Our supply chain approach
We drive active engagement across our value chain, working with our suppliers to raise the standards in our ecosystem in key ESG areas like the environment (climate and circularity), labor rights and ethical behavior. We have designed our sustainable sourcing program around four core pillars based on materiality assessment and group sustainability priorities: Supplier Due Diligence, Climate, Circularity, Responsible Minerals Sourcing, complemented by supplier development and learning and industry collaboration as key enablers for success.
We work with our suppliers to develop, innovate and build capability to enable a more sustainable and transparent ecosystem. We engage with our customers to drive improvements and share best practices in our common supply chain as well as collaborate across the ICT industry for greater impact.
Our supply chain approach
We have robust procedures and processes in place, and we continually improve them where necessary. These are supported by clear, well communicated policies. We identify and understand the risks associated with our supply chain and build and implement the programs and actions that help mitigate those risks. We employ a variety of audits and assessments to verify the integrity of our supply chain. We engage and increase supplier capabilities through learning and where necessary instigate remediation activities. We maintain a Corporate Responsibility risk map of our suppliers which we update regularly.
In 2025, Nokia conducted business with around 9 800 suppliers in over 100 countries. 80% of Nokia’s total supplier spend was distributed across around 340 suppliers.
- final assembly suppliers
- hardware suppliers for product materials (such as standard components, optical components, semiconductors, electromechanical)
- market services suppliers who support the provision of services to our customers such as in installation and construction,
- managed services around the networks we sell
- IT suppliers
- indirect sourcing suppliers for everyday goods and services we need to run our business such as consulting, legal and marketing.
Nokia’s hardware suppliers are mainly based in Asia and its services suppliers are based at various locations around the world. In 2025, in addition to its own factories in Finland, India and the US, Nokia’s electronics manufacturing services final assembly suppliers included Flex, Foxconn, Jabil, Sanmina, Fabrinet and Karel supplier sites in Canada, China, Hungary, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Romania, Thailand, Turkey, the US and Vietnam, respectively.
A list of our largest strategic Original Design Manufacturers (ODMs), Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and Components suppliers are published on our website to further increase stakeholder transparency.
Sustainability is one of the six pillars of our Supplier Performance Evaluation (SPE). The supplier’s sustainability score in our SPE is composed of assessment results from the CDP Supply Chain Climate Change and Supply Chain Water Security assessments, EcoVadis sustainability assessments, the Nokia Responsible Minerals Sourcing program, the Nokia health and safety Supplier Maturity Assessment (SMA) and our own on-site corporate responsibility audit program.
We have a 2030 target of 98% 3TG traceability SPE scores by 2030. In 2025, 82% of our suppliers had satisfactory scores across these sustainability programs, so we are on track, and we continue our work to grow the percentage.
We have detailed KPIs and public sourcing global targets, including supply chain climate targets as part of our 1.5°C climate commitment. All our supplier-related sustainability targets are listed in the “Our ESG targets and performance” section.
In addition to our own programs and assessments, we are part of industry coalitions, and work to improve the corporate responsibility of global supply chains. We have been a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) since 2021 and join its key workstreams. The RBA is the world’s largest industry coalition dedicated to CSR in global supply chains.
We are also one of the founding members of the First Movers Coalition – which is tasked with creating the market and spurring growth by leveraging collective demand and committing to buying zero-emission goods and services across eight critical industry sectors by 2030.
We expect our suppliers to adhere to our Third-Party Code of Conduct and we provide them with our supplier requirements, including the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct and additional, Nokia-specific sustainability requirements. The requirements cover topics such as environment, health, safety and security, privacy, risk management, labor and human rights management, ethics, and anti-corruption. They are communicated to our suppliers and integrated into our contractual requirements. An overview of these requirements can be found here.
We encourage our tier one suppliers (including our final assembly, materials and services suppliers) to apply and cascade the same requirements to their own suppliers. We check this through audits and EcoVadis documentation audits. Transparency and compliance requirements are firmly applied to all supplier relationships, and gifts or entertainment are neither given nor received beyond nominal value items. We investigate and qualify all suppliers, requiring them to comply with all applicable laws and regulations, and show they share the values stated in our Code of Conduct. Ethics and anti-corruption related requirements for our suppliers are detailed in our Third-Party Code of Conduct.
Incident reporting includes the compilation of occupational health and safety incidents occurred during 20245. These are investigated and tracked internally by Nokia People Safety and Security team. Nokia has revised its fatality reporting criteria in 2023 to include third parties such as members of the public who are assessed as being impacted by an incident that is deemed within Nokia’s control. This more closely aligns Nokia’s reporting with some of its closest industry stakeholders and competitors.
