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ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM OF NOKIA

COMPANY PROFILE:

Nokia Corporation manufactures mobile devices principally based

on global system for mobile communications, code division multiple access

(CDMA), and wideband CDMA (WCDMA) technologies. The company

operates in three divisions: Multimedia, Enterprise Solutions, and

Networks. The Multimedia division focuses on bringing connected mobile

multimedia to consumers in the form of advanced mobile devices,

including 3G WCDMA mobile devices and solutions.

The Enterprise Solutions division enables businesses and

institutions extend their use of mobility from mobile devices for voice and

basic data to secure mobile access, content, and applications. The Networks

division provides network infrastructure, communications, and networks

service platforms and professional services to operators and service

providers.

Nokia connects people to each other and the information that

matters to them with mobile devices and solutions for voice, data, imaging,

games, multimedia, and business applications. The company also provides

equipment, solutions, and services for its operator and enterprise customers.

It sells its mobile devices primarily to operators, distributors, independent

retailers, and enterprise customers worldwide. Nokia Corporation is based

in Espoo, Finland.



ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEM: WE

There are five phases in WE environmental system of

NOKIA.They are,

WE:Recycle

WE:Create

WE:Energise

WE:Support WE:Evolve

WE:RECYCLE:

Why Recycle:

Because they design our products to last and have a global Nokia

service network to look after them, they keep working. But a lot of our

phones are no longer used. Our global consumer survey reveals that 44% of

old mobile phones are lying in dratheyrs at home and not being recycled.

Find out from our latest survey why only 3% of people recycle their mobile

phones globally.

Why should you recycle a phone that’s not being used? Recycling

means they don’t need to extract and refine as much material for new

products, saving energy, chemicals and waste.

http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1234291

http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1234291



If every Nokia user recycled just one unused phone at the end of its life,

together they would save nearly 80,000 tonnes of raw materials.

Recycling gives your phone a second life:

Is your unused phone cluttering up your desk dratheyr? If you no

longer need your mobile device, then bring it back to us for recycling and

they can put it to good use - 100 percent of the materials in your phone can

be recovered and used to make new products or generate energy.

They work with carefully selected companies who reclaim

materials from the phones and accessories they pass on to them. These

companies are assessed on a regular basis to make sure they’re doing things

properly and that anything handed to them is recycled responsibly.

Taking part in creating best practices:

Nokia supports the concept of individual producer responsibility.

In order for us to carry out our own responsibilities they need others in the

value chain, like consumers and retailers, to commit to bring back obsolete

mobile devices for responsible recycling. Such co-operation eventually

leads to a situation where significant drivers for environmentally optimized

product desing enabling easier recycling would become commonplace,

bringing further benefits for consumers, producers and the environment.



They’ve been running take-back campaigns since the late 1990s

and they regularly work with environmental organizations or non-

governmental organizations such as WWF to increase consumer awareness

in different markets around the world. They also work with others in our

industry to improve recycling standards.

Nokia also participates in many projects to improve the way

redundant phones are treated. These include the MPPI work group that has

drafted global guidelines covering design, collection, refurbishment and

recycling of mobile phones. They are also a member of StEP initiative

(solving the e-waste problem), an industry and academia cooperation led by

UN university.

Spreading the word about recycling:

If they’re all going to recycle more, they need to let people knowwhat recycling a mobile phone actually means and how easy it is to do.

They want to help overcome some of the barriers to recycling phones, like

worrying about losing the numbers or photos you’ve got stored on your

phone.

These barriers mean that return rates from most of our collectionschemes are currently very low; they get back just 3 percent of redundant

phones. Nearly half of these are sitting unused in people’s dratheyrs. As

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part of our WE:recycle programme, they’re helping consumers, retailers

and our service network bring those phones back for recycling.

Simple steps before recycle:

They’re working to make recycling as simple as possible.The most

important thing to remember before you recycle is to make sure all your

important personal and professional data you wish to keep is stored via pc-

suite, Soon, you’ll also be able to upload them to their OVI-services and

backing up your information will be even easier.

And of course, don’t forget to remove your SIM and memory cards

before dropping your phone into a Nokia recycling point. Batteries and

chargers and other accessories can also be recycled at these points.

Packaging and user guides can be recycled at your local

recycling scheme. Do not dispose of these products as unsorted

municipal waste. But what happens to your phone after you’ve

dropped it off for recycling? The valuable material inside your phone will

live on in something new.

