Our Natural Capital
We aspire to become a net-zero emitting company by 2050. To this end we carefully monitor and direct our energy usage and waste-management, with our network employing a variety of energy sources including the national grid, diesel generators and solar solutions. This is fundamental to our goal of transitioning to renewable energy and achieving our net zero target.
Our goal is to shift the primary source of energy for towers (BTS) from traditional grid power and diesel, to Solar Photo Voltaic (Solar PV), and thereby ultimately convert 90% of our sites within five years. We have so far:
During the year under review we achieved:
During the year under review, through our Integrated Waste Management programme, we:
We have collected and recycled over 1,693 tonnes of e-waste since the inception of our e-waste programme.Our e-waste strategy during the under review, continued to be ensure:
In addition, through external partnerships, we help train the informal sector on repairing electronic waste and device take-back schemes, with informal-sector waste collectors handling substantial amounts of e-waste in urban centres.
In line with our commitment under the Business for Nature Action platform that calls upon businesses and governments to adopt policies that reverse nature loss, we continued during the year under review, to:
The M-PESA Foundation has previously also funded the fencing of the Mau Eburu Forest and Nairobi National Park as well as the construction of stables to secure orphaned elephants at the Reteti Sanctuary in Samburu.
We recognise and adhere to globally-accepted standards, and have accordingly:
Undertaking statutory environmental occupational health, safety and fire risk audits for BTS sites.
We ensure that all our network projects are subjected to a statutory Environmental Impact assessment to identify all associated impacts and develop alternatives that avoid or mitigate any biodiversity impacts.
In addition, in order to minimise biodiversity impact, we continued to: