Certain statements made in this report are forward-looking statements. These statements include, but are not limited to, statements relating to our business outlook, objectives, plans and strategic priorities, including, in particular, our corporate responsibility and ESG objectives (which include, without limitation, our objectives concerning diversity and inclusion, energy savings, reductions in waste sent to landfill, e-waste recovery, community investment, remaining a leader in corporate governance and ethical business conduct, reductions in the level of our greenhouse gas emissions, our plans to be carbon neutral across our operations in 2025), our anticipated capital expenditures, network deployment plans and the benefits expected to result therefrom, including our two-year increased capital investment program to accelerate broadband network and Fifth Generation (5G) footprint expansion, and other statements that are not historical facts. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by the words assumption, goal, guidance, objective, outlook, project, strategy, target, and other similar expressions or future or conditional verbs, such as aim, anticipate, believe, could, expect, intend, may, plan, seek, should, strive and will. All such forward-looking statements are made pursuant to the ‘safe harbour’ provisions of applicable Canadian securities laws and of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements, by their very nature, are subject to inherent risks and uncertainties and are based on several assumptions, both general and specific, which give rise to the possibility that actual results or events could differ materially from our expectations expressed in, or implied by, such forward-looking statements and that our business outlook, objectives, plans and strategic priorities may not be achieved. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or events, and we caution you against relying on any of these forward-looking statements. Refer to BCE’s 2020 Annual MD&A dated March 4, 2021 (included in BCE’s 2020 Annual Report), BCE’s 2021 First Quarter MD&A dated April 28, 2021 and BCE’s news release dated April 29, 2021 announcing its financial results for the first quarter of 2021, filed by BCE with the Canadian provincial securities regulatory authorities (available at Sedar.com) and with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (available at SEC.gov), for a description of certain risks and assumptions that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from our expectations expressed in, or implied by, forward-looking statements contained in this report. These documents are also available at BCE.ca.
The forward-looking statements contained in this report describe our expectations as of June 15, 2021 and, accordingly, are subject to change after such date. Except as may be required by applicable securities laws, we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements contained in this report, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. From time to time, we consider potential acquisitions, dispositions, mergers, business combinations, investments, monetizations, joint ventures and other transactions, some of which may be significant. Except as otherwise indicated by BCE, forward-looking statements do not reflect the potential impact of any such transactions or of special items that may be announced or that may occur after June 15, 2021. The financial impact of these transactions and special items can be complex and depends on the facts particular to each of them. We therefore cannot describe the expected impact in a meaningful way or in the same way we present known risks affecting our business.
Forward-looking statements are presented in this report for the purpose of assisting readers in understanding, in particular, certain key elements of our corporate responsibility and ESG objectives, and in obtaining a better understanding of our anticipated operating environment. Readers are cautioned that such information may not be appropriate for other purposes.
