Staff Writer
Construction firm, Masimba Holdings (Masimba) has partnered with the Forestry Commission of Zimbabwe in an initiative aimed at providing trees for free to plant along roads constructed near cities.
The construction firm said the initiative, themed Beautification of Cities, is part of its borrow pit rehabilitation programme.
Masimba said it has adopted the Global Reporting Initiatives standards in identifying, measuring, and managing material impacts within its operations.
The construction firm said in 2023, it saw a 50 percent increase in diesel consumption during the year ended December 31, 2023, due to more plant-intensive projects compared to the previous year.
“While 90 percent of equipment was compliant with direct atmospheric sulphur dioxide emissions, this was lower than the 98 percent compliance rate in 2022,” the group’s board chairman Gregory Sebborn said in a statement accompanying the group’s financial results.
He said the group took decisive action to ensure compliance by implementing various measures including replacing and re-powering old equipment with clean energy equipment like solar.
Sebborn added that Masimba also adhered to service regimes as per original equipment manufacturers specifications while also implementing diesel control technologies to reduce emission composition into the atmosphere.
He said the Zimbabwe Stock Exchange-listed group is now promoting idling technology that cuts off machines when idling to reduce emissions.