Introduction.

Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational

communications corporation that is headquartered
in Keilaniemi, Espoo, a city
neighboring Finland's
capital Helsinki. Nokia is
engaged in the manufacturing
of mobile devices and in
converging Internet and
communications industries,
with over 123,000 employees
in 120 countries, sales in
more than 150 countries and
global annual revenue of EUR 41 billion and operating profit
of €1.2 billion as of 2009. It is the world's largest
manufacturer of mobile telephones: its global device market
share was about 33% in Q2 2010, down from 35% in Q2
2009 and unchanged from Q1 2010. Nokia's converged
device market share was about 41% in Q2, unchanged from
Q1 2010.Nokia produces mobile devices for every
major market segment and protocol, including GSM, CDMA,
and W-CDMA (UMTS). Nokia offers Internet services such
as applications, games, music, maps, media and messaging thr
ough its Ovi platform. Nokia's subsidiary Nokia Siemens
Networks produces telecommunications network equipment,
solutions and services Nokia is also engaged in providing free
digital map information and navigation services through its
wholly-owned subsidiary Naves.
NOKIA Goes GREEN
Electronic products such as cell phones impact the
environment both during production and after their useful life
when they are discarded and turned into electronic waste.
Nokia topsGreenpeace’s Guide to Greener Electronics of May
2010 that ranks 18 electronics manufacturers according to
their policies on toxic chemicals, recycling and climate
change.
All of Nokia’s mobile phones are free of toxic polyvinyl
chloride (PVC) since the end of 2005 and free of brominates
flame retardants (BFRs) since 2010.[ Nokia’s voluntary take-
back programmer to recycle old mobile phones spans 84
countries with almost 5,000 collection points. However, the
recycling rate of Nokia phones was only 3–5% in 2008,
according to a global consumer survey released by Nokia.The
majority of old mobile phones are simply lying in drawers at
home and very few old devices, about 4%, are being thrown
into landfill and not recycled
All of Nokia’s new models of chargers meet or exceed
the Energy Star requirements. [156] Nokia aims to reduce its
carbon dioxide emissions by at least 18 percent in 2010 from
a baseline year of 2006 and cover 50 percent of its energy
needs through renewable energy sources Greenpeace is
challenging the company to use its influence at the political
level as number 85 on the Fortune 500 to advocate fo
climate legislation and call for global greenhouse gas
emissions to peak by 2015.
Nokia is researching the use of recycled plastics in its
products, which are currently used only in packaging but not
yet in mobile phones Since 2001, Nokia has provided eco
declarations of all its products and since May 2010 provides
Eco profiles for all its new products. In an effort to further
reduce their environmental impact in the future, Nokia
released a new phone concept, Remade, in February
2008 The phone has been constructed of solely recyclable
materials. The outer part of the phone is made from
recycled materials such as aluminum cans, plastic bottles, and
used car tires. The screen is constructed of recycled glass,
and the hinges have been created from rubber tires. The
interior of the phone is entirely constructed with refurbished
phone parts, and there is a feature that encourages energy
saving habits by reducing the backlight to the ideal level,
which then allows the battery to last longer without frequent
charges.