Environmental Policy

Vodacom Group of Companies, which provides and maintains cellular telecommunications networks including infrastructure and services recognises, that meeting the needs of clients includes accepting responsibility for environmental impacts associated with the company's activities.  Vodacom will as far as reasonably practical, undertake to safeguard the Environment against harm that may arise from Vodacom activities.

To ensure that these impacts are minimised and managed in a sound and responsible way Vodacom is committed to the principles and conditions set out in this Corporate Policy.

Vodacom is committed to:

• Managing, designing, siting and constructing operational facilities with the aim of minimising adverse impacts on the social, biophysical, cultural and historical environment.

 

•  The prevention of pollution.

 

• Complying with applicable legal requirements, codes of best practice and internal standards which relate to Vodacom's environmental aspects.

 

• Providing a framework for continual environmental improvement, allowing for the adoption of new ideas and innovation.

 

• Empowering employees to manage environmental issues as integral part of the job and establishing systems that allow for employee training and establishment of clear accountability for environmental performance.

 

• Promoting the sustainable use of natural resources (electricity, water and materials) at all buildings and installations to achieve the lowest practicable level of usage commensurate with operational needs.

 

• Minimising waste through the application of reduce, re-use and recycle principles wherever practicable and ensuring unavoidable waste is disposed of responsibly.

 

 

• Working in partnership with suppliers and contractors with the aim of sharing knowledge, setting standards and improving environmental performance in the supply chain.

 

• Maintaining stakeholder confidence in the environmental aspects of Vodacom's operations by being open and responsive to the legitimate concerns of customers, business partners, members of the public and the regulators at national, provincial and local level.

 

• Engaging with the authorities toward the development of effective legislation, regulations and standards to safeguard the community, employees and the environment.

 

• Regular monitoring and auditing against established environmental objectives and targets for improving environmental performance.

 

• Reporting and communicating Vodacom's environmental performance.

 

• Exploring opportunities to reduce greenhouse gases through transport efficiency and the incorporation of energy efficient design criteria into new services, buildings and equipment.