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Company Snapshot: 

Nokia, based in Helsinki, Finland, is a global leader in telecommunications and the world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer. While it maintains several manufacturing units in Europe and the US, Nokia is shifting some of its production to Southeast Asia, Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe in order to keep production costs low and margins and profits high.

Ownership status: 
Publicly traded
Number of employees worldwide: 
58,874
Chief executive officer: 
Mr. Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo , 54
2008 Global Fortune 500 rank: 
88
Website: 
http://www.nokia.com/
Tel: 
+358 (0) 7180 08000
Corporate accountability
Accountability overview: 

Nokia participates in a number of voluntary CSR initiatives. Nokia has been a member of the UN Global Compact since 2001. Although Nokia is not a member of the Global e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), the company does participate in GeSI’s supply chain and capabilities working groups. Nokia has not signed the Electronics Industry Code of Conduct (EICC) because it claims that its own requirements on social issues, quality, health and safety, and environment are comparable to the EICC; it thus sees no need to work with a new code.

Labor: 

At the moment, Nokia does not require its suppliers to get certification on norms such as the ISO and SA8000 because it feels that, “for some areas this will become very difficult, and suppliers will not be able to comply, for example on Freedom of Association and working hours.

Human rights: 

Nokia developed a Code of Conduct in 1997 detailing it's position on corporate accountability, ethics, human rights, labor, and the environment, as well as its plans for the code's implementation. Nokia performs between 5 and 10 in-depth assessments of suppliers every year which evaluate social and environmental issues and include interviews with workers and management and dormitory and factory checks.

Location(s)

Keilalahdentie 2-4
Espoo, FI-02150
Finland
Sources
Watchdogs and related campaigns: 
SOMO, Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations
Related reading: 
The High Cost of Calling
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