We believe that urgent and sustained action is required to address climate change and that business success should not come at a cost to the environment.
Together we can create a future where good business and doing good are the same thing. Through our investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency, our water-wise initiatives, and our activities to reduce waste, we are working to reduce the environmental impact of our activities.
In addition to mitigating our own environmental impact, we are providing innovative technologies and digital solutions that enable our individual customers, government and enterprises to reduce their impact, save costs, and facilitate a transition towards a low-carbon future.
We have committed to halving our our scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions and procuring 100% of our electricity from renewable energy sources by 2025. Our focus on energy efficiency, renewable energy supply, reducing waste and our water consumption is helping us to mitigate the environmental impact of the growth of our business and our customers' increasing demand for data.
Energy mix
100% energy sourced from renewable energy by 2025.
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Energy efficiency (incl. IoT solutions):
Investing in energy efficiency projects including smart IoT capabilities.
Renewable energy:
Investing in renewable energy solutions to power our operations.
Independent power producers:
Entering into power purchase agreements through independent power producers.
Water
75% reduction in water consumption by 2025.
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Our water savings measures include waterless urinals, chemical flushing of toilets, waterless hand sanitising stations and aeration taps with reduced water flow in our offices.
Waste
80% reduction of single-use plastics by 2025. 100% recycling of office paper waste by 2025.
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80% reduction of single-use plastics by 2025.
100% recycling of office paper waste by 2025.
90% of food waste converted to compost by 2025.
To refurbish and recycle 200 000 devices from our customers by 2025.
Vodacom has adopted the steps of the waste hierarchy in our decision-making and management of all types of waste including e-waste.
These include removal of single use plastics, removal of plastic bags in stores, reduction of paper in starter packs, rejuvenation of batteries in our infrastructure and refurbishment of devices.
Lesotho
Tanzania (EN)
DR Congo
Mozambique
South Africa
