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Axiata Group Berhad | Sustainability & National Contribution Report 2016
PLANET &
SOCIETY
Environmental Management
Axiata is committed to reduce its
environmental footprint by mitigating the
impact of our business activities on the
environment. The biggest contributor of
our environmental impact is the emissions
resulting from powering our passive
infrastructure such as our base transceiver
stations. The amount of energy required
grows in tandem with the expansion of our
network coverage, and results in increased
carbon emissions if the power is drawn from
the grid or generated on-site through diesel
generators.
edotco, our infrastructure company, is
actively working on reducing the Group’s
environmental impact towards the goal of
reducing carbon emissions of the Group’s
network infrastructure by 40% from 2013
levels by 2018. Over the last few years,
edotco has introduced a number of new
innovations including new tower designs,
remote surveillance systems and upgraded
sites that are powered by solar energy to
reduce the Group’s environmental impact.
In 2016, the Group consumed 4,583,164 GJ
of energy of which 599,357 GJ comprised
direct energy and the remaining 3,983,807
GJ drawn from the grid
1
. In determining our
total energy consumption, we rely on data
coming directly from our OpCos.
Reducing our environmental impact
through innovation
Since embarking on its journey to reduce
the carbon emissions for the Group in
2015, edotco has implemented a number of
initiatives to improve demand management,
introduce new green technology and
enhance operational efficiencies. This is
further supported by the implementation of
its Get Out of Diesel (GOOD) project, which
aims to convert existing sites that depend
on diesel generators for power into using
alternative sources of energy.
In addition to improved tower design, edotco
has deployed its “echo” remote surveillance
system to actively monitor variable factors
affecting passive infrastructure including
fuel and battery levels, site security, energy
usage, site temperature and other factors
that may affect performance and service
levels. Data is analysed at edotco’s Cloud
server and monitored throughout the
day to ensure that our sites perform at
optimal levels thereby maximising energy
conservation. echo replaces the traditional
manual inspection of sites by personnel,
which can be a slow and resource-intensive
process. By the end of 2016, approximately
7,000 of edotco’s sites were monitored
under echo.
Optimising tower design and processes
In 2016, edotco continued working on
initiatives to improve tower designs and
improving process efficiencies to optimise
carbon reductions throughout the Group.
Specifically, these initiatives include:
1.
Reducing steel consumption by
redesigning and re-specifying towers
2.
Reducing the size of the construction
plot
3.
Reducing the consumption of diesel
4.
Reducing the truck roll to site, i.e.
petrol consumption
5.
Increasing the use of renewable
energy
6.
Using alternative materials to steel on
site
1
Where numbers are not available, we use estimates based on the per site energy consumption data
known to us. The measurement of our OpCo’s individual energy consumption and emission levels also takes
the consumption and emission levels of edotco’s passive infrastructure operations in their country into
consideration as edotco has started taking control of our passive infrastructure in our markets. We therefore
add the energy consumption and emission levels of edotco’s passive structure to each respective country for
the purposes of this report.
Axiata is committed to reduce
its environmental footprint
by mitigating the impact of
our business activities on the
environment.
The
biggest
contributor of our environmental
impact is the emissions resulting
from powering our passive
infrastructure such as our base
transceiver stations.
Energy
consumed by
the Group
in 2016
4,583,164 GJ
Direct Energy:
599,357 GJ
Indirect Energy:
3,983,807 GJ