At Nokia, we take a proactive approach when considering how our different activities might impact the environment. Our product creation is guided by lifecycle thinking, minimising the environmental impacts across the lifecycle of a product.

We focus on

• Sustainable, energy efficient products
• Eco services enabling sustainable lifestyles
• Take-back and recycling

All the materials in our products are selected with environment in mind. An example on how we improve energy efficiency is that your Nokia device reminds you to unplug your charger when the battery is full. With over billion people using Nokia phones around the world, small steps like these make a big difference.

By providing eco applications and services, we increase people's awareness of environmental choices and promote sustainable actions, like offsetting CO₂ emissions caused by flying.

Effective end-of-life practices close the lifecycle loop, putting energy and valuable materials back into circulation. We currently offer take-back schemes in 85 countries. Find your nearest take-back point.

Mobility in general can help you consume less materially and more virtually. For example, long-distance calls or video conferences reduce the need to travel. Taking, sharing and storing images on your phone instead of printing them out or listening to MP3s or radio instead of buying CDs reduce our impact on environment.

Our way of working

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 sourcing managers are in constant dialogue with suppliers to ensure 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 earlier equivalents..

Such product stewardship allows us to know in detail what materials and substances go into each product and how energy efficient it is, and enables us to extend this knowledge to our customers through Eco Declarations.

That is the Power of We: working together at all levels to bring out the best solutions.