Environment
As Austria's leading telecommunications company, the Telekom Austria Group is conscious of its responsibility to the environment.
To sustainably establish environmental consciousness throughout the Telekom Austria Group, guidelines have been elaborated to keep environmental impact as low as possible in each corporate department.The Telekom Austria Group, represented by the Management Board of Telekom Austria AG, vows to uphold the following, company-wide environmental policy:
- Telekom Austria's environmental policy focuses on avoiding damage to the environment and on careful treatment of natural resources, such as avoiding waste and reducing use of resources and energy.
- The company's environmental policy undertakes to create and encourage environmental consciousness throughout Telekom Austria with all of its employees, and to assure that it is applied to an increasing extent in the Purchasing Department. Preference is given to products with as long life-cycles as possible, suppliers compelled to be environmentally conscious by means of the General Terms and Conditions (AGB) and individual contracts, and products procured that are as environmentally-friendly as possible.
- Recycling rounds off Telekom Austria's environmental policy. Waste is separated, collected and put through material or thermal recycling.
Environmental Management System according to ISO 14001
An environmental management system based on the requirements of ISO 14001 was implemented in the fixed net segment in 2004. In fall 2006 an external audit once again confirmed the effectiveness of this ISO 14001-2004-certified management system.In the fixed net segment it is energy consumption and vehicle fleet emissions which have the strongest impact on the environment. In an effort to counter these negative effects, energy-saving lighting systems such as electronic light ballasts, low-energy air-conditioning systems, and new and more efficient vehicles designed to cut emissions of pollutants have been introduced. Employees are also given information about environmentally-friendly driving as part of the “klima:aktiv partnership” with the Ministry of the Environment.
Undershooting of the Limit Values of Mobile Communications Installations
Environmental activities at mobilkom austria continue to focus on projects investigating the impacts of electromagnetic fields. As the market and innovation leader mobilkom austria is well aware of its responsibility in this area and seeks open dialogue with the public, policymakers, the media and scientists. Mobile radio communications installations are regularly tested according to stringent criteria.mobilkom austria not only complies with the current ÖNORMS and international recommendations concerning the limit values for electromagnetic radio waves, the company also achieves significantly lower values than those required.
