Our environmental management system (EMS)
defines seven environmental areas. In each of
these areas we will work continuously to reduce our
impact on the environment. We have put emphasis
on setting results targets and ambitions which both
individuals and work groups can strive to achieve
in their respective areas of responsibility. Only then
will the EMS become a good measuring tool and
its effect a genuine environmental benefit. At the
end of 2012 we could look back at yet another year
where the systematic environmental management
work had produced good environmental results.
The year 2012 also saw extensive efforts being put
into identifying new measures which can further
reduce our environmental footprint.
Telenor Norway's subsidiaries have also started
using an ISO-based environmental management
system with specific targets and long-term
ambitions adapted to the individual nature of each
company. An effective EMS cannot be general but
must reflect the company to which it pertains.
Telenor Norway employees actively support the
company's environmental management targets.
Every quarter since 2011 we have proclaimed either
an individual employee or a team within Telenor
Norway as the environmental hero for that quarter,
and the results which our environmental heroes
achieve show that the daily efforts made by our
employees throughout Norway result in great
environmental benefits.
responsibility starts
with self-scrutiny
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT WITHIN SEVEN ENVIRONMENTAL AREAS:
1) CO
We shall ensure responsible processing of waste, increase our own reuse and recycling ratios and
extend our mobile-return scheme.
We shall reduce our use of paper in customer contact.
We shall take aesthetic considerations into account at all our installations.
We shall ensure that our installations lie below the limits for electromagnetic fields by performing
checks and inspections.
We shall reduce the risk of harmful emissions from our operations and installations.
We shall ensure that out purchasing takes a sustainable environment into account.
By doing so we have reduced emissions
from our core activities by almost
of reducing CO