We have expanded the list of climate policies we assess company engagement with to incorporate land-use related policy, referring to legislative or regulatory measures to enhance and protect ecosystems and land where carbon is being stored. Assessments under this category are currently underweighted in terms of their contribution to the overall company metrics. This weighting will be progressively increased over the next 6 months.
We adjusted the terminology used to describe the queries running down the left-hand side of our scoring matrix and added additional explanatory text to the info-boxes. This has no impact on the scores and methodology. It has been done following user feedback to improve clarity.
In this section, we depict graphically the relationships the corporation has with trade associations, federations, advocacy groups and other third parties who may be acting on their behalf to influence climate change policy. Each of the columns above represents one relationship the corporation appears to have with such a third party. In these columns, the top, dark section represents the strength of the relationship the corporation has with the influencer. For example if a corporation's senior executive also held a key role in the trade association, we would deem this to be a strong relationship and it would be on the far left of the chart above, with the weaker ones to the right. Click on these grey shaded upper sections for details of these relationships. The middle section contains a link to the organization score details of the influencer concerned, so you can see the details of its climate change policy influence. Click on the middle sections for for details of the trade associations. The lower section contains the organization score of that influencer, the lower the more negatively it is influencing climate policy.
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Climate Lobbying Overview: MTN appears to have very limited engagement with climate-related policies. The company has positive top-line communications on the need for climate action and the energy transition, however other than this the company has limited transparency regarding its positions on and engagement with climate policy, both directly and via industry associations. .
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: MTN has limited top-line communications on climate change policy. In its 2020 Sustainability Report, published in 2021, MTN supported reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with limiting warming to 1.5°C. The company also appeared to support the goal in a quote in an Ericsson press release, published in March 2022. Ericsson, a Swedish communications company, joined MTN in committing to a ‘Road to Zero’ strategy. Despite this, the company has not explicitly supported the Paris Agreement or the need for government regulation to respond to climate change.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: MTN appeared to have limited transparent engagement with specific climate-related regulations. The company also did not disclose its positions on climate policy in its 2021 CDP response.
Positioning on Energy Transition: MTN appears to support the energy transition, however it has limited transparent engagement on both top-line positions and energy policies. MTN Chief Technology and Information System Officer, Charles Molapisi, appeared to support global decarbonization in a Data Center Dynamics February 2021 article. Additionally, in its 2021 Sustainability report, published in April 2022, the company appeared to support increasing renewables in the energy mix.
Industry Association Governance: MTN has not disclosed its industry association memberships, and has not published an industry association review on their alignment with the Paris Agreement. MTN is a member of Business Leadership South Africa and Business Unity South Africa, both of which have mixed engagement on climate-related regulations and legislation.