Sustainability report summary
MTN sustainability
policy
MTN Group Limited is committed to the sustainable development
of communities in which it operates. To honour this
commitment, MTN focuses on exploring and ensuring the
responsible management of the social, economic and environmental
aspects of its business operations by:
- Complying with all relevant laws on sustainability
issues and, in the absence of legislation, seeking
out and observing appropriate best international practice.
- Regularly reviewing its business to identify sustainability
issues, set performance goals and monitor and publish
performance outcomes, and in doing so continuously
improving performance. This involves the decisive
management of action plans and not superficial reporting
on sustainability issues.
- Conducting appropriate assessments and implementing
recommendations. Assessments include environmental
impact assessments and broad stakeholder engagement
programmes.
- Training and encouraging our contractors and suppliers
to support MTN’s sustainability objectives and
targets by adopting sustainable practices in providing
products and services.
- Educating and training staff in sustainability
matters and raising their awareness of sustainable
development.
- Increasing appreciation for the sustainable benefits
of communication technologies among customers, legislators,
opinion makers and the general public.
- Devising, implementing and monitoring group-wide
management systems for implementing our sustainability
strategy.
- Committing to setting and achieving annual targets
for sustainability improvement, using the 2004 reporting
baseline reference point.
Our sustainability
report
Scope
This is the MTN Group’s fourth annual sustainability
report which covers the year ending 31 December 2006
and comprises the sustainability outcomes of nine operations
in Africa – South Africa, Nigeria, Cameroon, Uganda,
Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Congo-Brazzaville,
Zambia, Rwanda and Swaziland. As before, the sustainability
report has been integrated into the Group annual report.
In compiling the report MTN considered the latest international
reporting guidelines (set out in the latest version
of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)) and the GRI
telecommunications sector supplement. GRI outlines the
principles for defining report content and ensures the
quality of reported information.
Throughout the report, MTN
has included individual environmental, social and economic
key performance indicators for the Group.
Format
The report has been printed annually since 2003 and
distributed to all stakeholders. Our sustainability
information is available in a range of formats to make
it more accessible to different audiences. This printed
report is primarily aimed at stakeholders with particular
interest or involvement in triple bottom-line reporting.
This section of the integrated report focuses on the
issues MTN considers material, based on the Group's
sustainability scorecard. Our website (www.mtn.com)
provides additional detail and is a complete account
of our sustainable practices, catering for a wide range
of stakeholder interests.
Restatement of
comparatives
To facilitate comparability with previous reports, MTN
has - as far as possible - reported against similar
parameters year on year. However, in certain instances,
MTN has revised and updated these parameters to ensure
holistic integration of reporting practices throughout
the MTN Group.
Feedback
Please share your views on this sustainability report
with us by completing the attached feedback form or
sending an e-mail to sustainability@mtn.co.za. For further
information please visit our website at www.mtn.com.
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