Sustainability governance structure

Sustainability governance structure

A strong governance framework integrates our sustainability strategy into every aspect of our business, ensuring its long-term success and accountability

Sustainability governance structure

Robust sustainability governance is vital for the business. It guarantees that the sustainability strategy is integral to our corporate strategy while providing oversight of the processes that deeply embed responsibility into all facets of our operations. It also helps to identify, monitor and mitigate ESG-related risks across our operations.

Diagram showing Airtel Africa sustainability governance structure

The Board of directors

Our Board of directors has ultimate oversight of our sustainability strategy, its implementation across the business and the integration of related metrics into remuneration. The Board is updated on progress on a quarterly basis and approves actions as appropriate. The Board is also responsible for how we’re managing climate-related risks and opportunities (CROs). It maintains this oversight through two of its committees: the Sustainability Committee which oversees the implementation of our sustainability strategy and the Audit and Risk Committee which oversees the management of our risks, including how we assess and mitigate CROs.

Sustainability Committee

The committee is responsible for the overall delivery of our sustainability strategy, overseeing diversity and inclusion, employee and community engagement and environmental performance. It monitors our corporate culture supporting the Group’s purpose and values. It reports to the Board. The Sustainability Committee also oversees the work of the Health and Safety Committee.

The committee is chaired by the CEO. Our CFO is a member and members of our Executive Committee (ExCo) attend regularly. It meets every two months.

Executive Committee (ExCo)

ExCo is responsible for the implementation of our sustainability programmes and initiatives at the Group level. The ExCo is also in charge of implementing the strategy in our 14 markets and managing the workstreams which are tasked with the delivery of our targets.

Head of sustainability

Our head of sustainability reports to the CEO and is responsible for integrating and embedding the sustainability strategy across our operations. This includes coordination of workstreams across functions and markets, collection and analysis of data and the overall delivery of our sustainability reports.