Environment

Environment protection and minimisation of the company’s operation impacts are the top priorities to retain living conditions for next generations. Surveys prove that majority of the Czech population assumes that the issues concerning environment protection shall be the top priorities of all people and entities living and operating within the territory of our country. Our environmental efforts focus especially on:

• environment friendly production, products and services (ISO 14000 standards)
• environmental corporate culture (recycling, use of environment-friendly products, etc.)
• mitigation of impacts on environment
• protection of natural sources, etc.

Environmental Policy

As a company, Telefónica O2 Czech Republic, a.s., is aware of the importance of the management and improvement of its environmental protection system, in accordance with the latest scientific and technical information, and with respect to the company's presence, making sure that our environment and all of its component elements are not harmed or destroyed.

Open Approach
We support the open exchange of information and a dialogue with our customers, employees, suppliers, governmental and local authorities, environmental organizations and other interested parties. All information about the environmental profile of our company is publicly available.

Legislation
In all of our corporate activities, we always adhere to the current domestic legislative requirements and international treaties to which the Czech Republic is a party, along with any other requirements in the area of environmental protection.

Employee Education and Communication
We are systematically working to increase the awareness of environmental issues on the part of our employees and to update them on the fulfillment of corporate environmental policy and its objectives. We educate our employees in the area of any related legislative or other regulatory requirements so that they will realize the consequences and impact of the company's activities on the environment and that they will be able to participate in active prevention.

Design and Development of New Products and Technologies
When designing and developing our products, we review the technical elements of the design from an environmental impact perspective, with the objective of actively preventing any possible negative environmental impacts and minimize any burden on any part of our environment. When implementing our technologies, we minimize any potential negative impact on the environment and always safely dispose of any waste.

Network Operations and the Supply of Products
We monitor and analyze the operations of our telecommunications networks and all activities associated with the supply of our products in an effort to apply realistic measures leading to an improvement in our company's environmental profile.

Relationships with Partners
We evaluate and manage the qualifications and capabilities of our existing and potential partners by looking at their own attitudes towards the environment. We systematically update them on any changes to our requirements and we monitor their adherence to these requirements.

Prevention and Continuous Improvement
Our senior management supports and motivates all of our employees to take part in our ongoing efforts to improve our environment protection system. We focus our attention on the prevention of negative factors and their consequences on our environment. We work together with national and international organizations and share our experiences with the implementation and improvement of the environmental management system.

Emergency Readiness
Based on the results of the audits of our company's environmental practices and the review and generalization of the specific cases in which our environment was put at risk, we have been continually improving our readiness to respond to any potential accidents in an effort to minimize any subsequent impact.

October 2, 2006, Prague

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