UAE technology and investment conglomerate e& pledged its commitment to achieving net-zero within the group’s operations by 2030.
The group, which declared its net-zero targets at the ongoing COP27 meet in Egypt, said it would reduce its carbon footprint through improving energy efficiency and sourcing renewable energy among other initiatives.
The technology majors said its climate action programme would be aligned with the science based targets initiative (SBTi), a three-way collaboration between the Carbon Disclosure Project, UN Global Compact and the World Resources Institute.
The group said it planned to set an emissions reduction trajectory between 2020 and 2030 for all information and communications technology (ICT) sub-sectors.
Mariam bint Mohammed Almheiri, UAE minister for climate change and environment, said: She was pleased to see a global organisation such as e& paving the way for private sector entities around the world to show more commitment and support a real-time transition towards a low-carbon society.
e& said it constantly managed its environmental impact and strived to protect natural resources by strategically investing in sustainable and innovative solutions.
Over the past decade, e& has strategically invested in fibre optic infrastructure, which has technical and environmental advantages over traditional networks.
The group’s current operations focus on best practices of reducing energy consumption, minimising waste and developing sustainable architecture to achieve a positive environmental impact.
Hatem Dowidar, Group CEO, e&, said the group’s sustainability plans and ambitions were aligned to support the UAE’s net-zero 2050 strategic initiative, the UN Sustainable Development Goals and its commitment to the GSMA’s initiative to take the entire mobile industry to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050.
“Through our commitment to enabling a low-carbon society, we will ramp up our efforts to address pressing issues such as climate action, environmental conservation, as well as the provision of safe, efficient and environmentally friendly products and services that help mitigate climate change,” he said.
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