Energy & Climate Change

OTE Group recognizes that climate change is a global environmental problem the impacts of which affect its operation and stakeholders, and the whole range of economic activities as well as life on the planet. Global temperature is increasing, climate is changing and urgent global action is needed.

The EU Green Deal sees digital technologies as a critical enabler for a zero-carbon economy and at the same time calls the ICT sector to put sustainability at its heart.

In this context, OTE Group has developed a comprehensive climate change strategy has been formulated and implemented that includes 4 main pillars:

Value Chain Emissions
Renewable Energy
Energy Efficiency
Enablement: Positive climate protection effects on customers

OTE Group is committing to new, more ambitious, targets for climate protection -in effect also for the Deutsche Telekom Group.

These targets are:

Net Zero emissions from energy consumption by 2025. Including up to 95% reduction of emissions from energy consumption by 2025 compared with 2017 (Base Year). This includes direct emissions from the consumption of natural gas, diesel and petrol, as well as indirect emissions from electricity consumption.
100% use of renewable energy sources for electricity consumption, from 2021 onwards.
25% reduction of indirect emissions per customer by 2030. This includes indirect emissions from production of products (supplier emissions) and the use of products by customers.
Net Zero carbon footprint by 2040. This includes emissions from production of products (supplier emissions), to our operations and the use of products by customers.

In 2022, OTE Group recorded an 89% decrease in Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions from energy consumption compared to 2017, secured 100% electricity from RES through Guarantees of Origin, while at the same time saved 30.6 GWh of energy.