Nokia aims to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040
Nokia is prudent in making its business sustainable, and one way of doing it is by lowering the carbon footprint of its production and products. The company is committed to reducing its total global greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) to net zero by 2040, accelerating its previous target by ten years. This goal is ahead of the Paris Agreement, which targets net zero by 2050.
Just to remind you, the Paris Agreement is an international treaty adopted in 2015, committing world governments to limiting global warming to well below 2°C and limiting temperature increases to 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels. Some scientifically based predictions tell us that we might even reach 3°C in the next 100 years, so now is the right time to start making changes if we want to have an impact.
Nokia is already working on bringing sustainable, high-performance networks. To do that, the Finns are launching more energy-efficient solutions in the next generation of mobile, fixed, IP, and optical networks, as well as in software, silicon, and systems.
Nokia announced back in December plans to diminish packaging waste for its Fixed Networks Lightspan portfolio, resulting in a 60% reduction in packaging size and a 44% decrease in overall weight.
With more than 95% of emissions resulting from products in use, Nokia continues to improve the energy efficiency of its products and solutions:
- Achieved a 50% reduction in the average power consumption of 5G mMIMO Base stations by 2023 from a 2019 baseline.
- – Introduced the Quillion chipset, which can help reduce power consumption for broadband access products with 50% less power needed in fiber installations than previous generations.
- – Its FP5 network processor offers a 75% reduction in power consumption compared to its previous generation.
- – Its latest optical network technology, the PSE-6s, can reduce network power consumption per bit in optical transport by up to 40% compared to the PSE V.
Nokia is committed to using 100% renewable electricity in its own facilities by 2025 and is working with its supply chain as it transitions to renewables:
- Already achieved 63% renewable electricity in its own facilities in 2022.
- It uses a mix of on-site solar, Power Purchase Agreements, renewable electricity products directly obtained from an energy supplier, and renewable electricity certificates to procure the renewable electricity.
Nokia aims to achieve 95% circularity by 2030 in relation to operational waste (waste from offices, labs, manufacturing, installation, and product takeback), driving actions to reduce landfilling:
- In 2023, Nokia announced it would reduce packaging waste for its Fixed Networks Lightspan portfolio, leading to a 60% decrease in packaging size and a 44% reduction in overall weight.
Nokia is examining credible solutions for carbon removal to support long-term net-zero targets, as some residual emissions won’t be possible to eliminate. Nokia is also targeting marine fleet emission reductions aligned with the International Maritime Organization decarbonization pathway and has already invested in more efficient vessels and trialed the use of biofuels to reduce emissions.
