Telenor's long-term objective is to reduce our contribution to emissions of greenhouse gasses (See Telenor Agenda 21[!]). In order to keep track of the emissions for which we are responsible, we have developed a system for collating data on Telenor's energy consumption.

All consumption of energy in the operation of the telephone network, buildings and vehicles, as well as in travel by road, air and rail, leads to emissions of greenhouse gasses. Based on the various forms of energy in use, we can calculate the size of the emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses that this leads to. By comparing data over several years we can follow the development and implement the necessary initiatives.

Climate plan for Telenor
In 2000, a project was completed where the objective was to develop a template for the development of climate plans for businesses. This project was conducted under the auspices of ETNO's environmental group, in which Telenor was project leader.

Under the auspices of BBU's Environmental Network, Telenor took the initiative for creating a corresponding template for the development of climate plans for Norwegian trade and industry. This work will be completed in the course of 2001. Following this, a climate plan for Telenor will be prepared.

Carbon dioxide (CO2) is an essential part of the atmosphere, since it ensures a sufficiently warm climate, as well as being a source of carbon for life-sustaining processes through the carbon cycle. However, the combustion of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas has released large quantities of additional CO2 which disturb the natural balance and can cause rapid temperature increase. Emissions of CO2 are the most serious cause of climate change. CO2 makes up 75% of the emissions of greenhouse gasses in Norway, and these emissions have increased significantly during the 1990s. Unless additional measures are implemented, it is anticipated that emissions in 2010 will be almost 40% higher than the level in 1990. The oil and gas industry was responsible for 24% of CO2 emissions in 2000, whilst road traffic accounted for 22%. Land-based heating was responsible for 18 percent of emissions, and the metal production industry accounted for 13%. Source: SFT (the Norwegian State Pollution Control Authority)

GRIP/SFT have produced a table which presents an overview of the connections between important environmental problems and their causes, which can be found at:

Telenor's emissions to the air
The majority of Telenor's emissions to the air are the result of burning fossil fuels such as oil, diesel and petrol. In a global perspective, CO2 emissions are the most serious. Telenor's emissions of CO2 in the period 1998-2000 have been relatively stable.

The environmental accounting system provides an overview of which sources contribute most to the emissions, and it is evident that transport is the largest source. The accounting shows that about 92% of Telenor's total emissions of CO2 originate from transport, which would indicate that it is in this area that efforts should be made to reduce our total emissions.

In order to meet this challenge, we should in future focus more attention both on vehicle use and on other forms of transport. Amongst other things, we must reduce the need for transport by making better use of our own services. The emissions figures have been obtained from TØI (The Norwegian Institute of Transport Economics), SAS's emissions data and SSB (Norwegian Central Bureau of Statistics).

Carbon dioxide, CO2

Percentage distribution of CO2 emissions in 2000

94.3% of Telenor's emissions of CO2 originate from transport.

Nitrogen oxides, NOx

Percentage distribution of NOx emissions in 2000

91.3% of Telenor's emissions of NOx originate from transport. The "Miscellaneous" category embraces rail transport (0.9%) and heating /cooling of buildings (1.4%).

Particulates

Sulphur dioxide, SO2

Percentage distribution of SO2 emissions in 2000

86.5% of Telenor's emissions of SO2 originate from transport.

Hydrocarbons (HC)

Carbon monoxide, CO

Road transport - an important contributor to Telenor's emissions to the air
The figures for emissions show that road transport produces the bulk of Telenor's emissions to the air. The following table presents Telenor's emissions to air from road transport compared with national road transport emissions to the air: (source: Statistics Norway):

Components	Road transport's share of total national emissions %	National road transport emissions tonnes per year/ 1999	Telenor's road transport emissions 2000
			(tonnes per year)	% of national emissions
CO2	22	9 300 000	26 367	0,28
NOx	24	54 500	86	0,16
CO	55	308 200	609	0,20
VOC	13	45 400	96	0,21

Other emissions to the air

Removal of halon facilities
In 1996 Telenor drew up its Action Plan for Phasing out Ozone-depleting[!] Gases to comply with the authorities' instructions to dispose of all halon plants by the end of 1999. This work was completed according to plan.

Environmental performance indicators - emissions to air
The table below presents an overview of the results for 2000 compared with 1998 and 1999, with regard to the environmental indicators adopted for emissions to the air.

Year	Emissions of CO2		Emissions of NOx		Emissions of SO2
	total tonnes	per man-year tonnes per man-year	total tonnes	per man-year kg per man-year	total tonnes	per man-year kg per man-year
1998	43 936	2,5	164	9,3	9,4	0,5
1999	46 558	2,4	152,8	8,1	7,0	0,4
2000	46 583	2,3	152,1	7,4	7,5	0,4

Comments:
- Telenor's road transport activity contributes about 0.3 % of the total national production of greenhouse gasses from road transport. Add to this the air pollution from transport of Telenor goods by independent transport agents.
- As regards CO2, the total emissions are approximately unchanged compared with last year. Considering CO2 emissions in relation to the number of man-years gives a reduction of 1%.
- The same trend applies to NOx; the total emissions are stable, whilst in relation to the number of man-years there is a reduction of 8%.
- Emissions of SO2 have increased by 11%, but in relation to the number of man-years the emissions are approximately the same as last year.

Emissions to water
With the exception of normal emissions from buildings, Telenor's emissions to water are minimal. The individual factor which is most likely to result in unwanted emissions to water is leakage from an oil tank. To reduce the risk of this, a survey of all oil tanks is in progress.

Dismantling/removal of underground oil tanks
A survey and inspection of all oil tanks connected with buildings and plants has been carried out, and work continued in 2000 on removing old steel tanks. The tanks are being replaced by fibreglass reinforced polyester tanks, which have a longer life span and require less maintenance. Telenor has a considerable number of underground tanks on its premises for the storage of oil for supplying diesel generators and heating plants. The size of the tanks ranges from a few thousand litres to several hundred thousand litres.

Responsibility for operation and maintenance of oil tanks is shared by Telenor Telecom Solutions (TTS) and Telenor Eiendom (TE).

• TTS operates the tanks for diesel generators in connection with emergency power plants.
• TE operates tanks in connection with heating plants.

Environmental performance indicator - emissions to water
The following is a summary of the results in 2000 in relation to environmental indicators adopted for emissions to water.

Year	Oil tank installationsmore than 20 years old	Comments
1998	31	Oil tanks managed by Telenor Eiendom
1999	31	Oil tanks managed by Telenor Eiendom
2000	120	Oil tanks from both T. Eiendom and T. Telecom Solutions

Comments:
- We are improving the reporting routines for Telenor's old oil tanks, in order to obtain the best possible database. A more up-to-date summary of status for the old oil tanks and the plans for upgrading will be presented in the next environmental report.

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