WE:CREATE





Environment is in everything we do:

Environmental work is part of every Nokia employee's responsibility.

This means that while we have teams dedicated to environmental work in

the corporate and business team level, this is just the tip of the iceberg. Most

of the work happens beneath the surface and behind the scenes, embedded

into the normal day-to-day work across the Nokia organization.

Our designers come up with creative solutions to lessen our

environmental impact. Our sourcing managers are in constant dialogue with

suppliers to confirm full material information and compliance of every

single component and module, and to ensure that Nokia Supplier

Requirements and related environmental and ethical standards are met.

There is a dedicated Design for Environment (DfE) specialist for every

product and site, to support product development and monitor that our

rigorous quality, safety and environmental requirements are met through a

series of milestone reviews. Packaging specialists work to minimize the

materials and logistics burden: every Nokia product today ships in a smaller

box than its earlier equivalents.

Power of we: working together at all levels to bring out the best

solutions.

Devices and accessories:



Their approach is to continuously improve the environmental

sustainability of all our products. Rather than introducing one-off "green"

devices, we see this as a staircase of sustainable innovations that are then

rolled out across our product range.

Their environmental activities are based on lifecycle thinking. We are

focusing on:

using approved, tested and sustainable materials and substances in

our products

improving the energy efficiency of our devices, applications and

enhancements including chargers

developing smaller and smarter packaging for our products

engaging people who use our devices via eco software and services

and recycling

The recently launched devices Nokia E72, Nokia E55, Nokia 6720

classic, Nokia 6710 Navigator, Nokia 6730 Classic, Nokia E52 and Nokia

5630 XpressMusic come with many of the latest sustainable and energy-

saving features. For example, the materials of these devices have been

chosen with the environment in mind and the products feature the we:offset

application, Power Save mode, an 'Unplug charger' reminder, and come

with our high efficiency chargers. We are rolling these environmental

innovations out across our product range to maximise their impact and help

people make more sustainable choices.

http://www.nokia.co.in/e72

http://www.nokia.co.in/6720classic


http://www.nokia.co.in/e72





We're also making our mobile devices more efficient by making them

smarter. The latest ones incorporate features like navigation, cameras, music

players and internet access, so you don't have to buy, use or recharge

separate electronic items. A mobile device's power demand is around 1-5W

whereas computers consume 10-50W – making our small mobile devices

multiple times more energy efficient in comparison to computers.

Nokia High Efficiency Chargers AC-8, AC-10 and AC-15 let you

charge your device with a clear conscience. They use just 0.03W in no-load

mode (the amount the charger uses if you forget to unplug it from socket

when the phone is fully charged). This is 90-95% less than what typical

chargers can waste. AC-8 and AC-15 feature standard Nokia 2 mm charging

plug, AC-10 provides an energy efficient option for micro-USB charging.

Packaging:

http://www.nokia.co.in/ac-10

http://www.nokia.co.in/ac-10



Packaging is important because it protects our products as they make

their way from our factory to you. We work to minimize the environmental

impact by selecting sustainable materials, by reducing the packaging size

and volume of material we use; and by considering what happens to the

pack after it's no longer needed. The weight and size of packaging affects

not only material use but also the emissions and energy required to transport

and store the products.

At Nokia we have long recognized that an effective way to reduce the

environmental impact is through smaller and smaller sales packages. For

many years one of the main principles guiding our packaging design has

been sustainability and innovation. Already in 2006 Nokia introduced small,

compact packaging which consequently has become the industry standard

for mobile phones. Our compact packages are made of a single material,

which makes them much easier to recycle.

In 2006 - 2008 we reduced the packaging materials and user guides of

our most affordable devices by over 60%, which sums up to 100.000 tons of

saved paper. Smaller and lighter packaging has also reduced the need for

transportation. In theory, our reductions have taken every other truck off the

road.

From August 2008 the sales packages of all new devices have been

smaller than their earlier equivalents. And we keep making them smaller.



Letterbox Small Compact

The materials we choose for our packaging are selected to offer the

best, most beautiful and most protective solution with least environmental

impact. More than 95% of our packaging is made from renewable, paper-

based materials, of which up to 60 % is recycled content. And when plastic

is used, we are able to include up to 90% recycled content. We are

constantly working with our suppliers to increase the amount of recycled

content in our packaging. All our packaging is 100% recyclable.

