions by 10% from a 2018 baseline, both by 2025.
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The company received an A- score in its 2023 CDP Climate Change Response.
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No specific data on total greenhouse gas emissions, renewable energy usage, water consumption, waste diversion rates, or other detailed environmental performance metrics were provided.
Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided article discusses diversity and inclusion initiatives for Quest Diagnostics, which is a different entity than Qwest Corporation (CTBB.US). Therefore, no information relevant to Qwest Corporation or the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' value can be extracted from this article.
Safe & Smart Tech
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Qwest Corporation's ultimate parent, Lumen Technologies, has a Technology Security and Privacy Council co-chaired by the CSO, CIO, and CPO.
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This council considers emerging AI risks, reviews cybersecurity and privacy regulations, and approves and updates policies and standards, indicating a formal AI ethics policy with oversight.
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The company demonstrates compliance with various jurisdictional data privacy regulations, including Oregon Administrative Rules, FCC standards, Colorado Public Utilities Commission rules, and the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 47.
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Lumen also filed a Form 8-K on March 27, 2023, announcing two cybersecurity incidents, including one involving a sophisticated threat actor accessing internal IT systems, which is a regulatory compliance action.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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No relevant data was found in the provided articles for CTBB.US (Qwest Corporation). All articles pertain to Quest Diagnostics or Quest Resource Holding Corporation, which are different entities.