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Climate change
Climate change requires the full attention of every human being as it threatens our very existence. While the mobile industry is not a major contributor to carbon emissions, Vodacom understands that its operations do contribute to a cumulative effect.
For the first time, Vodacom took part in the Carbon Disclosure Project and was ranked joint 6th position out of 74 JSE listed companies in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI), which places it as the leading ICT company in terms of the CDP ranking.
Vodacom is deploying considerable resources to investigate solutions that have the potential to replace traditional, carbon-intensive methods of doing business. Particularly promising in this regard is Unified Communications.
This is a technology that facilitates communication over a variety of interfaces, including high quality, desk-to-desk video conferencing which eliminates many business travel needs. Vodacom Business is currently developing Unified Communication solutions which will give organisations the ability to communicate effectively from remote locations.
More good news is that Vodacom Business has also launched virtual hosting services that reduce carbon footprints by significantly reducing the size of physical data centres. This minimises the energy and space they require. Expanding on this concept, Vodacom Business is also investing in cloud computing applications which reduce end user power consumption.