LONDON - Tuesday, 26. May 2026
(BUSINESS WIRE)--IHS Holding
Limited (NYSE: IHS) (“IHS Towers”) group, one of the largest independent
owners, operators, and developers of shared communications
infrastructure in the world by tower count, has today published its 2025
Sustainability Report.
The report covers sustainability
activities from January 1, 2025 to December 31, 2025 and demonstrates
IHS Towers’ continued commitment to its stakeholders, including, but not
limited to, its employees, customers, suppliers, local communities,
regulators, governments and shareholders.
IHS Towers’ vision is
to help create a connected world, where mobile connectivity promotes
continued economic growth and social development. The communications
infrastructure it provides is vital to enabling that connectivity.
In
2025, IHS Towers continued to advance its four-pillar sustainability
strategy – focusing on ethics and governance, environment and climate
change, education and economic growth, our people and communities – as
detailed in this report.
Sam Darwish, Chairman & CEO, IHS
Towers, commented, “At IHS Towers, we remain committed to advancing
digital inclusion and delivering meaningful impact through our four
sustainability pillars. We believe mobile connectivity has the power to
unlock significant social value, and we recognize the critical role it
plays in expanding access to education and economic opportunity.
Our
2025 Sustainability Report highlights this impact, showcasing our
community‑focused initiatives across Africa and Latin America. We are
proud of the long‑term value we continue to create for our stakeholders
and are pleased to share the progress we are making across key HSSE
priorities, our Carbon Reduction Roadmap, and the $45 million we have
invested in our communities since 2017.”
2025 Sustainability Report Highlights
As
of and for the year ended December 31, 2025, we reported environmental,
social and governance (“ESG”) related progress including:
Environment
Carbon Reduction Roadmap:
Reduced our Scope 1 and Scope 2 kilowatt-hour emissions intensity
by approximately 21.4%, compared with our 2021 baseline emissions data1
Commenced the planting of over 25,000 seedlings across nine hectares
in Brazil’s Amazon region in collaboration with the Institute of
Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon (Idesam)
Partnered with the Federal Capital Territory Administration in Nigeria
to promote the adoption of clean cooking gas through the 'Project
Breathe Clean Air-Abuja’ and provide 5,000 households with LPG cylinders
and cookers
Continued an initiative in Nigeria to install
solar-powered streetlights, donating 700 units of streetlights across
communities nationwide
Launched a pilot project with ApiFusion at two rural tower sites to promote sustainable beekeeping and community empowerment
Social
Reported no recordable work-related injuries or fatalities among IHS employees
29% of our employees were female, an increase from 27% in 2024, and 71% were male
Employees completed 13 hours of training on average on the IHS Academy
Spent $8.2 million on community-focused sustainability initiatives,
bringing the total investment in our local communities to $45 million
since 2017
Enhanced digital inclusion by:
Training more than 140,000 students in digital skills through Nigeria’s 3 Million Technical Talent (3MTT) initiative
Reaching 100,000 children through a literacy program in Côte d’Ivoire
Training over 9,500 students in STEM skills in Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa and Zambia
Governance
IHS South Africa achieved a Level 1 rating in its Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) audit
Maintained our ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System certification2
Scored 37 (out of 100) in the 2025 S&P Global Corporate Sustainability Assessment (CSA Score)3
Continued driving high standards of integrity throughout our supply
chain; 7,861 supplier employees completed training in topics relating to
our Supplier Code of Conduct
98% of employees, versus 96% in 2024, completed annual Anti-Bribery and Corruption training
For more information, please visit www.ihstowers.com/sustainability
About
IHS Towers: IHS Towers is one of the largest independent owners,
operators and developers of shared communications infrastructure in the
world by tower count and is solely focused on the emerging markets. The
Company has over 37,000 towers across its seven markets, including
Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria, South Africa and
Zambia. For more information, please email: communications@ihstowers.com
or visit: www.ihstowers.com
Cautionary statements
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press release contains forward-looking statements. We intend such
forward-looking statements to be covered by relevant safe harbor
provisions for forward-looking statements (or their equivalent) of any
applicable jurisdiction, including those contained in Section 27A of the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and Section
21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”). All statements other than statements of historical facts
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“estimates,” “forecast,” “predicts,” “potential” or “continue” or the
negative of these terms or other similar expressions. Forward-looking
statements contained in this press release include, but are not limited
to statements regarding our business strategy, plans, market growth and
our objectives our sustainability program and Carbon Reduction Roadmap.
We
have based these forward-looking statements largely on our current
expectations and projections about future events and financial trends
that we believe may affect our business, financial condition and results
of operations. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our
actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different
from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or
implied by the forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to
general macroeconomic conditions in the countries in which we operate;
our inability to successfully execute our business strategy and
operating plans, or deliver on our sustainability or environmental,
social and governance (ESG) strategy and initiatives under anticipated
costs, timelines, and complexity, such as our Carbon Reduction Roadmap
(Project Green); environmental liability; and the important factors
discussed in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on
Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025.
The
forward-looking statements in this press release are based upon
information available to us as of the date of this press release, and
while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such
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exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available
relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and
investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements. You
should read this press release and the documents that we reference in
this press release with the understanding that our actual future
results, performance and achievements may be materially different from
what we expect. We qualify all of our forward-looking statements by
these cautionary statements. Additionally, we may provide information
herein that is not necessarily “material” under the federal securities
laws for SEC reporting purposes, but that is informed by various ESG
standards and frameworks (including standards for the measurement of
underlying data), and the interests of various stakeholders. Much of
this information is subject to assumptions, estimates or third-party
information that is still evolving and subject to change. For example,
our disclosures based on any standards may change due to revisions in
framework requirements, availability of information, changes in our
business or applicable government policies, or other factors, some of
which may be beyond our control. These forward-looking statements speak
only as of the date of this press release. Except as required by
applicable law, we do not assume, and expressly disclaim, any obligation
to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained
in this press release, whether as a result of any new information,
future events or otherwise. Additionally, the information included in
our 2025 Sustainability Report, including highlights provided in this
press release, are subject to certain important disclaimers that should
be read and considered in concert with such information.
1 Scope 1
and Scope 2 emissions and emissions intensity for 2021 have been
recalculated to account for IHS Towers’ sale of IHS Kuwait in 2024.
2 ISO 37001 Anti-Bribery Management System certification has been achieved in the UAE, UK and operating markets.
3 As of December 18, 2025.
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