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Zain Upgraded to A- in Latest ‘CDP Score Report –
Climate Change 2021’, Ranking It First in Region

and Among Leaders Globally

by integrating technologies to generate
safe energy to help reduce global warming.
The CDP Score Report allows companies
to understand their score and indicate
which categories require attention to
reach higher scoring levels. This enables
them to progress towards environmental
stewardship through benchmarking
and comparison with peers, in order
to continuously improve their climate
governance. Investors additionally receive
a copy of the CDP Score Report upon request
Zain’s climate action plan has set targets to
reduce emissions, reduce waste, and align
with UN Sustainable Development Goal
number 13. The company is committed
to building climate change scenarios that
Zain Group, a leading mobile telecom The company’s latest ranking of A- would help limit global warming to 1.5
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innovator in seven markets across the elevates it from being the highest ranked C compared to pre-industrial levels, and
Middle East and Africa has scored an and only telecom operator in the Middle Zain strongly believes this strategy will
A- in the latest CDP Score Report – East and Africa to achieve this positive help achieve a reduction in emissions,
Climate Change 2021, which ranks the rating initially with respect to its efforts and operating costs, while also mitigating
company within the Leadership band. to address climate change, to joining risks related to climate change. Zain’s
This ranking is higher than the regional respected global companies such as BT climate change initiatives and beyond are
average for Asia of B-, and higher than Group, Cogeco Inc., Deutsche Telekom detailed in the company’s comprehensive
the Media, Telecommunications & Data AG, and LG Uplus in being regarded as annual Sustainability Report, which can
Center Services sector average of B. CDP among the leaders in their efforts to be found here: https://www.zain.com/en/
is a not-for-profit charity that runs the combat the effects of climate change. sustainability/ Zain has been an active
global disclosure system for investors, Zain is committed to implement programs member of the GSMA Climate Action
companies, cities, states and regions to that make it a cleaner, more efficient, and Team since in 2019, when the company
manage their environmental impacts. environmentally friendly organization. began disclosing its environmental
Earlier in 2021, Zain announced its As staunch advocates of managing the impacts, energy consumption and carbon
inclusion in the global list of the CDP, negative impacts of our activities on the emissions through the CDP. It remains one
with an advanced rating in Management climate, Zain will continue on delivering its of the most transparent organizations in
Scope B in the Climate Change Index. promise to bring about systemic change the region in disclosing these details.

AT&T Touts Sustainability Potential of 5G, SDN

An AT&T executive highlighted the green based alternatives which consolidate monitoring advances. The operator argued
credentials of technologies including SDN, multiple network functions on a single IoT connectivity could help SMEs lower
5G and multi-access edge computing server. Yee added 5G and MEC could help emissions by improving the efficiency of
(MEC), noting particular benefits for SMEs boost management of resources including transporting goods, with a related boost
engaged in carbon footprint reduction electricity, fuel, water and raw materials, to the bottom line. Yee highlighted AT&T’s
efforts. In a blog, regional president for with AI enabling predictive analytics he commitment to be carbon neutral across
AT&T Asia Pacific and Canada Bernard Yee noted could highlight inefficiencies. AT&T its global operations by 2035, adding many
argued companies could lower emissions cited compressors, boilers and motors other large corporations have established
by replacing on-site hardware with cloud- as equipment which could benefit from similar goals.

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