Zain Group enters strategic cooperation with GCC operators to address environmental challenges

Zain Group enters strategic cooperation with GCC operators to address environmental challenges

BARCELONA/KUWAIT: Zain Group signed a MOU at the Mobile World Congress 2022 in Barcelona along with stc Group, e& formerly known as Etisalat Group, Batelco, du, and Omantel, aiming to accelerate and tighten cooperation to preserve and protect the environment and enhance climate change challenges as well as reduce the carbon footprint through operations. This memorandum comes within the cooperation of major telecom operators in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries to improve the ICT industry and activate their roles in facing environmental challenges, focusing on climate change and advancing the regional sustainability agenda.

The MOU aims to accelerate cooperation on climate change and highlight the importance of collaboration to preserve and protect the environment as well as to maintain a sustainable economy. The actions involved include a better understanding of the carbon footprint across operations. The memorandum also seeks to strengthen work across strategic partners and policy makers around necessary measures that contribute to avoiding the climate crisis and achieving sustainable growth.

Jennifer Suleiman, Zain Group Chief Sustainability Officer, said: “Climate change 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