Pillar four: Respecting the environment

Our ambition in the fourth pillar of our sustainability strategy is to minimise our GHG emissions and manage our impacts on the environment. Recognising the threat of climate change, we are committed to the responsible stewardship of our assets and operations, both existing and those we seek to acquire in the future, by reducing our GHG emissions where possible and managing our other environmental aspects such as impacts on biodiversity, fresh water use, waste and local air quality. At the same time, we are also focusing on the growth of our power business, investing in operating power assets alongside the development of large-scale renewable energy development projects, such as our flagship up to 250 MW Parc Eolien de la Tarka wind farm project in Niger and our up to 95 MW Bini a Warak hybrid hydroelectric and solar project in Cameroon. 

We realise that our environmental impacts extend beyond our GHG emissions and so we also track best practice developments in sustainability reporting and the opinions of our stakeholders with respect to other environmental aspects such as impacts on biodiversity and water management. Our key focus is on meeting our regulatory obligations in the countries where we operate through a robust framework of policies, procedures, processes and controls.