MTN Ghana has launched its 2026 Sustainability Month with a call on employees, businesses and stakeholders to make sustainability a daily responsibility, declaring that small, consistent actions are essential to securing Ghana’s future and strengthening the company’s long-term growth.
The initiative, launched in Accra last Tuesday, on the theme: “Together for a Sustainable Future: Small Actions, Big Impact”, marks a shift from the company’s annual Sustainability Week to a month-long programme designed to deepen awareness and drive action across the business and the communities it serves.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of MTN Ghana, Stephen Blewett, said the company had expanded the programme because sustainability had become central to business growth, corporate leadership and long-term value creation.
He said sustainability was no longer an environmental conversation but a business imperative that influenced competitiveness, investor confidence, governance, innovation and resilience.
Mr Blewett urged employees to make sustainability part of everyday decision-making, stressing that the future would be shaped by the actions individuals and organisations chose to take today.
Shared value
The CEO said MTN’s sustainability agenda was anchored on creating shared value, explaining that the company’s success depended on Ghana’s progress.
Participants in the event
Mr Blewett said MTN’s growth must continue to create opportunities for individuals and businesses, strengthen communities, protect the environment and build public trust.
“This is not charity. It is responsible growth. It is good for business and it is the only way to build a company that can last into the future,” he said.
Marking MTN Ghana’s 30th anniversary, Mr Blewett said the next three decades would require greater responsibility, innovation, resilience and measurable impact.
He said sustainability had become a key pillar of the company’s Ambition 2030 strategy because responsible business practices were increasingly influencing investor decisions, customer confidence, regulatory expectations and employee engagement.
“Sustainability is not a label. It is a leadership discipline. It turns shared value from an idea into action, from intention into results and from words into trust,” he said.
Environmental action
Mr Blewett outlined a number of initiatives already undertaken to reduce MTN’s environmental footprint.
He said the company’s biodegradable SIM cards, introduced as a first in the country, had reached more than 4.7 million customers and prevented an estimated 10,288 kilogrammes of plastic waste from entering the environment.
He also said MTN had exceeded its 2025 carbon reduction target through Project Zero by installing 3.02 megawatts of solar capacity, enabling renewable energy to power more than half of its offices, network sites and data centres.
Mr Blewett said climate change was no longer a distant concern and that simple actions such as using biodegradable materials, switching off lights and investing in renewable energy collectively produced significant environmental benefits.
Building a culture
The Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer of MTN Ghana, Adwoa Wiafe, said extending the programme from one week to one month would provide greater opportunity for meaningful engagement on sustainability.
She said the first two editions focused on promoting sustainability as a collective responsibility, while this year’s programme aimed to transform awareness into everyday practice.
Mrs Wiafe said employees would participate in activities, including lunch-and-learn sessions, visits to recycling plants, tree planting exercises and sustainability discussions across departments throughout the month.
Mandatory reporting
The launch was graced by the immediate Vice-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants, Ghana (ICAG), Sena Dake, who said sustainability had become a strategic business issue rather than a compliance requirement.
