Nokia And The Environment

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Nokia and the environment1 Content Preface Building a sustainable mobile information society 3 1. Profile of Nokia 4 Nokia in brief 4 Life cycle thinking 6 2. Nokia policies and environmental organization 8 The Nokia Way 8 Towards sustainable development 9 Nokia´s approach to the environment 10 Environmental policy 10 Environmental organization 11 3. Stakeholder relations 12 Internal stakeholders 12 External stakeholders 13 Nokia in society 14 4. Management performance 15 Environmental management system 15 Environmentally sound supply chain 16 Legal compliance and risk management 17 5. Operational performance 18 Environmental Management System implementation 18 Transportation of products 21 Safety of people and property 22 6. Product performance 23 Design for Environment 23 Environmental labels 25 Environmentally sound product packaging 26 End-of-life practices 26 Research and Development 28 7. Sustainability overview 30 Abbreviations 31 Appendix The ICC Business Charter for Sustainable Development 3234 Preface Nokia and the Environment is designed to introduce the readers, including our employees, customers and other stakeholders, to Nokia’s activities related to environmental issues, covering aspects from environmental management, stakeholder relations, management and operational performance, product related issues and sustainability. This publication is based on information collected during the year 1998. In previous years an overview about Nokia’s environmental issues has been included in the company’s annual report. This report discusses developments in the main focus areas of Nokia’s environmental work today; environmental management systems, design for environment, supply chain management, end-of-life practices and packaging. Along with presenting Nokia-wide actions and policies, we have included examples
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