In 2025, there were 4 (four) work-related fatal incidents resulting in 5 (five) fatalities. This include 0 (zero) work-related fatal incidents involving Nokia own workforce, 4 (four) work-related fatal incidents involving contractors / subcontractors resulting in 5 (five) fatalities and 0 (zero) work-related fatal incident involving a third-party resulting in 0 (zero) fatalities. We want people to go home safe at the end of the day and we have a specific target of zero critical or fatal incidents among own workforce, suppliers and third-parties. We did not meet this target this year and we are re-doubling our efforts to meet this target in 2026.
We have a 2026 target of 98% 3TG traceability and conflict free status to smelter level in our supply chain as well as conflict free status of the smelters. Extended due diligence and conflict free status of cobalt, mica, aluminum and copper. As of 2025 we have achieved 93% traceability to the smelter level in our supply chain as well as conflict-free status of the smelters (6% basis points improvement from 2024). We have also extended and conducted due diligence for cobalt, mica, aluminum and copper. The work continues to close the remaining 5% gap to reach the target in 2026.
Overview of Nokia supplier requirements
EcoVadis, the world’s largest provider of business sustainability ratings monitors sustainability in global supply chains. We ask our key suppliers for their EcoVadis scorecard rating and are proud of our own where EcoVadis has again ranked Nokia in the top 1% globally in 2025.
Our materiality analysis and Enterprise Risk Management help identify potential supply chain risks. We carry out more in-depth analyses to determine all supply chain risks through our dedicated Supplier Sustainability Risk dashboard where we look at various sustainability risks, commodity risks and more on a supplier location level. The outcomes are included in our category strategies. We review category strategies annually with our purchasing category leads. Failing to meet established sustainability requirements will block a supplier from being promoted, for example, from “restricted” to “allowed”, or to “preferred” status. We also maintain and regularly update a corporate responsibility risk map of our suppliers.
Our key supplier-related monitoring, assessment and auditing activities include an on-site corporate responsibility audit program, EcoVadis sustainability assessments, our in-house health and safety Supplier Maturity Assessment (SMA), and the CDP Supply Chain Climate Change and Supply Chain Water Security assessments.
Our in-depth audits are aligned with SA8000 methodology, and we implement a range of audits and assessments including:
- Our general supplier requirement audits
- Corporate responsibility in-depth audits
- Supplier Health & Safety Maturity assessments
- Conflict Minerals Audits
- Assessment tools such as EcoVadis and CDP
Highlights related to audits
- 788 supplier audits and EcoVadis assessments conducted in 20 countries
- 659 improvement recommendations made, which were addressed through corrective actions.
Awareness raising and climate data collection
Every year, we host the Nokia Supplier Climate webinar where we share our expectations, 2030 targets and good practices coming from different stakeholders within Nokia. We also send out an annual climate assessment questionnaire via CDP to nearly 600 suppliers. For further information, you can read more in the supply chain section of our Environment webpage.
Combatting modern slavery, forced labor and labor migration risks
Modern slavery and forced labor of all kinds remain a challenge for all countries and supply chains.
We have robust audit and assessment processes and procedures in place. We continue to raise awareness of modern slavery, forced labor and labor migration through workshops and training with suppliers to ensure good labor practices and inclusion and diversity in their operations. We do not tolerate slavery, servitude, human trafficking or forced or compulsory labor in our own operations or in our supply chain. In June 2025 we published our annual Modern Slavery Statement.
Materials traceability and conflict minerals
We aim to contribute to a long-term solution to the issue of minerals sourcing that ensures responsible and conflict-free sourcing via legitimate trade that brings sustainable improvements in those countries where the risks are greatest. We demand that our suppliers commit to sourcing these key materials from environmentally and socially responsible sources. Our due-diligence approach is aligned with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals. We are part of the RMI program under RBA and have released a Conflict Minerals Report every year since 2013.
Water in our supply chain
We address supplier categories where water may be a material risk through a water assessment program that includes awareness raising, annual data collection, target setting and follow-up. In 2025, our manufacturing suppliers completed the CDP Water Security assessment, representing 54% of our total supplier spend.
Supplier learning and capability building
In addition to auditing and assessing our supplier performance across ESG topics, we also put significant effort into our supplier capability building in collaboration with a range of partners (see partners section) as well as directly. Our sustainable supply chain team has hundreds of follow up sessions with suppliers around their performance improvement. We also conduct and deliver training webinars online and onsite including topics such as diversity and inclusion, modern slavery, responsible minerals sourcing, climate change, health and safety, and ethical business practices.
Long term targets and commitments
