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15        INFINITY POWER            2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT   |   PROTECTING THE NATURAL ENVIRONMENT










                 Protecting the









                 natural environment




























                 We depend on Africa’s abundant natural                                                   Our teams focus on reducing carbon emissions, energy,

                                                                                                          water use and waste, and we’re aiming to achieve net                                           Highlights
                 resources including sun and wind to
                                                                                                          gain for biodiversity across our sites.
                 power our projects, and we seek to                                                                                                                                                      •  Completed two years of carbon emissions

                                                                                                                                                                                                            assessment (2023 and 2024), bringing our
                 protect the natural world we depend on.                                                  As climate impacts intensify across the continent, from
                                                                                                                                                                                                            reporting up to date
                                                                                                          prolonged droughts to devastating floods, we’re working

                 Our business exists to scale renewable energy across                                     with project partners to demonstrate that large-scale                                          •  Launched a group-wide biodiversity strategy

                 the continent while protecting the environment and                                       renewable projects can address Africa’s energy needs                                              to achieve biodiversity net gain across our

                 supporting the shift to a low-carbon future. We take care                                while enhancing the environment and building climate                                              portfolio by 2030

                 to minimise our environmental impact at every project                                    resilience for communities.

                 stage, from construction to decommissioning.



                                                                                                                                                                                                         Challenges and learning


                   2030 commitments                                                                Performance in 2024                                                     Progress                      •  Remedial works completed at our West Bakr



                   •  Achieve a 35% reduction in carbon                                             •  Emissions intensity currently above 2020                                                             site in Egypt led to a significant but temporary

                       emissions intensity*                                                            baseline but have decreased 7% since 2023                                                            increase in our water use and waste
                                                                                                                                                                                                            production this year

                   •  Achieve no net loss to biodiversity as defined                                •  Biodiversity strategy approved by the Board
                                                                                                                                                                                                         •  Increase in development activity has led to
                       by IFC Performance Standard 6                                                   and implemented across group
                                                                                                                                                                                                            an increase in emissions intensity until new


                   •  Replant more than double the trees removed                                    •  Taiba N’Diaye project in Senegal has                                                                 projects begin generating energy

                       during project construction                                                     exceeded targets, planting 6,500 trees



                 *compared to Lekela Power’s historic emissions baseline of 2.58g of CO e produced per kWh generated during 2020
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