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Nokia has established itself as the market and brand leader in the mobile devices market in India. The company has built a diverse product portfolio to meet the needs of different consumer segments. y Nokia aims to lead in sustainability by taking into account everything that they do.

Over a billion people in the world use a Nokia phone, and this provides them opportunities for improving people's livelihoods and encouraging them to embrace a more sustainable lifestyle. y Contributes to the global community by conducting business in a responsible way.

Nokia has a long track record of taking sustainability into account in all their operations, products and services. Putting simply, sustainability is their way of doing business, and their corporate responsibility. Who we work with

By working together with leading eco-organisations we can help people do their bit for the environment and grow a little greener ourselves at the same time. We have been working on interesting projects with following partners: WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature) To know more about our engagement with WWF India, click here. TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) Nokia India has been cooperating with TERI for various eco-programs. We work together with WWF to find new ways of enhancing Nokias environmental performance and increasing the environmental awareness of everyone in the company. Read more about our global partnership with WWF (in English).

WWF supports us in our aim to become a leading company in terms of environmental performance. We cooperate on environmental awareness-building among Nokia employees, and on selected operational areas like take-back campaigns. We've worked with WWF to create the Connect to Protect internal website for Nokia employees around the world. Since January 2008 Nokia has been a member of Climate Savers, a programme where WWF and businesses collaborate to show leadership in addressing climate change. Being a member of the WWF Climate Savers programme reinforces our commitment to energy saving in our operations, ways of working and products. In addition, WWF images and videos are pre-installed in the eco-catalogues of some Nokia mobile devices.

In India, Nokia and WWF India are cooperation on the following programs:

Nokia-WWF Southern Western Ghats Conservation Program Nokia India partnered with WWF India for a three year Conservation Programme in Southern Western Ghats starting in 2008. With this partnership, WWF India identified a priority landscape in the South Western (SW) Ghats, which is one of the focus areas on conservation efforts. We aim to ensure a long-term ecological security of this landscape based on multi-stakeholder participation and inter-sectoral coordination.

Developing Sustainable Livelihoods: Reducing dependency of local communities on fuel-wood for lemon grass distillation: Tribal communities living within protected forest areas have adopted settled agriculture for their sustenance. Some of them are cultivating lemon grass that requires minimal labor inputs and provides an assurance of income in the drought season. The tribes also have access to loans for establishing distillation units. The main impact on forests is the fuel wood consumption for the distillation units. It has been estimated that about 500 kg of fuel wood from valuable forest tree species per year per acre of grass is being utilized for the distillation process. The program has managed to improve the design of the individual units to decrease the fuel wood consumption in each distillation process. TIDE, an NGO based in Bangalore that specializes in designing fuel efficient distillation units is a partner for this activity and has helped set up the modified units.

A modified unit has been installed in Thayanakudi village in the Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary. Field testings and subsequent use of the unit by local villagers have shown that the fuel wood consumption for each distillation cycle has been reduced by over 30%. Further modification based on suggestions from communities has also taken place and a further improvised unit has been set up in Irrutulakudi for field testing.

Sustainable use of natural resources: Vazhachal forest division of Thrissur and Ernakulam districts of Kerala has a total area of 41,394.39 ha. The vegetation of the division has 15 % wet evergreen forest, 40 % tropical evergreen forest, and 45 % tropical moist deciduous forest. There is also great diversity in fauna like the tiger, Niligiri langur, elephants, gaur, sambhar, sloth bear etc. The division is inhabited by Malayan and Kadar communities who live in around 8 settlements. The Malayan are engaged in agriculture, bamboo mat making, etc whereas Kadars depend on Non-Timber Forest Products (NTFP) collection, bamboo and reed collection, tourism, and daily wage labour in agricultural work and on estates. As NTFP was one of the main sources of income, participatory resource use maps of collection areas with data on quantum and seasonality were prepared under the program. This along with some market assessments helped the team to identify few NTFPs as the most viable option for value addition. Honey and Dammar both have good market value among various NTFPs collected by the tribes. In May 2009, after detailed discussions with Forest Department and the Kadar tribal community member establishment of a honey processing unit was agreed in the Division with the help of the Forest Development Agency. WWF India facilitated the process and acted as an interface between the communities and the Forest Department. Prior to setting up of the unit, community members and other stakeholders including the members from the Forest Development Agency visited Keystone as an exposure to understand the concept of sustainable honey harvesting and processing. Trainings and capacity building for the tribal community members on sustainable honey collection, processing and value addition have really helped the VSS Committees in establishing the unit. Around 1500 kgs of honey has been procured, processed, bottled at Pokalapara till December 09. The total potential of honey availability in a year is around 20 tonnes. In 2010, the quantity processed will be more than the previous year as the peak season (Jan-May) for honey collection will be utilized. The honey will be collected sustainably by the tribal communities. A total of 314 tribal families are benefiting from the newly established honey processing unit.

