Ooredoo Kuwait
Executive Summary
National Mobile Telecom (Ooredoo Kuwait Group) demonstrates solid, maturing ESG performance across its five operating companies, anchored by a comprehensive 2025 GHG inventory (Scope 1/2/3), a formal 2029 energy-efficiency target, strong measurable network efficiency programs, and multi-framework sustainability reporting (GRI in-accordance, IFRS S1/S2, SASB Telecom, UN SDGs). Social performance is a relative strength, with a well-quantified multi-market CSR portfolio, zero fatalities, comprehensive training disclosures, and formal DEI governance, though board gender diversity and ESG supplier screening remain underdeveloped. Governance shows robust compliance (zero fines), advanced ESG embedding with sustainability-linked executive KPIs, and strong ethics/whistleblowing architecture, but is limited by weak anti-corruption training execution, no current-year external assurance, and the absence of any sustainable finance program. Reviewer disagreements on E1, G5, and G4 reflect real ambiguity around multi-year data depth, training execution gaps, and board diversity. Overall the company maintains a strong investment-grade ESG profile with clear pathways to advance through external assurance, formal carbon targets, and enhanced governance diversity.
Year-over-Year Analysis
vs 2024Against the strong 2024 baseline (E=7.25, S=7.85, G=7.2), the consolidated 2025 assessment reflects broadly stable-to-modestly-softer positioning, with the Environmental pillar easing slightly as reviewers scrutinized the still-nascent Scope 3 reporting and the lack of formal carbon targets or current-year assurance. The Social pillar remains the company's strongest, sustained by expanded quantified CSR outcomes and comprehensive training, though DEI board diversity and supplier ESG screening gaps constrain further gains. The Governance pillar softened primarily on newly surfaced anti-corruption training gaps and disclosed anti-competitive/privacy inconsistencies that were more rigorously examined this cycle. The company genuinely improved training scale (2% YoY hours increase) and introduced first-ever Board ESG training across all five markets, but no dramatic upward score movement is evidenced. The trajectory is one of steady maturation with clear, addressable execution gaps.
Environmental performance eased modestly as reviewers weighed the commencement of Scope 3 reporting only in 2025, the absence of formal absolute carbon targets/baselines, and no current-year external assurance, despite continued strong energy-efficiency programs and stable water/waste management with meaningful reductions.
Social performance remained the strongest pillar and broadly stable, with expanded quantified CSR outcomes, a 2% increase in training hours to 101,852, and new Board ESG training, though board gender diversity gaps and partial ESG supplier screening prevented improvement.
Governance softened slightly relative to 2024 as this cycle surfaced material anti-corruption training gaps (zero training reported across most OpCos), disclosed anti-competitive legal actions and privacy-data inconsistencies, and continued absence of current-year assurance and sustainable finance, even as compliance (zero fines) and ethics architecture remained robust.
Key Improvements
Key Regressions
The company is well positioned to strengthen its ESG profile by securing current-year external assurance, adopting formal absolute carbon targets, and closing governance execution gaps in anti-corruption training and board diversity. Continued expansion of IFRS S1/S2 readiness and quantified CSR outcomes should support a stable-to-improving trajectory in the next cycle.
Strengths
Areas for Improvement
S: 7.35
G: 6.70
Counted once per program · Mnakh-verified distinct deliveries counted separately · third-party records excluded
Recent Activities
View all →OoredooKuwait Completes First Jeel O Training Cohort for Kuwaiti Students
Ooredoo Kuwait (OoredooKuwait) announced on 14 September 2026 the completion of the first cohort of "Jeel O", a four-week training programme for university students and recent graduates. Participants rotated across eight business functions including B2C, B2B, Marketing, Corporate Communications, Finance, Human Resources, Strategy and Technology to build digital, technical and professional skills. OoredooKuwait positions the programme within its national talent development efforts aligned with New Kuwait Vision 2035; no participant numbers or external partners were disclosed.
OoredooKuwait Hosts Back-to-School Event for Special Needs Students
Ooredoo Kuwait (OoredooKuwait) held the 'Back to School – Al Nibras' initiative at Al Nibras Model School for students with special needs, held on September 10, 2026, featuring entertainment activities and school-supply gifts for students. The event involved several local partner brands — including Asnan Kids, Asnan Tower, KidZania, Prolife, Healthy Snack, and Qawilha — who contributed gifts and experiences for the students.
OoredooKuwait Launches ON Academy Youth Media Training Program with NBK
Ooredoo Kuwait (OoredooKuwait), in partnership with National Bank of Kuwait, launched ON Academy, a five-week training program for Kuwaiti youth aged 22 to 30 covering media, content production, marketing, artificial intelligence, media ethics and financial literacy. Sessions are delivered by Kuwaiti media professionals and academics, and the program combines applied workshops, weekly assignments and team challenges, concluding with a final project. The announcement does not state participant numbers or programme dates.
OoredooKuwait Contributes to Kuwait Emergency Response Fund
Ooredoo Kuwait (OoredooKuwait) announced board approval of a USD 5 million contribution to the Kuwait Emergency Response Fund, which pools national resources for rapid response to emergency needs. OoredooKuwait also stated it would make its network, technical and operational capabilities available to support state institutions' emergency preparedness. The announcement does not state a specific date, and no third-party confirmation of the transfer is included in this disclosure.
OoredooKuwait Launches Employee Learning Series on Sustainability, Finance and AI
Ooredoo Kuwait (OoredooKuwait) launched "Beyond the Role", an internal knowledge-sharing series offering employees weekly learning sessions led by external subject-matter experts. Three sessions have been held to date, covering sustainability in everyday decisions (led by Yousra Al Mutawa of SEEDS), investment and financial literacy (Reem Al Mutairi of ZAD), and artificial intelligence (Ahmed Bakri of Kuwait Digital Academy). The company states the series will continue every Thursday throughout 2026; no participant numbers or training hours were disclosed.