IHS Towers, one of the largest independent owners, operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure operating in Latin America, has published its 2022 Sustainability Report.
The report, issued in May 2023, covers sustainability activities from January 1 2022 to December 31 2022 and was prepared in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative Standards.
It covers the company’s approach to sustainability guided by the UN Global Compact, to which it has been a signatory since 2020. The report serves as the company’s third annual ‘Communications on Progress’.
As demonstrated by the company’s 2022 Sustainability Report, it remains committed to its wider stakeholders including, but not limited to, its employees, communities, suppliers, customers and investors.
By providing communications infrastructure that helps facilitate digital connectivity and inclusion, its four-pillar sustainability strategy, which focuses on ethics and governance, environment and climate change, education and economic growth, and its people and communities, seeks to deliver value within the communities it serves.
Throughout 2022, it partnered with international and local organizations to deliver targeted programs with appropriate scale and reach.
It also reaffirmed sustainability as a central tenet of its company by establishing it as a fifth core value, alongside customer focus, innovation, integrity and boldness, to further embed these values across the company, and in everything it does.
During 2022 the company partnered with the Brazilian NGO Afroreggae to fund AfroGames and two educational centers in Rio de Janeiro favelas providing free coding and English classes, with approximately 200 residents registered.
Sam Darwish, IHS Towers Chairman and CEO, said: “I am delighted to announce the publication of our 2022 Sustainability Report and share the progress of our sustainability strategy as we completed our first full year as a publicly listed company. As facilitators of mobile connectivity, we believe we play an important role in the development of the markets in which we operate and continue to pursue our vision to help create a connected world where mobile connectivity further enables economic growth and social development.
“2022 was a year of great accomplishment as we further grew our operational footprint. With that growth comes responsibility, and a key priority for our company is to reduce the negative impact of greenhouse gas emissions which remain a significant challenge for our industry. We were proud to publish our Carbon Reduction Roadmap in October 2022, and I have been encouraged to see the remarkable community-focused environmental initiatives pursued by our local sustainability teams.”