November 2006

Safe and environmentally sound products


What's in a phone?

Mobile phone content Pie chart


The use of chemicals in Nokia products and processes shall be safe to humans and the environment. Meeting health and environmental regulatory requirements is a priority and a basic requirement.

Nokia's approach is based on the precautionary principle. Where we have reasonable grounds for concern over the possibility of severe or irreversible damage to health or the environment, we believe that lack of full scientific certainty should not be an obstacle to triggering actions to gather and assess additional data. That may lead us to voluntarily take steps, e.g. to substitute substances of concern with safer alternatives, where feasible alternatives are available.


Nokia Substance List (NSL)


The Nokia Substance List identifies substances that Nokia has banned, restricted, or targeted for reduction with the aim of phasing out their use in our products. The list is divided into two sections, Restriction in Force and Monitored Substances. We work together with our suppliers in investigating alternative materials and solutions that will help us fully eliminate restricted or monitored substances from our total product line. The Nokia Substance List will be updated annually. In addition, we will give interim updates on individual substance phase outs as needed.


About restricted flame retardants (rFR) phase out
(Restricted Flame Retardants = All brominated and chlorinated compounds and antimony trioxide)


  • We are actively working on phasing out restricted flame retardants and are making good progress. The Nokia 3110 Evolve, launched in December 2007 is our most advanced model yet. Detailed analyzes made on the parts’ and components’ rFR compliancy of Nokia 3110 Evolve show values of 95% of component count (99.5 % of total weight of the phone) free of these substances.
  • Our commitment is not however just about one device but we are phasing out use of rFRs across our whole global product range. From the beginning of 2009 we will be introducing rFR free products to all regions, steadily increasing the amount of products available throughout 2009. Our aim is to have all new products launched after end of 2009 free of these substances and we will give updates on the progress.

See the Substance list in full. (XLS file, 747 KB)