Mitigating Human Elephant Conflict in Anayirangal The human elephant conflict in Anayirangal area of Munnar Division has increased recently. The chief reasons are the loss and fragmentation of habitat. that blocks normal migration corridors of elephants. To address this conflict that is a major threat to human life, property and crops, detailed

information regarding the behavioral patterns of the elephants has been collected with the aim of developing a mitigation strategy. Three prominent elephant routes have been identified from which if the disturbance is removed, the elephants would be able to move without causing any damage to life and property. WWF is supporting the Forest Department and the communities in implementing short-term mitigation measures as well as including training in maintenance of electric fences, patrolling, use of firecrackers and spotlights, etc. A final report will be prepared and discussed with the Forest Department, tribal and revenue authorities for initiating long-term action on the ground.

Protection of of Nilgiri Tahr: Nilgiri Tahr (Hemitragus hylocrius), a mountain goat endemic to southern Western Ghats, is confined to the higher altitudes of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. It limits its movements within an altitude range of 1200 to 2600 m. At present, two established and viable populations are known from the Nilgiris and High ranges of Kerala, while smaller fragmented populations are known from Anamalais, Palni hills and Meghamalai and Kalakkad Mundanthurai Tiger Reserve. The field surveys were conducted in the locations identified through the model to understand the occurrence, population status, habitat connectivity and the threat assessment. Tahrs presence has been established in most of the areas. Where possible, number of individuals and age group has also been recorded. The survey is still continuing in the remaining locations. A Conservation alliance for Tahr has also been established with the local NGOs and stake holders to share our findings and also work together for the conservation of the Nilgiri Tahr.

Nokia-WWF River Watch Program (Sutlej-Beas-Ravi Rivers)

Nokia and WWF India, in partnership with the Forest Department, leading educational, research and religious institutions, initiated the River Watch program in 2010. The objective is to halt and reverse the rapid decline of habitat quality and important aquatic biodiversity in Satluj-BeasRavi Rivers (805 Km) and Harike Wetland, Punjab.

TERI

Nokia India is a member of TERI BCSD, an independent and credible platform for corporate leaders to address issues related to sustainable development and promote leadership in environmental management, social responsibility, and economic performance (the triple bottom line). TERI-BCSD India is a partner of the WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development), Geneva and a member of its regional network.

Nokia India is supporting the 'Lighting a Billion Lives' (LaBL) Initiative of TERI.

TERIs LaBL campaign aims to bring light into the lives of one billion rural homes by replacing the kerosene and paraffin lanterns with solar lighting devices. This will provide better illumination; facilitate a kerosene-smoke-free indoor environment for children to study and for women to do household chores. It also provides opportunities for livelihoods both at the individual level and at village level. In terms of physical targets, it translates into 200,000,000 solar lanterns in use, assuming that each solar lantern benefits five members of a family.

In 2009, Nokia sponsored 3 villages as part of the LaBL campaign:

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Agar Ki Dhani, Rajasthan Biyawas, Rajasthan Kalarpuri, Haryana

In 2010, Nokia sponsored 4 more villages:

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Sabhapur, Utter Pradesh Baha, Bihar Gambharia, Orissa Garhpuri, Madhya Pradesh