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Environmentally sustainable business
Our approach to environment is to develop, run and enable environmentally sustainable business, which:
- Minimizes our own environmental footprint 'Environment – Operations' and helps our customers in minimizing their environmental footprint. This involves taking environmental responsibility for the complete lifecycle of our products 'Design for Environment', 'Substance management', 'Packaging', 'End of Life Practices', with a particular focus on energy efficiency 'Products – Energy efficiency'.
- Maximizes the positive environmental impact of the use of telecommunications in society 'Positive impacts of our products and services'. Advanced communications technology can play a significant role in creating a sustainable future by increasing social and economic opportunities while reducing adverse environmental impacts.
- Combines environmental and business benefits for our customers in environmentally sustainable business solutions 'Environment – products' This is achieved through:
- Managing the entire product lifecycle to support sustainability
- Designing products that have lower power requirements 'Products – Energy efficiency'.
- Reducing the size and weight of products, enabling more efficient transport and installation 'Packaging'.
- Use of renewable power sources 'Renewable energy'.
- Sophisticated take-back and recycling services for equipment. 'End of life services'.