Environmental management system
In 2010 Telenor Norway established an
environmental management system based
on the international ISO 14001 standard. The
environmental management system defines
goals and parameters for the work to reduce our
environmental footprint continuously. In this chapter
we set out the status of environmental management
work at the end of 2012 and give examples of
environmental initiatives in the past year.
At Telenor Norway we have made a point of
reducing how much we travel. With workplaces and
operations throughout Norway this is a particular
challenge. On this page you can see a table which
shows that between 2008 and 2012 we have
almost halved the number of flights we take. Flights
involve very high CO
number of flights is correspondingly high. We
have managed to travel less by air because we
increasingly use video conferences and other
digital communication channels instead of holding
physical meetings. Feedback from our employees
indicates that they are very happy to be able to
set up internet meetings when they need to meet
colleagues and partners who are far away.
In 2012 a group of experts appointed by the Norwegian authorities stated that:
"(b)ecause everyday exposure (to electromagnetic fields, editor's note) falls far below the ICNIRP's*
recommended reference values and because overall it has not been demonstrated scientifically that harmful
effects on health occur due to exposure below the ICNIRP's reference values there are no grounds to assume
that the exposure we experience in everyday life in Norway has an associated health risk."
Published as report 2012:3 by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, available at www.fhi.no.
radiation should be measured.
benefits reQuire
Continuous
efforts