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OUR MATERIAL MATTERS
| GOVERNANCE, RISK & REGULATION | NETWORK QUALITY
| ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY |
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RAISING AWARENESS OF CLEAN ENERGY SOLUTIONS FOR THE HOME
As part of our commitment to SDG7, we ran internal awareness creation
campaigns during the year, exposing around 4,000 staff members to numerous
domestic energy-efficiency solutions available from our business partners,
including Huawei, Broadband, Delta Green Solutions and Knight and App limited.
The exhibited solutions were purchased by members of staff for use in their homes.
Among the most popular solutions were intelligent light bulbs, which are energy
efficient and store energy to provide light should there be a power outage, and
domestic solar-heating systems.
E-WASTE
A key implementation area driven by SDG12 is e-waste management. During the
year, we ran an activation to improve staff engagement with e-waste. Members
of staff were educated on the dangers of e-waste and encouraged to collect all
of their e-waste for a proper end-of-life treatment. Collections were carried out
within the four main Safaricom facilities in Nairobi and supported by a reinforcing
social media campaign and, as a result, 202 tonnes of e-waste was collected.
In conjunction with the staff collection campaign, we ran a campaign targeting
larger institutions in partnership with the National Environment Management
Authority (NEMA) and the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE)
Centre. A collection centre was established at the National Eldoret Polytechnic
and we agreed to reimburse companies owning land needing restoration with
tree seedlings, which, when planted, contribute to carbon sequestration and,
hence, towards our ‘net zero’ carbon commitment. Our sourcing department also
reviewed the Purchase Policy to include various sustainability indicators, including
energy efficiency and disposal cost of equipment, at the tender evaluation stage.
FY17 FY16 FY15
E-waste collected (tonnes)*
632 430 220
* Cumulative tonnes since the inception of the project
ADDRESSING EMF CONCERNS
During the year, two workshops were held to help mitigate Electromagnetic
Frequency (EMF) concerns among the public. Over 500 participants from
the Communications Authority, NEMA, Kenya Association of Residents
Associations, Ministry of Environment, represented by the Cabinet Secretary, and
representatives from Nairobi Residents Associations in two regions were invited
to the workshops to discuss their EMF-related issues with environmental experts
and to receive a copy of our revised EMF booklet. The workshops were part of
an ongoing partnership with NEMA, the CA and the Kenya Alliance of Residents
Association.
AUDITING OUR NETWORK
As part of our monitoring and evaluation of our environmental impact, we
continued to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments (EIAs) of our
infrastructural developments, such as new Base Transceiver Stations (BTS) and
fibre optic networks, and Environmental Audits (EAs) of our existing infrastructure
as required by NEMA. As well as maintaining our exemplary compliance record
and completing all scheduled EIAs and EAs during the year, the team successfully
audited an additional 200 sites that were scheduled for FY18.
FY17 FY16 FY15
Environmental Impact Assessment
527 463 260
Environmental Audit
447 342 275
CLIMATE CHANGE HACKATHON
We partnered with the Inter-Governmental Authority for Development (IGAD) for
its Climate Change Hackathon, which focused on young innovators competing
to develop applications for Climate Change mitigation and information
dissemination.
SDG 7
SDG 12
SDG 12