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consumption to 50%, and a reduction in water use by 40%. Today we are committed to work towards a truly sustainable future
we will work according to this memorandum to transfer these with and for our stakeholders.” Eng. Said Al Ajmi, Vice President
experiences to our partners in the sector from the companies of Operations, of Omantel, said: “At Omantel, we have great concern
the Gulf Cooperation Council countries”, added Alkanhl. Salem Al- towards sustainability, and our focus includes three main pillars:
Mannai, Vice President of Technology Infrastructure and in charge the economic pillar, the social pillar, in addition to the environmental
of the climate change file at e&, said: “Through this memorandum, pillar. We are proud to be one of the first telecommunication
the group seeks to strengthen its partnerships to confront climate companies in the region to issue a sustainability report covering
change and make all possible efforts to motivate other sectors performance in all these aspects, as we issued our first report
to join these endeavors aimed at accelerating the achievement in 2012, in addition, we launched several initiatives aimed at
of carbon neutrality in the possible time frame in addition to our reducing our impact on the environment by building on the
commitment to the GSMA initiative; to move the entire mobile digital transformation and automation and benefiting from it, in
industry to carbon neutral by 2050.” "The group also seeks, developing and transforming our procedures and processes.” "We
through this memorandum, to exchange experiences and best are pleased to sign this agreement with stc and the other Gulf
practices with regional counterparts regarding the pioneering role telecom companies to exchange knowledge and experiences,
of the technology sector, which would become a major enabler emphasizing our quest to preserve the environment and play
to limit climate change", Al-Mannai added. “Jennifer Suleiman, the expected role in combating climate change and reducing the
Zain Group Chief Sustainability Officer, said: “Climate change carbon footprint of our operations", Al Ajmi concluded.
and reducing our carbon footprint are material to Zain's strategic
objectives across our markets. This collaboration between like-
minded operators is a transformative step towards advancing
sustainability across the GCC and is in line with our sustainability
ambition of providing meaningful connectivity leading to systemic
change.” Commenting on this cooperation, Shaikh Bader bin
Rashid Al Khalifa, General Manager Corporate Communications
and Sustainability at Batelco, said: “Batelco attaches great
importance to environmental sustainability and reducing the
carbon footprint. We have started implementing initiatives in line
with the company’s aims of becoming an environmentally friendly
entity and achieve our corporate sustainability goals. Batelco’s
most notable accomplishment is the launch of Batelco Solar
Park, which contributes to the production of clean and renewable
energy to support with running the company’s operations. We are
eager to continue with our environmental initiatives to help create
a more sustainable future.” Saleem AlBlooshi, Chief Technology
Officer, du said: “We, at du, recognize the crucial role played by
ICT in strengthening the digital economy and ensuring long-
term sustainable growth in the GCC region. We have put in place
sustainability objectives that aim to guide us towards achieving
our vision in alignment with the region’s leadership vision. As
forerunners in digital innovation along with our strategic partners,

Source: Goal 13 | Department of Economic and Social Affairs (un.org)
https://sdgs.un.org/goals/goal13

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