Efficient products and services

Under the Climate Change Office's action plan for Customers, ICT products and services are being develoepd that will help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in other sectors of the economy in addition to telecommunications, including, for example, the Group's internet-connected home and telepresence services.

The aim of the Climate Change Office's action plan for Customers, which is led by the Corporate Marketing and Commercial Development Division, is to market ICT (Information and Communication Technologies) solutions that enable customers to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by using Telefónica products and services.

Because of its direct link with the company's business activities, this is one of the most importance elements of the Climate Change Office's programme. And with good reason. ICTs' biggest achievement will be to increase energy efficiency in other sectors. This opportunity could give rise to carbon savings five times greater than total emissions in the entire ICT sector in 2020 (1).

(1) Climate Group and GESI (2008):“SMART 2020. Enabling the low carbon economy in the information age".

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In July 2008, Telefónica began marketing the Nokia 3110 Evolve, the first green mobile on the market, made from recyclable materials. In the United Kingdom, Telefónica launched a Universal Charger that offers energy savings of 2,8 kWh/year.

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Foremost among the ICT solutions developed by Telefónica as part of its drive to promote energy saving and efficiency are the following services: energy efficient buildings (Inmótica), internet-connected home, telepresence and climate-related disaster early warning and detection systems.