Awards & Recognition

2009

Newsweek magazine honored Sprint as a leading green U.S. corporation. Sprint was listed as 15th out of 500 on Newsweek’s 2009 Green Ratings list.

Oracle honored Sprint’s green business practices and sustainability initiatives with the ‘Enable the Eco-Enterprise’ award.

Sprint received a 100% perfect score on the Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equality Index (CEI) for the 5th year in a row. The HRC CEI has become a roadmap and benchmarking tool for US businesses in the evolving field of GLBT equality in the workplace.

Sprint was named to Hispanic Business Magazines’ Diversity Elite 60 and was featured in the September 2009 Hispanic Business Magazine issue.

CivilianJobs.com recognized Sprint as one of the 2009 Most Valuable Employers for Military. The winners and finalists were selected based on surveys in which employers outlined their 2009 recruiting, training and retention plans that best serve military service members and veterans.

Kansas City Business Journal awarded Sprint with the Community Star Award and the Large Business Award.

Selling Power Magazine listed Sprint #25 on “The 25 Best Service Companies to Sell For.”

Orange County Business Journal listed Boost Mobile as One of the Best Places to Work.

Radio Shack awarded Sprint the 2009 Mobility MVP Vendor of the Year award.

2008

BusinessWeek

Sprint named one of the top 100 companies in BusinessWeek’s 2008 “Best Places to Launch a Career” survey

Conceive Magazine

Conceive Magazine ranked Sprint in the “Top 50” most family-friendly companies in America for its fertility and adoption benefits

DiversityInc.

Sprint ranked #35 out of 352 companies that participated in DiversityInc.'s 2008 Top 50 Companies for Diversity Survey

Environmental Protection Agency - Climate Leaders Partner

Sprint is among the large corporations partnering with the EPA to develop corporate climate-change strategies through greenhouse-gas reduction

Environmental Protection Agency - Green Power Purchaser

Sprint ranked 15th on EPA's Fortune 500 Green Power Purchaser's list

Environmental Protection Agency - Plug-In To Ecycling partner

As a partner in this program, Sprint encourages consumers to "e-cycle" their wireless devices and sponsors wireless recycling program

G.I. Jobs Magazine

For the sixth year in a row, Sprint Nextel has been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Most Military-Friendly Employers," which ranks companies based on the strength of the companies' recruiting efforts, the percentage of new hires with prior military service and the companies' policies toward National Guard and reserve service

Hispanic Enterprise

Hispanic Enterprise included Sprint on its list of Top 50 Corporations ranking for Supplier Diversity

Human Rights Campaign

For the fourth consecutive year, Sprint received a perfect 100 percent score on the HRC's Corporate Equality Index

National Business Group on Health

Sprint received a 2008 gold-level award for the Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles. The award recognizes large U.S. employers for their continuing efforts to promote healthy work environments and encourage workers to live healthier lifestyles

PR News Corporate Social Responsibility Awards

Sprint received the PR News CSR Community Affairs Honorable Mention Award for its 4NetSafety program

Texas State Board of Education

Sprint received a Gold Level Employers for Education Excellence Award for its policies promoting employee engagement in parent-teacher conferences, school-based volunteer activities and youth-mentoring programs

2007

Best Buy

Best Buy presented Sprint its Best Buy Bravo! award for outstanding vendor performance in the wireless category

Billboard Magazine

MANA was selected as one of the top 10 Artists “Wireless Winners” based on their Sprint’s Hispanic Power Vision program

BusinessWeek

Sprint named one of the top 50 companies in BusinessWeek’s 2007  “Best Places to Launch a Career” survey

ComPsych

Sprint's employee-wellness program wins a gold-level ComPsych Health at Work^SM Award

DiversityBusiness.com

DiversityBusiness.com included Sprint on its Top 40 companies ranking for Top Organizations for Multicultural Business Opportunities

DiversityInc

Sprint ranked 28 out of 317 companies on DiversityInc.’s 2007 Top 50 Companies for Diversity listing; Sprint’s Hispanic Marketing programs recognized as one of the 3 best of all times

Environmental Protection Agency  -  Climate Leaders Partner

Sprint is among the large corporations partnering with the EPA to develop corporate climate-change strategies through greenhouse gas reduction

Environmental Protection Agency - Green Power Partner

In 2007, the EPA named Sprint a national leader in green power purchasers

Environmental Protection Agency  -  Plug-In To Ecycling partner

As a partner in this program, Sprint encourages consumers to "e-cycle" their wireless devices and sponsors wireless recycling program

FORTUNE Magazine

Sprint Nextel ranked #53 overall and #16 on FORTUNE’s 20 Great Employers for New Grads list; Sprint Nextel was recognized for its competitive employee offerings such as a development program, a wellness program and full medical benefits

G.I. Jobs Magazine

For the fifth year in a row, Sprint Nextel has been recognized as one of the "Top 50 Most Military-Friendly Employers," which ranks companies based on the strength of the companies' recruiting efforts, the percentage of new hires with prior military service and the companies' policies toward National Guard and reserve service

HISPANIC Magazine

Sprint was recognized on the Magazine’s 2007 Top Companies for Hispanics list

Hispanic Business Magazine

Sprint named to Hispanic Business Magazine's Diversity Elite list, which ranks the top 60 companies for diversity

Human Rights Campaign

Sprint Nextel named one of the HRC's Best Places to Work for 2007

Human Rights Campaign

For the third consecutive year, Sprint received a perfect 100 percent score on the HRC's Corporate Equality Index

InformationWeek 500

Sprint’s IT organization named among the Top 250 IT (Information Technology) shops, recognizing excellence in innovation and business technology leadership

LATINA Style Magazine

Sprint receives an Honorable Mention in LATINA Style Magazine's annual diversity ranking

Marketing y Medios

Selected two Sprint Nextel Spanish language ads among the top 13 (out of 200 entries submitted) for best work in the Hispanic Market

National Business Group on Health

Sprint received a silver-level Best Employers for Healthy Lifestyles award; The award recognizes large U.S. employers for their continuing efforts to promote healthy work environments and encourage workers to live healthier lifestyles

National Committee of Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR)

Sprint received the ESGR Award in recognition of going above and beyond the legal requirements for granting leave for military duty

National Minority Supplier Development Council

NMSDC appointed Sprint to their National Board of Directors

Urban League of Greater Kansas City

The Urban League of Greater Kansas City recognized Sprint with an Equalizer Award for advancing corporate diversity and inclusion

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Sprint was listed on the EPA's National Top 25 Green Power Partners due to the wind power used on Sprint’s campus

Veteran Business Journal

Veteran Business Journal recognized Sprint on its Top 10 Most Veteran Friendly Corporate Supplier Diversity Programs list