Vodafone India, on Thursday, announced that it has entered into a strategic  partnership with The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri) to deploying green technology on its network which will help reduce carbon footprint.
 
Vodafone said that environment care will be one of its key initiatives that would include social empowerment and education in rural areas, regions where most of its 150 million subscribers live.
 
Vodafone India’s chief operating officer Sunil Sood said that the partnership will promote sustainability in Vodafone India’s operations and initiatives.
 
“We will continue to partner with government and the developmental sector to make meaningful contributions for the social and economic development of our country,” Marten Pieters, managing director and CEO, Vodafone India said in a statement.
 
Under the agreement Vodafone India and Teri will focus on strategic advisory and knowledge sharing, energy conservation and carbon footprint reduction for greener telecom.
 
Both would jointly explore opportunities to jointly build advocacy and promote the cause and purpose of sustainability in the public domain.
 
Vodafone India moved 265 towers on green technology in financial year 2012-13, taking their total number to 2,700.

"Vodafone was first first telecom operators to publish annual sustainability report in 2011. This year we are proud to first one in India publish report based on recently introduced GRI standards-G4 guidelines," Vodafone India Chief Operating Officer Sunil Sood said while releasing the latest sustainability report today.