CELCOMDIGI SHARES FIVE-YEAR ESG STRATEGY FOR INCLUSIVE, SUSTAINABLE, TRUSTED DIGITAL SOCIETY

PETALING JAYA, July 16 (Bernama) -- CelcomDigi Berhad (CelcomDigi) today shared its five-year Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy, designed to advance sustainability efforts and promote trust as a cornerstone of building a digital society.

The strategy signals the company’s determination to expand efforts to address both short and long-term sustainability matters related to the telecommunications sector through its business.

CelcomDigi chief executive officer Datuk Idham Nawawi said its ESG strategy will focus on driving four priorities to build an inclusive, sustainable and trusted digital society.

The priorities include enabling inclusive and safe digital access for all Malaysians, maintaining a sustainable value chain, building a good governance and performance culture and managing environmental impact and actions.

“These priorities feature a balance between building positive outcomes for society, managing environmental impact for a cleaner future and operating its business responsibly,” he said at the CelcomDigi inaugural ESG Day 2024 Summit here today.

The priority areas are benchmarked against global ESG standards such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), and the GSMA’s ESG Metrics for the mobile industry. It is also guided by evolving stakeholders’ expectations, as well as policy and regulatory changes. 

“We play a critical role in connecting people and businesses as the country’s largest telecommunications operator.

“Driven by the principle of empowerment through access, we have focused deeply on delivering a wide-reaching, high-quality network, that enables the use of a range of services and applications in a safe and affordable manner – key tenets to building a thriving digital society.

“Equally important is our obligation to conduct our business responsibly, and we have a strong focus on all areas where we have an impact to society, expectations of stakeholders to deliver, and a duty to uphold high standards of corporate governance,” Idham said.

According to him, a key lever in delivering their strategy lies is realising the scale and synergy benefits of their merger.

“We have commenced extensive integration and transformation activities across the business, including the integration and modernisation of our nationwide network and IT infrastructure, data centre modernisation, cybersecurity enhancements, establishing the CelcomDigi AI Experience Centre (AiX), and retail and brand transformation, among others.

“Specifically, modernising our network with the latest energy-efficient and renewable energy capabilities will in particular facilitate an important element in our transition to a low-carbon operation,” he said.

Additionally, Idham said they continue to invest in a broad range of community programmes to mitigate social risks and advance digital empowerment, such as Anti-Scam, Safe Internet, Future Skills, and Vendor Development initiatives.

He said with these combined investments, they are confident in meeting the ESG commitments over the next five years.

-- BERNAMA