Nokia put forward its first climate strategy in 2006. Our plan looks at the energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions related to Nokia products and operations, and sets reduction targets for all our activities in these areas.
Nokia is not an energy intensive company, and most of the greenhouse gas emissions occur in component manufacturing by our suppliers, or in the usage of our products – but we want to show leadership and take responsibility in raising awareness and promoting best practices.
Greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets
By the year 2020, our aspirational target is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions throughout the life cycle of each device by over 60%, compared to levels in the year 2000.* To reach this goal, we have set targets for specific areas of the device life cycle.
Products
By the end of 2012, we aim to reduce the average charger's no-load power consumption by 75%, compared to the level in 2006.
We will continue to study new technologies which will use renewable energy resources, such as solar panels and kinetic energy, and also develop solutions to enhance the energy efficiency of our products.
Manufacturing and facilities
By the end of 2012, we aim to reduce energy used in production by 20% for each unit produced, compared to year 2008.
By the end of 2012, we aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for each person working in Nokia offices and R&D by a minimum of 23%, compared to year 2006.
By the end of 2020, we aim to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions for the Nokia offices, R&D and manufacturing facilities by a minimum of 30%, compared to year 2006.**
We will continue to develop our Green Data Centre strategy that is already implemented in Finland. This strategy includes delivering targeted cooling, environmentally friendly backup power and energy efficient server racks.
Logistics
By the end of 2012, we aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for each sales package produced by 20%, compared to year 2008.
Supply chain
By the end of 2012, we aim to ensure that all our key suppliers set energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission reduction targets.
Travel and commuting
By the end of 2012, we aim to maintain annual air travel related greenhouse gas emissions well below the 2008 level (in total and for each employee).
By the end of 2012, we aim to renew the Nokia remote working framework and increase the number of countries where employee public transport options are offered and car lease policies are tied to lower emission limits.
Targets and performance:
We reached and exceeded our target of reducing no-load power used by our chargers by 50% from 2006 to 2010.
We created 6% of new energy savings in technical building maintenance systems between 2007 and 2010, in addition to the savings of 3.5% achieved already from 2003 to 2006.
We reached and exceeded our targets to reduce facility related CO2 emissions by 10% in 2009 and 18% in 2010 compared to 2006 level.
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* Comparison of devices by using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology and actual data (when available), and taking into account all the life cycle phases: raw materials and components, inbound and outbound logistics, Nokia operations (manufacturing and facilities, business travel and commuting), use phase (the impact of charging and ‘no-load’ time – where a charger is plugged into the mains without a device attached) and end of life phase with the focus of recycling of the device. Note that current non-standardised LCA techniques, databases and accuracy – as well as devices and their functionalities – are likely to develop over each year, which can make the direct year-on-year device comparison challenging. However, we aim to use comparable techniques and devices with similar functionalities.
** Aspirational target, assuming no major business volume or headcount changes.