WE:ENERGISE:

Nokia and energy efficiency:

Although industry is not a major energy user – telecommunications

accounts for less than 1% of the world's CO2 - we aim to use energy as

efficiently as possible through the ways we work and help you to do the

same through our products.

They are working to reduce our own CO2 footprint and want to raise

awareness on measures you can take to reduce your own footprint. We are







also driving best practices in our industry and influencing other industries to

make full use of the potential of ICT and mobility in reducing emission.

Way of working:

We have made various efforts to reduce the energy usage and CO 2

emissions related to the daily working of Nokia employees. These are some

of the examples of the year 2008 activities:

Businesstravel:

During 2008 we made various efforts to reduce unnecessary business

travelling. Travel awareness campaigns together with more strict approach

for business travel approvals and availability of 35 customized Halo suites

and 130 high quality video conferencing facilities globally (at the end of

2008) have helped to reduce the annual air travel related CO2 emissions by

about 22% from the 2007 level.

We also continued a voluntary carbon offset scheme for flights on

Nokia business. After a trip, the traveler can pay to offset the associated

CO2 emissions and the cost will be reimbursed by Nokia. The payments will

help to fund a balanced portfolio of projects around the world that focus on

renewable energy and energy efficiency.

Commuting Nokia supports public transportation in employee commuting

and the related benefit is available for employees, for example in Finland.



In canteens and cafeteria services Nokia has set global requirements related

to energy and water efficiency, waste, bottled water, materials and

chemicals and ethical and ecological food.

WE:SUPPORT

By working together with leading eco-organisations we can help

people do their bit for the environment and grow a little greener ourselves at

the same times. They work with

WWF:

We work together with WWF to find new ways of enhancing Nokia’s

environmental performance and increasing the environmental awareness of

everyone in the company. Read more about our partnership with WWF (in

English).

Following an initial three-year successful cooperation, we extended

our partnership with WWF in June 2006, the global conservation

organisation, for a further three years. We're working closely together to

find new ways of enhancing Nokia's environmental performance and

increasing the environmental awareness of everyone in the company, while

at the same time supporting nature conservation.

http://www.nokia.com/environment/we-support/who-we-work-with/wwf%20

http://www.nokia.com/environment/we-support/who-we-work-with/wwf%20



WWF supports us in our aim to become a leading company in terms of

environmental performance. We cooperate on environmental awareness-

building among Nokia employees, and on selected operational areas like

take-back campaigning. We've worked with WWF to create the Connect to

Protect internal website for Nokia employees around the world. We have

also jointly organised workshops, road shows and business case programs

for our employees, as well as seminars for our external stakeholders.

Since January 2008 Nokia is also a member of Climate Savers, a

programme where WWF and businesses collaborate to show leadership in

addressing climate change. Being a member of the WWF Climate Savers

programme reinforces our commitment to energy saving in our operations,

ways of working and products.

Nokia has also supported connect2earth, the green on-line community

launched by WWF and IUCN in early 2008, enabling young people to tell

the world what they think about the environment by uploading videos,

pictures and comments.

In addition, WWF images and videos are pre-installed in the eco-

catalogues of some Nokia mobile devices.

TERI :

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/solutions/business_industry/index.cfm

http://www.connect2earth.org/

http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/climate_change/solutions/business_industry/index.cfm

http://www.connect2earth.org/



Nokia India is a member of TERI – BCSD,which is an independent

and credible platform for corporate leaders to address issues related to

sustainable development and promote leadership in environmental

management, social responsibility, and economic performance (the triple

bottom line). TERI-BCSD India is a partner of the WBCSD (World

Business Council for Sustainable Development), Geneva and a member of

its regional network.

Nokia India is also supporting the 'Lighting a Billion Lives' (LaBL)

Initiative of TERI.

