Our approach to
corporate social responsibility

We believe that connectivity and digitalization can have a key role to play as an enabler, unlocking economic opportunity and growth and facilitating access to work, education, healthcare and other public services. This belief motivates our support for policies that encourage broadband rollout and adoption and the digital transformation of society and industry. At Nokia, we collaborate with governments, regulators, international organizations, trade associations, industry peers and academia to inform effective policy making and support the development of the best policy framework for sustainable and inclusive digitalization.

Nokia engages with policymakers and regulators transparently and constructively. We offer our expertise on trusted and reliable international connectivity, on the security of digital infrastructures, on a regulatory regime that facilitates network rollout and other digital policy endeavors, on best policy frameworks unlocking innovation, on improving the resilience of economies and their critical infrastructure (e.g. energy grids) and on the most effective regulations for sustainability (e.g. forced labor regulation or due diligence in supply chains). Nokia’s experts explain roadmaps toward 6G in several parts of the world. We advise on spectrum for broadband, including through our participation in the World Radiocommunication Conference 2023 in Dubai.

Our guidelines for dealing with government officials always apply, regardless of the employee’s role and the purpose or frequency of interaction. They also apply to interactions with employees of state-owned companies and other governmental customers. The basic guidance for interaction with a government official is laid down in our Code of Conduct. We do not participate in the political or electoral process through direct donations to political groups.

Our Corporate Social Responsibility activities are divided into regional and local programs. In 2024, we focused on three key themes: Increasing digital inclusion: Connectivity, Access, Enablement; Disaster Resilience/ Response; and University donations.
 

• Increasing digital inclusion,
• Climate and environment,
• Inclusion, equality and diversity,
• Disaster relief.

Key regional programs cover programs in India and China, and local community programs are initiated and run by Nokia offices around the world.

In 2025, Nokia invested about EUR 4.4 million in communities around the world. We kicked-off 9 new corporate social impact programs globally under the newly established strategy and partnered with organizations such as Save the Children, Christel House, Al Khidmat Foundation, Inyaz Egypt and Kumpul Impact just to name a few . During the year we also continued our work with UN Women empowering women through technology and skills in nine selected social initiatives across four different Nokia markets.

Smartpur, Nokia’s long-term community investment program, is a digital village ecosystem that offers technology-enabled services in rural India. The program leverages Nokia’s technology, expertise, and funding to drive social digitalization projects and is contributing to Nokia’s goal to bridge the digital divide and promote inclusive growth. In 2025, over 1 million service interactions were facilitated through Smartpur Centers, reflecting the program’s continued contribution to community development and digital empowerment.

In addition, during the year the Nokia Corporate University Donations program initiated 13 new projects in collaboration with selected universities and academia to fund research into open, long-term, high-impact and disruptive discoveries solving sustainability challenges with 6G, AI, sensing and quantum technologies.

In 2024 Nokia also expanded its collaboration with UN Women, empowering women through technology and skills in five regions. In addition, Nokia University Donations program collaborated with selected universities and academia to fund research into open, long-term, high-impact and disruptive discoveries solving environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges with 6G, AI, sensing and quantum technologies.

Nokia continues to collaborate with Non–Governmental Organizations such as UNICEF Finland, UN Women and community-based local organizations to implement and run social impact initiatives, as well as industry bodies (e.g. Responsible Business Alliance) and customers who have direct relationships and engagement with the communities.

We support programs that have a long-term impact and create a sustainable future platform in target communities while being aligned with the UN SDGs.

Philippines

In the Philippines, our two-year program aims to support the Department of Education in strengthening the alternative learning for out-of-school adolescents and youth. The program will directly benefit around 4,500 Filipino adolescents and young people (16–24 years). It aims to improve the learners’ opportunities to get employment or enter training by creating a new competence-based assessment and micro-certification to demonstrate the learners’ skills and knowledge, and by improving and enhancing teaching and learning through ICT. This includes making online learning material available offline, providing communication devices and teacher training, and developing monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and tools.

Additional collaboration

Nokia's work with UNWomen developed first as a pilot in the Middle East and Africa region in 2022 scaled up globally in 2023/24. This partnership was designed to impact at least 500 direct beneficiaries in 2024 and continued in 2025. Nokia leverages its people, expertise, and partners to manage local projects with UNW which contributes its gender equality and women’s empowerment expertise. The partnership’s focus is to (a) strengthen the capabilities of women to enhance their employability, entrepreneurship and agency in the online sphere; and (b) foster women’s participation and leadership in the tech sector.

In China our employees have launched volunteering/charity programs across the country. The programs have focused on, for example, coaching girl students in ICT to improve future job prospects, a kids tech summer camp with Nokia experts, and regular online courses for children in remote mountain regions. Nokia's Ninglang Partnership Program has included developing smart classrooms, student scholarships and teacher skills as part of the Partner-Up sponsorship program to support the education of children from poorer backgrounds.

Our volunteering guidelines and supplemental Standard Operating Procedures provide guidance to our employees on charitable sponsorships and donations as well as volunteering activities. All employees are permitted two days per year from their paid working time to engage in volunteer work.

Our employees across our sites are active in organizing activities to support and engage with the communities around them. They carry out acts of support throughout the year through humanitarian and crisis aid projects, such as donating medical material and used IT equipment, collecting and donating toys, clothes and other essential goods.

Ndiarka Diagne school in Guédiawaye
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Between 2018-2020 we worked with UNICEF Finland and UNICEF Kenya to build a multi-partner collaboration to bring internet connectivity and inclusive digital learning to Kenyan schools in rural and disadvantaged urban areas across the country. The program particularly focuses on girls and children with disabilities.
The first 10 schools across Kenya were successfully connected in late 2020 using Nokia Fixed Wireless Access solution in collaboration with local Mobile Operators. The solution connects more children in a fast and efficient way with high-speed and high-capacity broadband needed for remote digital education.
Moving from a CSR pilot to commercial rollout, we have together with UNICEF and Safaricom connected 90 primary schools to the Internet across Kenya during 2021.

Read more about the scaling up of Kenyan school connectivity here.

Read more about student stories and earlier achievements of the program.

Watch the video with highlights from the program journey.