We’ve made significant progress toward achieving our 2030 circularity targets. In 2025, we achieved a circularity waste rate of 90% covering the waste from our offices, labs, own manufacturing, installation, product take back and final assembly suppliers, just five percentage points from our 2030 goal. At the same time, we achieved a 98% recyclability level for our packaging in 2025, just two percentage points away from our 2030 target of fully recyclable packaging. We achieved our 2030 product packaging target five years ahead of schedule, with our cardboard and plastic packaging materials containing 50% recycled content in 2025.
Beyond our direct operations, Nokia works with partners and customers across our value chain to implement programs that support the circular transition.
For example, we provided refurbished equipment to Deutsche Telekom to demonstrate how sustainable solutions can move from concept to large-scale customer deployment. At the Telecom Campus Fair 2026, we were named Deutsche Telekom’s Partner of the Year for Sustainability and Circularity as our partnership continues to advance circular practices, support responsible network operations, and drive progress toward the telecom industry’s sustainability targets.
Our One Circle pilot was launched by Orange Egypt and Nokia in Cairo. By enabling network equipment to be tested, repaired and reused locally, the initiative is turning circularity into a practical operating model and helping recover more value from assets already in the network. The pilot has already collected and screened more than 400 network modules and saved about 35.8 tonnes of CO2e. It is also building local technical expertise, reducing unnecessary international transport and creating a foundation to improve asset utilization, strengthen supply-chain resilience and support more cost-efficient network modernization.
