Under the auspices of the Minister of Telecommunications, Nicolas Sehanoui represented by the Member of Parliament (MP) Hikmat Dib, touch, the leading mobile operator managed by Zain, announced its commitment to the Carbon Neutral Car project in partnership with T.E.R.R.E Liban during a press conference that took place in Karawan restaurant on Wednesday December 4th.
This project directly aims to offset the carbon emitted by the company cars during 2013 by protecting mature trees that absorb carbon dioxide produced by cars. As a result of this project and in collaboration with T.E.R.R.E Liban, touch protected 13,246 forest trees in the Baabda forest, the closest forestation to Beirut with the purpose of offsetting 250 tons of CO2.