Grameenphone has announced to reduce 50 percent carbon emissions by the year 2030.

Grameenphone has reaffirms its commitment to environmental sustainability and finding green energy solutions to combat climate change. It brought together public and private experts and diplomatic community to discuss the "Green Energy Ecosystem in Bangladesh" at the GP House on Monday, according to a press release.

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Grameenphone is devoted to continuous deployment of enhanced sustainable solutions, protecting the environment and promoting an energy-efficient and eco-friendly business approach. The organization has set a target to reduce 50% carbon emissions (CO₂) by 2030, taking 2019 emissions as the baseline, it said.

The company has so far converted around 1200 towers into solar energy powered sites in remote places ensuring connectivity in the most unconnected regions, it added.

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“According to Germanwatch’s 2021 Global Climate Risk Index (CRI), we are vulnerable to both disasters and climate change and Bangladesh is ranked the seventh extreme disaster risk-prone country in the world,” said Yasir Azman, CEO of Grameenphone.

“Deploying solar powered towers is a steppingstone towards co-creating a greener future. It will significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from our operations and help overcome the electricity supply problem,” he said.

“As an early adopter of green initiatives in Bangladesh, we are committed to reducing our carbon footprint with a comprehensive set of initiatives. I believe if private sector organizations are given opportunity to procure more renewable energy utilizing the gridlines, it will encourage more green energy investments into the country and enable us to achieve our national ambition,” he added.

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Espen Rikter-Svendsen, ambassador of the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Dhaka; Md Shahriar Ahmed Chowdhury, director of the Center for Energy Research, UIU; Nazneen Ahmed, country economist at UNDP spoke at the programme, among others.