Based on information collected mainly during the year 2000, this environmental report is addressed to our employees, customers and other stakeholders. The report explains Nokia's understanding of the environmental aspects of its activities and their impact, outlines a program for reducing adverse impact, and reports actions aimed at implementing the stated policies and goals.
Nokia previously reported on its environmental activities in the publication Nokia and the environment in 1999. Nokia's business review 1999 also included statements on environmental issues. There has been remarkable progress in environmental management and environmental performance at
Nokia since we last reported on these matters.
Nokia and the environment reported the start of the systematic collecting of environmental data from production sites. Work continues on the development of data collection and the creation of performance indicators aimed at measuring the success of Nokia's environmental work to date.
This group-level report includes no systematic site-specific information. The case studies offer closeups of the practical environmental work that is being carried out in the different parts of the organization.
Nokia supports efforts to develop uniform and globally applicable guidelines for economic, environmental, and social reporting. This report, which is limited to environmental issues, applies the general framework proposed by the Global Reporting
Initiative in its Sustainability Reporting Guidelines.
This report, as well as in-dept financial and social information, is also available at Nokia’s online corporate reporting site; www.nokia.com/insight[->0].
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