 | GP targets massive carbon cut
26 November, 2009
Grameenphone (GP) has set a target for reducing carbon emission by 30 percent from its entire operations by 2015.
The mobile operator started adopting green technology in 2007 and so far has set up 12 solar and one wind power network sites.
With an aggressive move, the company targets to set up 100 more base stations using green technology in off-grid areas.
"It's high time we went for green technology, as Bangladesh badly suffers from climate change," said Matiur Rahman Siddiqui, additional general manager and head of Climate Change Initiative of Grameenphone.
He said GP has so far managed to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emission by nine percent from its entire operations like networks, transports and offices.
The company estimates that the successful results will save approximately 1,202 megawatt of electricity every year amounting to an equivalent reduction of over 700 tonnes of CO2.
Siddiqui said the operator's CO2 emission until end-October is 140,458 tonnes. With the target achieved by 2015, the emission amount will stand at around 99,814 tonnes. Emission factors are being considered under international standards set by the United Nations.
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