Vodafone is in the 1 percent in the Ecovadis Sustainability Report
According to the statement made by the company, Vodafone Group’s Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) performance increased by 3 points compared to last year in the report where the companies’ sustainability efforts are evaluated.
The company’s increase in points in the evaluation was influenced by its science-based targets for combating carbon emissions, its focus on providing renewable energy from multiple sources, and its progress in areas such as the Climate Transition Plan launched in May.
The company attaches importance to environmental factors when evaluating potential suppliers and requires these suppliers to have their own carbon reduction targets and reporting.
These efforts of the company on “sustainable purchasing” were also taken into consideration by EcoVadis.
The company aims to achieve net zero operations in Europe by 2028, in Africa by 2035 and across its entire value chain by 2040.
Evaluating 4 main themes: Environment, Labor and Human Rights, Ethics and Sustainable Supply, EcoVadis reviews the policies of organizations in these areas.
It examines whether the promises made in this field are kept, the measures taken, certificates and reporting. EcoVadis’ database includes more than 130 thousand companies from 180 countries and 220 sectors.
“WE HAVE DONE IMPORTANT WORK ON SUSTAINABILITY”
According to the statement made by Vodafone, 100 percent of the electricity consumed in 12 data centers, 15 office buildings and more than 25 thousand base stations across Turkey comes from renewable energy sources.
The company, which produces renewable energy with rooftop solar energy systems in its technology centers in Istanbul and Adana, decreased energy consumption per base station by 2 percent and energy intensity per mobile data decreased by 56 percent compared to the base year of 2020.
While the company has zeroed its Scope 2 emissions through activities such as efficiency studies and supplying all of its electricity needs from renewable energy sources, it has reduced the total of Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 95 percent since the base year 2020.
Vodafone Turkey Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board Hasan Süel, whose views were included in the statement, stated that they are carrying out important work on sustainability in Turkey and that their biggest priority in achieving their environmental goals is to reduce energy consumption and related carbon emissions through energy efficiency projects.
Stating that they attach importance to meeting energy needs from renewable energy sources and investing in technologies that reduce energy consumption through the use of artificial intelligence and similar applications, Süer said, “Today, we have achieved 10 of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations with the investments we have implemented with a holistic perspective in the field of Environmental, Social and Governance.” “We directly contribute to ,” he said.
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