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Performance
Natural capital is integral to a functioning and sustainable society and economy,
and so supportsTelkom’s other capitals.
In order forTelkom to generate revenue, it requires multiple inputs
including products, services, labour and market demand.
Sustaining these inputs are the assets and services provided by the
natural environment, such as fossil fuels for electricity and transport,
land for the food we eat, mineral resources for product manufacture,
potable water, a regulated climate, and clean air. During our business
activities, natural capital is either enhanced or destroyed by
operational trade-offs made over the short, medium, and long term.
Natural
capital
The majority of environmental data collection, collation, and
management is outsourced to a facilities management service
provider.
Our natural capital management is guided by our sustainability
strategy, environmental policy statement and climate change policy
statement. Due toTelkom’s restructuring, the dissemination and
implementation of the strategy across the group was delayed. As
a result, the management of our natural capital across the group
remained fragmented and compliance driven.
TheTelkomOHS division retained its ISO 14001:2004 environmental
management system certification.
3MW grid-tied solar
photo-voltaic (PV)
plant atTelkom
campus, a R88 million
investment, became
fully operational in
July 2016. Since then
it has generated 3 708
MWh. This is 90% of
ourTelkom campus
daytime energy
demand, excluding the
data centre.