IHS Towers Publishes 2025 Sustainability Report

(MENAFN- Mid-East Info) 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

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