Mobile Telecommunications Co KSCP

On its part, Zain set benchmarks with respect to existing laws, engaged in lobbying efforts with regulatory bodies at the Group and operational levels, and received consultancy guidance prior to regulations coming into effect. Coupled with the necessary regulatory reforms, appropriate skills are required to effectively undertake digital transformation, which are in many respects not widely available in Zain's markets. This is further exacerbated by greater competitive employment landscape and employment priorities based on remuneration. [...] In parallel, the company continues to lobby with regulatory bodies at either the Group or operating company level to engage with regulatory bodies in a proactive and productive manner. The engagement process also entails receiving consultancy prior to the law coming into effect to ensure Zain is adequately prepared. Lastly, Zain aligns to international best practices by engaging with entities such as the GSMA."
"On an annual basis, the company reviews its fiveyear business plan to align future investments with its strategic direction. The revised business plans and the annual budgets are consolidated and submitted to the Board for approval at the end of each year. These plans and budgets include capex requirements for the implementation of energy saving initiatives, which have a direct impact on the company's carbon footprint. Once approved, these business plans and annual budgets become the reference for the execution of the company's strategy. The Board, through the Vice-Chairman and Group CEO, monitors the implementation of all initiatives, including those related to climate change. The Vice-Chairman and Group CEO has given the responsibility of the day-to-day climate related issues management to the Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO) who chairs the Climate Action Committee (CAC), and whose role it is to make sure those issues are identified, monitored, and controlled as part of a plan that is approved by the Board. [...] The CAC of Zain Group is a cross-disciplinary team appointed after an internal consultation process, with the purpose of providing the Board with an oversight on climate-related matters. The CSO ensures that quarterly environmental audits are performed, and climate-related risks and opportunities are identified. The Board Risk Committee also have an oversight on climate-related risks, where they are monitored and tracked accordingly. Through the CSO, the CAC provides recommendations to the Board on how to manage climate-related risks and opportunities. The Board reviews and approves the recommendations from the CAC for climate-related issues. The approved recommendations are reflected by the CAC in the company's strategy for identifying, assessing and managing climate-related risks and opportunities. The CSO, in coordination with other members of the CAC, ensures that the company capitalizes on climate change-related opportunities while mitigating risks as they materialize.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Through its operation, Zain engages with various governmental entities to help push its agenda towards addressing climate change. This includes emission reductions, waste management, protecting biodiversity and transitioning the company's business practices.

Zain South Sudan is engaging with the Ministry of Environment and Forestry to establish a joint initiative with the aim of planting 10 million trees.

Zain Kuwait is currently collaborating with Environmental Protection Agency and other Telecom companies to help mitigate wild-life trafficking in Kuwait. In addition they collaborated with ECO, a local environmental business specialized in incubating environmental and sustainable small to media businesses and start up. The incubator is gathering various governmental entities such as MOP and UNDP to establish a benchmark for the environmentally related SMEs in Kuwait.

Zain Jordan signed a deal with the Ministry of Environment to plant native plants under the 'Zain Forest' initiative for a span of 15 years.

Zain KSA has a partnership with the Communication and information Technology Commission (CITC), where they held a couple of workshops along with other telecom operators aiming to reduce e-waste and recycle and have set a target to recycle 100,000 devices by the end of this year. Zain KSA is also in negotiation with MEWA (Ministry of environment, water and agriculture) to provide a forestation workshop that is in alignment to the country's 'Green Initiative' of aiming to 10 billion trees by 2030.