2022年移动净零报告（英）.pdf

Mobile Net Zero

State of the Industry on

Climate Action 2022

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Executive summary 05

1. Net zero ambition 06

Operator targets 07

Case study: Axiata 10

2. Climate Action Taskforce 12

3. Understanding climate risks and opportunities 14

The journey to leadership in environmental transparency 15

Carbon disclosure scores: 2021 versus 2020 15

The unreported 15

Measurements and methodologies 19

5. Energy efciency and mobile connectivity 23

Energy efciency growing in importance at industry awards 24

Benchmarking energy efciency 25

5G enabling further energy efciency 26

Case study: Airtel 27

Growing use of renewables 30

Accessing renewable electricity 31

Case study: Tele2 39

Case study: Telia 40

8. Digitisation and enablement 41

Mobile and digital technology helping to accelerate decarbonisation 42

The European Green Digital Coalition 43

Case study: Orange Energy 44

9. Adaptation and resilience 46

Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures 47

Foreword

pleased to see that a growing number of operators and suppliers

are accelerating their efforts. Given the urgency of the need to

work towards a net zero carbon future

, it is essential that ambition

be followed through with tangible action.

The last 12 months have seen a decoupling of data trafc, electricity

Improving energy efciency of networks and realising the

potential of 5G will require retiring older, less energy-efcient

networks. Increased uptake and investment in renewable energy,

which we are starting to witness across the industry, is another

priority; one which requires the active support of governments

in some parts of the world to ensure fair and equitable access to

renewable energy markets.

We are also focusing our attention on a circular economy, enabled

waste. In February 2022, the GSMA published a strategy paper on

the circular economy of network equipment. Later this year, we will

follow up with recommendations for the circularity of consumer

devices as the industry moves in this important direction.

Much remains to be done, but there has never been a greater

willingness to collaborate across the sector to achieve these

ambitious goals. It will take action from all sectors and

governments to meet the ambition of keeping warming

below 1.5°C.

have committed to rapidly cutting their emissions over

the next decade. This is an increase of 19 operators

since last year. A considerable proportion of operators

have also committed to net zero targets by 2050 or

earlier, accounting for 29% of global mobile connections

and 38% of global revenue.

In order to help better understand current emissions

seeing higher levels of climate disclosure. This is both

and the level of detail within their disclosures. Of the

industry, 66% by connections and 82% by revenue

globally disclose their climate impacts. Mobile operators

scoring a D or D- the previous year have improved

their ratings to C, sometimes even leapfrogging to B.

To boost energy efciency, the industry is using the

latest technologies to help reduce climate impacts.

Articial intelligence, machine learning and

virtualisation are optimising power use in equipment,

data trafc travelling over networks with electricity use

and carbon emissions. Data trafc was up 31% last year,

with electricity up 5% and associated carbon emissions

up only 2%.

Supplier engagement continues to be crucial to achieving

the industry’s decarbonisation pathway. This year,

operators have engaged suppliers to start a discussion

around moving towards greater circularity through

reuse and recycling of network equipment. A new

good practice metric has also been developed by

the GSMA for the industry to help focus efforts, with

COP27, the GSMA continues to call on governments to

align their carbon-reduction targets to net zero by 2050

at the latest and to create suitable energy market

frameworks for businesses to access renewable

electricity at a competitive price. By fostering a twin

digital and green transition, countries will be able to

reap the benets of further emission reductions across

all sectors of the economy.