Telenor's corporate regulation on the external environment was adopted by Corporate Management on 23 September 1996. It defines Telenor's environmental vision and primary environmental objectives.
Telenor's environmental vision is:
"A visible and powerful environmental profile in society and the market"
This means that Telenor:
acknowledges that its activities have an impact on the environment
will contribute actively to the sustainable development of society by:
being seen as a leading environmental company
continuously improving its efforts in relation to the environment
supplying products and services with positive environmental impact
Telenor's primary environmental objectives are:
In Telenor, the environment shall be the responsibility of management. The corporate management is responsible for the corporate regulation relating to the external environment. Managers at all levels have an environmental responsibility.
The knowledge and attitudes of its employees are to ensure that Telenor is regarded as an environmentally aware group.
Telenor is to be as open as possible when it comes to environmental issues and is to promote national and international co-operation with a view to supporting the development of green products and services.
Telenor is to provide its customers with appropriate instruction in the environmental aspects of the handling, use and disposal of its products and services.
Telenor is to ensure that suppliers and contractors make use of environmental standards which are equal to or better than Telenor's own standards.
Telenor is to meet stringent environmental management requirements, for example by adhering to the ISO 14001 standard.
Telenor is to keep one step ahead of environmental legislation by considering solutions that exceed the legal minimum requirements and by setting its own environmental standards in areas where no official standards are yet in place.
Telenor shall assess the environmental impact of all current and new business activities. Principles such as "prevention-at-source" and "cradle-to-cradle" shall be adopted as basic.
Telenor shall initiate measures to prevent or reduce damage to the environmental, harmful emissions and waste production, and also to conserve resources by:
increased use of renewable energy and greater energy efficiency
increased use of renewable resources and better use of raw materials
minimisation of waste, re-use, recycling and proper final treatment of waste
paying attention to the aesthetic aspects of impacts on nature and removal of phased-out installations.
Telenor is to prepare annual environmental plans of action and environmental reports which document the company's environmental performance.
