Auditors of DEKRA certification company regularly carry out a central external audit of HT's Integrated system of environmental, occupational health and safety at work management, when compliance with the principles of environmental, health and safety at work is to be verified. Implementation of the Integrated System was assessed positive and the integration of care for environmental, health and safety at work requirements was confirmed in all relevant work processes. Croatian Telecom was granted the renewed certificate, which is valid until 13.9.2027. This certificate is an extract from the certificate of the entire DT Group’s Integrated system of environmental, occupational health and safety at work management, in accordance with international standards ISO 14001 and ISO 45001.
We would like to remind you that Croatian Telecom has been certified according to ISO 14001 standard since June 2010, while T-Mobile had been certified according the same standard since 2002.
Environmental, Health and Safety at Work Policy:
- Hrvatski Telekom accepts social responsibility for protecting its employees and the environment, and our thoughts and actions are geared towards a sustainable business model in the interest of future generations.
- We attach a high priority to environmental protection, health and safety at work. The Management Board is directly responsible for establishment and implementation of the Company's EH&S policy. We employ a modern Management Systems to ensure efficiency in implementation of our EH&S policy.
- Environment, Health and Safety at work are indispensable components of our corporate success, and constitute an important factor in our economic efficiency, in the quality of our work, in our corporate culture, and in the satisfaction of our employees.
- We take a proactive approach to EH&S issues. We deem the legal provisions to be minimum requirements that we strive to exceed or improve on where we can.
- We are constantly working on the improvement of environmental protection, health and safety at work in our entire company.
- We strive to find solutions for our products and services that are energy efficient save natural resources and do not impair health of our employees as well as users of our services.
- We actively involve our employees in our environmental protection, health and safety at work measures. They, and our contractors and suppliers, are obliged to comply with respective regulations and to ensure they are implemented.
- We inform the general public and interested parties of our engagement in environmental protection, health and safety at work, and so promoting a constructive dialogue.
We apply environmental protection principles in our everyday work:
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Continuous care about waste and proper waste disposal
Disposal of old mobile handsets – In accordance with our ecological commitment, but also as a reaction to customer requests, T-Mobile Croatia was the first company in Croatia to start organized collecting and disposal of old mobile handsets, long before such action became prescribed by law. The first action of this kind was organized back in 2005, and until now more than 148,000 old mobile handsets were disposed of in an eco-friendly way.
Waste paper – Croatian Telecom is continuously taking care of proper sorting and collection of all kinds of waste, including paper, for further processing and reutilization. This way we preserve forests, reduce water and air pollution and economize on expensive dumping ground. With each ton of paper collected, we have saved 20 saplings.
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Participation in ECO campaigns and events
Croatian Telecom is an active participant and sponsor of numerous ECO events and projects such as the ‘Afforestation of Burnt Areas’ Project , the ‘Earth Hour’ Initiative, the ‘Preservation of Endangered Species’ Habitats’ Project, the ‘Solar Sunflowers‘ Project and others.
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Energy Initiatives in Croatian Telecom:
- Green energy: We procure "green" electricity from 2016, obtained exclusively from renewable sources
- Encouraging and usage of alternative sources of energy and fuel: HT also uses renewable energy sources for its mobile networks base stations
- Smart and energy-efficient buildings: the degree of automation of energy parameters has been raised to the highest level
- Regular renewal of the fleet allows us to improve quality and efficiency as well as to reduce environmental impact
- Changing technologies and boosting energy efficiency: By integrating mobile, fixed and Internet services we significantly reduce the number of network platforms and devices, resulting in improved energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact both on the HT side and on the side of the user