The OTE Group fully understands that, though low, there are environmental impacts associated with Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) activities. At the same time, it is acknowledged that digitalization is a key tool to achieve United Nations’ Sustainability Goals and cope up with environmental challenges at local, regional and global level.
In this context, OTE Group has adopted Environmental Strategy, aligned with its business strategy, and aims at:
- The minimization of the environmental impacts from its activities across its value chain.
- The development and provision of products and services that enable environmental protection and increase productivity in other sectors of economic activity.
- Raising its stakeholders' awareness on acting more responsibly on all aspects of environmental protection.
To achieve these objectives, our Group:
- Analyzes environmental risks and opportunities.
- Tackles climate change through energy efficiency improvements and Renewable Energy Sources use.
- Integrates the principles of circular economy into its activities to address resources efficiency.
- Develops specialized ICT products and services that meet customers’ needs while contributing to environmental protection.
- Ensures that the levels of electromagnetic fields of base stations comply with the public exposure safety limits.
- Develops awareness initiatives for its stakeholders and implement environmental sponsorship programs through strategic partnerships.
- Contributes / participates, autonomously or as a member of DT Group, in initiatives addressing sustainability and climate change (e.g., UN Global Compact, RE100, Race to Zero campaign, Global Sustain).
- Secures high ratings by international sustainability and SRI analysts.
Aiming at effective environmental management along the entire value chain, companies of our Group implement, in the context of the Integrated Management System, Environmental Management Systems (EMS) certified according to ISO 14001 standard and Energy Management Systems certified according to ISO 50001 standard. The systems share similar structure, approach and policy, in which the commitment of our Group to environmental protection is stated.