Although our 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.

We 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.

We created a climate strategy already in 2006 and updated in at end of 2008. It includes targets we have set ourselves in various focus areas.

Our devices

The use phase of the device accounts for a third of the energy of the total life-cycle, and up to two thirds of the power consumption in this phase can be wasted. That is why Nokia is developing more energy efficient chargers. We've significantly reduced the amount of energy our chargers consume and plan to cut it further. You can help by pledging to unplug your charger from the socket once it has finished charging.

All our new charger models meet or exceed the EPA's Energy Star v.2.0 requirements. Energy Star version 2.0 no-load criteria is 0.3 W. The below table indicates the no-load power consumption of the Nokia chargers currently available. The devices using these chargers are also Energy Star v.2.0 compliant. The compliancy list is reported to EPA from March 2009 onwards.

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.

By using mobile phones more energy efficiently, together we can help reduce the total amount of energy consumed. We've put together some energy saving tips.

Way of working

We have made various efforts to reduce the energy usage and CO₂ emissions related to the daily working of Nokia employees. These are some of the examples of the year 2008 activities:

Business travel
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.

Leasing cars
Nokia Finland introduced new environmentally friendly leasing car policy in January 2008 which promotes the cars with lower CO₂ emissions level.

Commuting
Nokia supports public transportation in employee commuting and the related benefit is available for employees, for example in Finland.

Employee PCs
Due to better energy efficiency of the new selected PC and monitor models the energy consumption is estimated to be reduced.

Canteens
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.

Mobile offices
Change to mobility saves office space and means reduction of CO₂ emissions.