In 2008 we had more than 400 facilities around the world, including 10 production sites. Energy consumption at these sites is the main environmental focus area. These locations, with a total surface of 1,437,000 square metres, collectively consumed 661 GWh of energy in 2008 and were responsible for 231,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption.

Despite energy savings done, our total energy consumption has increased over the years due to our increased business. Both phone volumes and number of employees have been increasing from year to year, but not always needing additional space, due which energy per area has been changing over years (reduced in 2008). With green energy purchases we have been able to decrease brown electricity usage since 2006.

Facility greenhouse gas emissions are caused by the energy consumption in our buildings (offices and factories) and from minor part by refrigerants used in cooling systems. As electricity consumption is the main contributor for our CO2 emissions, in addition to amount of energy usage, the energy source of electricity generation plays a key role (fossil-based vs. renewable energy). The CO2e emissions per mobile device have been reduced in 2008.