TERI’s LaBL campaign aims to bring light into the lives of one billion

rural homes by replacing the kerosene and paraffin lanterns with solar

lighting devices. This will provide better illumination; facilitate a kerosene-

smoke-free indoor environment for children to study and for women to do

household chores. It also provides opportunities for livelihoods both at the

individual level and at village level in terms of physical targets, it translates

into 200,000,000 solar lanterns in use, assuming that each solar lantern

benefits five members of a family

IPP: Building environmental policy that works

http://bcsd.teri.res.in/

http://labl.teriin.org/

http://bcsd.teri.res.in/

http://labl.teriin.org/



And we took part in the European Union’s IPP (Integrated Product

Policy) approach to environmental policies. The process sets an example for

how voluntary measures can complement regulations. It looks at the

lifecycle of a product and tries to reduce potential negative environmental

impacts at each stage.

WE:EVOLVE:

Environmental Management:

Nokia started operations in the Nokia Telecom Special Economic

Zone (SEZ) in Chennai, India at the beginning of 2006. The park expanded

during 2007, with various suppliers opening operations to manufacture

phone covers and chargers amongst other components. In 2008 the

expansion continued with the employment increasing almost two-fold.

The vision of Nokia Telecom SEZ is to be an environmental role

model. To make this vision a reality we set up the Nokia SEZ

Environmental Team (NSET) in December 2006, including environmental

managers from all seven companies in the Park including Nokia. To start

with, each supplier company was required by Nokia to carry out an

Environmental Impact Assessment, even though this was a legalrequirement for only one of the supplier companies. Following the

assessments, each company developed an environmental plan which was

approved by Nokia's environmental manager. The Park Environmental



Manager carries out regular audits to track progress of the implementation

of these environmental plans.

NSET's key role is to manage environmental issues across the park

companies, co-create environmental solutions, share information and best

practices among the companies. This involves identifying environmental

risks, developing common action, key indicators and reporting. The team

also liaises with the authorities and other local industries on environmental

issues. At the behest of the task setting up waste management solutions was

the first priority due to lack of adequate recycling infrastructure in the SEZ.

This became more imperative as the law also prohibits the transport of

certain hazardous waste across state boundaries and out of the country for

management.

The Nokia Telecom SEZ has adopted a zero water discharge

approach. No industrial waste-water is discharged from any of the park

companies. Domestic wastewater is treated in a common sewage treatment

plant and recycled for use in flushing and gardening. Rainwater is also

collected in a pond in the park for reuse. Throughout 2007 we maintained

water consumption below our target of 40 litres per person per day. Learn

more about Nokia's environmental management in Chennai, India (Video,length 5 minutes)

http://www.nokia.com/A41049144






COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES:

At the Chennai factory we joined hands with 'Hand in Hand', a

leading NGO of this region, to implement an Integrated Community

Development Project for poverty reduction in villages using 5

interconnected approaches. These approaches are:

1. Child labour elimination and education

2. Self Help Groups (SHGs) and Microfinance for enterprise creation

and poverty reduction

3. Citizens' Centres to strengthen democracy at the grassroots level

4. Health and hygiene to create awareness improve health standards

5. Environmental protection via watershed and solid waste management

projects.

They believe that eradication of poverty cannot be accomplished

only through anti-poverty programmes. Their vision is to reduce rural

poverty by creating a sustainable livelihood and with this initiative we

expect a village to sustain itself by the end of two years.



Minimising environmental footprint:

Nokia's environmental work is based on life cycle thinking. This

means that we aim to minimise the environmental impact of our

products throughout our operations, beginning with the extraction of raw

materials and ending with recycling, treatment of waste, and recovery of

used materials. We achieve this by better product design, close control

of the production processes, and greater material reuse and recycling.

Their environmental efforts focus on four issues:

Substance management. They work closely with our suppliers

and require full declaration of the substances we use in our devices. Our

work is based on the precautionary principle and we aim at continuously

reducing the amount of substances of concern. In addition, we explore

the opportunities for using new, more environmentally friendlymaterials, such as bioplastics or recycled metals and plastics.

Energy efficiency. We make sure our devices use as little energy

as possible. We also work to reduce the energy consumption of our

operations, and agree on energy efficiency targets with our key

suppliers.



Take back and recycling. We want to increase consumer

awareness of recycling, offer superior recycling in all markets and

promote the recycling of used devices through specific initiatives and

campaigns. The backbone of Nokia's take-back programs are the

collection points of used devices in 5000 Nokia care centres in 85

countries.

Promoting sustainability through services and software. We

have developed eco services for our phones to help people to make

sustainable choices and consider the environment in their everyday lives.

A variety of eco services are freely downloadable to Nokia devices via

Ovi store.

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