电信公司实现其气候目标所需的供应商支持：供应链占大部分典型电信公司碳足蹟，只有它响应才是通向净零未来的积极途径

本报告聚焦于供应链在全球电信行业碳足迹减排中的作用，我们从三个阶段分析了目前的排放情况、当前问题、未来的对策和影响等）

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气候变化的前景逐年恶化，其影响也越来越明显。 应对酷热严寒、防汛抗洪、应对极端天气事件、居民搬迁、建筑物加固等社会付出的代价是显而易见的。 但各国政府继续努力寻找共同点，应对气候变化的自愿私人行动往往是口头上的服务，而不是实际行动。 网络运营商领域也不例外。 虽然有一些杰出的运营商，但大多数运营商在减少碳足迹方面持保守态度。 对于运营商来说尤其如此。 降低能源消耗对底线有直接影响，因此很容易受到关注，但对可再生能源的投资不太受欢迎。 更重要的是，大多数电信公司才刚刚开始关注间接排放（范围 3），其中大部分与其供应链有关。 但转折点已经到来。 电信公司需要成为积极减少碳足蹟的领导者，这将直接影响他们与供应商的互动方式。 少数运营商已经在采购过程中量化其供应商的环境绩效，更多的运营商将以更严格的标准这样做。 联合审计合作委员会 (JAC) 等组织可能会推动这一进程。 供应商也需要做好准备。

分析范围

公司分析

内容

• 概览
• 电信运营商占网络运营商业务用电量的大部分
• 范围 3 排放：概述
• Scope3 案例研究：Swisscom 和 MTN Group
• 供应链占各电信公司总排放量的 50-80%
• 电信公司当前的气候目标与采购之间的关係
• 对采购的影响

This brief report addresses the role of the supply chain in telco efforts to reduce their overall measured carbon footprint across Scopes 1 (direct energy), 2 (electricity purchases), and 3 (upstream and downstream value chain).

VISUALS

With each passing year, the outlook for climate change worsens and its impact becomes more tangible. Costs are now clearly visible as society pays more to cope with extreme heat and cold, protect against flooding, clean up after abnormal weather events, relocate populations, reinforce structures, and many other measures. Yet national governments continue to struggle to find common ground, and private, voluntary action to cope with climate change is often more about lip service than real action. The network operator sector is no exception. While there are some standouts, most operators are embarrassingly conservative in their approach to carbon footprint reductions. That's especially true for the telco sector. It's easy to focus on reducing energy consumption, as it has a direct impact on the bottom line, but investing in renewable energy is harder to support. More important, most telcos are just beginning to focus on their indirect (Scope 3) emissions, the bulk of which relate to their supply chain. The tipping point has arrived, though. Telcos need to become leaders in aggressively reducing their carbon footprints, and that will have a direct impact on how they engage with vendors. A small number of telcos already quantify the environmental performance of their suppliers within the procurement process; that will grow, and standards will become more stringent. Organizations like the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC) will push this along. Vendors need to get ready.

COVERAGE

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Table of Contents

• Summary

• Telcos dominate power consumption within network operator business

• Scope 3 emissions overview

• Scope 3 examples: Swisscom and MTN Group

• Supply chain accounts for 50-80% of total emissions for many telcos

• Telcos' current climate goals and the relationship to procurement

• Implications for procurement

List of Figures and Tables

• Figure 1: Overview of GHG Protocol scopes and emissions across the value chain
• Figure 2: Breakdown of Swisscom's GHG emissions by type in 2021 (MT CO2e)
• Figure 3: Breakdown of MTN Group's GHG emissions by type in 2021 (MT CO2e)
• Figure 4: Purchased goods and services plus capital goods - total contribution to carbon footprint

• Table 1: Climate goals and procurement practices for select telcos