Telecel deepens commitment to sustainability

TELECEL Ghana has actually declared its dedication to environment action, highlighting efforts & to incorporate sustainability into its network operations, items, workplace culture and social effect efforts.

The business marked this year’s World Sustainability Day as a premium partner of the Ghana National Climate & ESG Policy Summit 2026, arranged by Intelligence Nature International under the auspices of the Office of the Minister of State for Climate Change and Sustainability.

The top combined policymakers, regulators, advancement organizations and private-sector leaders to talk about Ghana’s green shift and how services might speed up environment action.

Speaking throughout a private-sector panel conversation, the Head of Sustainability, Foundation and External Communications at Telecel Ghana, Rita Agyeiwaa Rockson, required sustainability to be equated from complicated principles and top-level dedications into useful actions that organisations, business owners and people might comprehend and embrace.

“Sustainability can not stay a discussion that just takes place at the top, based upon the presumption that everybody comprehends it. We require to streamline the language and link it to the daily choices of organisations and people. When individuals comprehend how sustainability minimizes expenses, reinforces durability and enhances access to clients and financiers, it ends up being appropriate to them,” she stated.

Panelists throughout the top.

Ms Rockson prompted organisations to begin with attainable interventions, determine their outcomes and utilize reputable information to develop towards wider environment aspirations.

“There are useful actions that business organisations, small companies and people can require to add to the bigger sustainability objectives we wish to attain. The essential thing is to begin, gather the information and interact the effect being developed,” she included.

At Telecel Ghana, the method is shown in efforts to incorporate sustainability throughout its operations.

As part of procedures to decrease its ecological footprint, the business is transitioning parts of its network facilities to renewable resource, with 15 exchanges presently powered by solar power. The financial investment is lowering dependence on the nationwide grid and supporting more sustainable network operations.

In August 2026, Telecel Ghana presented its naturally degradable Eco-SIM, which is made with 90 percent less plastic than basic SIM cards.

The business has actually likewise planted more than 40,000 trees throughout the Achimota, Chipa and South Fomangso forest reserves to support reforestation and community repair.

Its sustainability efforts likewise cover digital and monetary addition. Telecel Ghana’s services make it possible for consumers to finish necessary deals from another location, lowering the requirement to take a trip, in addition to the associated expenses and emissions.

Through its digital addition efforts, the business gears up business owners, consisting of women-led organizations, with the abilities and tools to enhance effectiveness, gain access to brand-new markets and reinforce their business.

Ms Rockson stated addition should stay main to Ghana’s shift to a greener economy.

“As we construct the neighborhoods and economies of the future, we need to take notice of who is being consisted of. Digital and monetary addition are important to guaranteeing that the advantages of sustainable advancement reach business owners, small companies and underserved neighborhoods,” she stated.

BY TIMES REPORTER

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