Key Performance Indicators

We are consistently fine-tuning our strategies and strengthening our innovative core to anticipate and lead change in the global digital landscape.

Key Performance
Indicators
2023-24 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20
Environment#

Total Diesel Consumption
in own premises (L)

1,97,17,826

1,98,65,979

18,732,253

16,338,000

14,795,140

Total Non-Renewable
Energy Consumption
(MWh)

16,45,127

16,01,849

1,427,156

1,310,173.28

969,863.79

Total Renewable Energy
consumption in own
premises for mobile
(MWh)

2,23,930

1,56,698

91,376

82,917

74,824.91

Total Scope 1GHG
Emissions
(tonnes of CO2 eq.)

74,956

70,251

62,713

42,955

38,896.42

Total Scope 2 GHG
Emissions
(tonnes of CO2 eq.)

10,36,249

9,95,794

978,975

880,859

675,100.12

Network Emissions Intensity:

Carbon Emissions (tCO2e)
per terabyte from
our network infrastructure

0.089

0.097

0.129

0.162^

0.228

Total Emissions Intensity:

Carbon Emissions (Scope 1
+ Scope 2+ Scope 3**)
in (tCO2e) per terabye

0.11

0.117

0.154

0.173

0.22

Waste Reduction- Paper
Reduction through
e-bills in million
sheets

2718

401

512.76

667

461

Social

Total Contribution towards
CSR (Corporate Social
Responsibility) and
community development
Initiatives (INR Million)

129

21.18

31.11

86.35

318.54

Community Development -number
of children under Bharti
Foundation Education
program

2,600,000+

730,000

450,000+

425,000+

Increasing Reach-Number
of mobile broadband base
stations

9,31,854

8,32,369

752,136

606,783

503,883

Number of Rural
Customers (Million)

188.85

179.79

173.98

168.62***

153.18***

Employee Training: Average
man hours of training
provided per employee

14.7

12.2

8.77

23.34

7.07

Training Interventions
(no. of unique trainings)

5,548

4,197

Employee Engagement Score

4.29 out of 5

4.4 out of 5

4.3 out of 5

4.3 out of 5

4.17 out of 5

The boundary for the above data includes Bharti Airtel Limited's India operations, excluding Airtel Payments Bank Limited

# From 2020-21, boundary expanded to include Airtel Owned Retail Stores and Fixed Line Networks ^ From 2020-21 network infrastructure includes own tower sites, third-party network sites and MSCs ** Scope 3 emissions pertain to emissions from upstream leased asset i.e. third party network sites *** The figure includes rural customers for Bharti Airtel Limited and Tata Teleservices
Our Targets and progress

 Target Achieved

 Over-achieved

 In-Progress

 Not-achieved

 

Material Topic

Targets

FY 2024 Progress

Status

Environment

Green Organisation

Greening the Network

To reduce our carbon emissions (scope 1 and scope 2) by 50.2% by FY ending March 2031, using FY2021 as baseline as per sciencebased targets initiative and GSMA pact

1,111,205 tCO2e carbon emissions (scope 1 and scope 2) in FY 2023-24

To reduce our absolute scope 3 GHG emissions by 42% by FY ending 2031, using FY2021 as baseline, as per science-based targets initiative

6,575,139 tCO2e Scope 3 emissions in FY 2023-24

In line with target set by GSMA under Carbon Action Plan for telecom industry, achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050

We plan to get the long-term (net zero) targets validated by SBTi within 2 years

Resource Efficiency

Ensuring 100% e-waste generated in our operations is reused, recycled, or safely treated for energy recovery each year

E-waste is sold to authorised recyclers/refurbishers

Implementing ISO 14001 (EMS) Environment Management System by FY ending March 2024.2

Achieved EMS 14001 certification

Social

Empowering People

Digital Inclusion & Access to ICT

Bharti Airtel Limited is committed to positively impact 150 million lives by 2025 by promoting digital inclusivity through extending high-speed 4G data connectivity to data-starved regions and accelerating upgradation of feature phone users to smart phones, making device ownership affordable for low-income groups.

Enabled 4G/5G network connections

Diversity and Inclusion

Ensuring at least 20% women employees by FY ending March 2025

15.8% women employees in workforce as on March 31, 2024

Employee health and well-being

Implementing of ISO 45001 (OH&S MS) Occupational Health and Safety Management System by FY ending March 2024.2

Achieved ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHS MS)

Community Stewardship1

To contribute 2% of the average net profit of preceding three financial years, in CSR and social development activities each year

₹129 million contributed to CSR and social development activities in FY 2023-24

Governance

Sustainable Development & Corporate Governance

Corporate Governance

Periodically conduct materiality assessment through formal stakeholder engagement to prioritise ESG focus areas

Revisited materiality assessment in FY2023-24 to ensure continued applicability

Enhancing Customer Experience and Satisfaction

Maintain compliance with EMF radiation levels set by local regulations in line with ICNIRP Standards (International Commission on Non-Ionising Radiation Protection)2

For all the base stations audited by DoT in FY 2023-24, we were compliant with EMF radiation levels

Enhancing Customer Experience & Satisfaction

To reduce B2C customer interactions by 20% by FY ending March 2025, using FY ended March, 2023 as baseline.3

~14% reduction in overall B2C customer interactions from FY 2022-23

1 The coverage of targets is only standalone Bharti Airtel Limited (BAL)
2 The coverage of targets is Bharti Airtel Limited and Bharti Hexacom Limited
3 We have expanded our customer resolution framework and moved from tracking customer complaints to customer interactions. This enables us to solve customer issues at every possible touchpoint across offline and online customer journeys. Thereby, we have set ambitious target of 20% reduction in customer interactions during FY 2024-25 over FY 2022-23