Brand owner: Deutsche Telekom
Head office: Bonn, Germany
Sector: Telecom & internet
Categories : Telephony
Free Tags: prepaid, postpaid, mobile, simonly, mobile internet, online
| 1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions? |
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T-Mobile is owned by Deutsche Telekom. Therefore, we take the Deutsche Telekom information into account for this ranking. Deutsche Telekom has taken several policies to reduce its carbon emissions. | Source |
| 2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations'? |
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Deutsche Telekom discloses its annual carbon footprint (click 'Interactive subsidiary benchmarking tool'). | Source |
| 3. Has the brand (company) already reduced or compensated the carbon footprint of its own operations by at least 10% in the last 5 years? |
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Deutsche Telekom has increased its carbon footprint from 1.839.041 tons in 2008 to 2.138.039 tons CO2 in 2011 (click 'Interactive subsidiary benchmarking tool'). | Source |
| 4. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years? |
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Deutsche Telekom (brand owner of T-Mobile) communicates a reduction target of 30% by 2020 compared to 2008. However, this does not meet the requirements, and this target is only valid for the German operations. | Source |
| 5. Does at least 50% of the electricity that the brand (company) uses for its ‘own operations’ come from renewable energy sources? |
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T-Mobile NL uses 100% green energy, Deutsche Telekom Germany uses 100% green energy (from Scandinavia) and in Hungary 15% of all energy comes from renewable sources (see link). This accounts for more than half of all energy consumption of Deutsche Telekom minus the B2B operations (T-Systems) (click 'Interactive subsidiary benchmarking tool'). | Source |
| 6. Does 100% of the electricity that the brand (company) uses for its ‘own operations’ come from renewable energy sources? |
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See remark for carbon emissions policy question 5. | Source |
| 7. Does at least 25% of the electricity that the brand (company) uses for its 'own operations' come from direct renewable energy resources, that are proven to be additional? |
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T-Mobile NL uses 100% green energy from Greenchoice which is additional, for Hungary the source is unclear. Deutsche Telekom Germany purchases RECS (Renewable Energy Certificates System) from water and wind power plants in Scandinavia, but does not clarify whether this renewable energy certificates are additional. | Source |
| 8. Stammen zumindestens 50% des Energieverbrauchs für die eigenen Geschäftstätigkeiten des Markenherstellers aus erneuerbaren Quellen (z.B. Windenergie oder Solarenenergie)? |
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See remark for climate change question 7. | Source |
| 9. Does at least 75% of the electricity that the brand (company) uses for its 'own operations' come from renewable energy resources, that are 'additional'? |
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See remark for climate change question 7. | Source |
| 10. Does all of the electricity that the brand (company) uses for its 'own operations' come from renewable energy resources, that are proven to be additional? |
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See remark for climate change question 7. | Source |
| 11. Does the brand (company) generate its own renewable energy through eg solar panels or wind mills? |
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Deutsche Telekom does not communicate on its website whether it generated its own renewable energy. | Source |
| 12. Is the average Power Usage Efficiency (PUE) of the brand's (company's) data centers below 1,5? |
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Deutsche Telekom only mentions an old PUE for its German data centers which was 1,53 in 2009. | Source |
| 13. Do all the sold and distributed power adaptors and hardware appliances meet the latest Energy Star requirements? |
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Deutsche Telekom mentions the use of printers that bear the Energy Star seal (p. 317), but does not communicate whether other products meet the latest Energy Star requirements. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand's (company's) policy for purchasing hardware appliances require suppliers to phase out BFR's and PVC in 2013 at latest? |
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Deutsche Telekom does not communicate a policy on specifically phasing out these substances from its products on its website. | Source |
| 2. Does the brand (company) report both the return rate (both the annual units sold and take back numbers of hardware appliances), such as mobile phones or modems? |
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Deutsche Telekom reports for Germany that in 2011 762.000 mobile phones were collected and that 35,4 million were used by consumers. This represents a return rate of 2,15%. However, a return rate on group level are not reported yet. | Source |
| 3. Does the brand (company) offer lease contracts for the hardware appliances such as smartphones? |
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Deutsche Telekom reports that its customers can lease devices such as DSL routers and media receivers. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand offer hardware appliances (such as smartphones) only with lease contracts, or does the brand have a return rate of at least 40%? |
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Deutsche Telekom offers lease contracts for some devices, but not for mobile phones. The return rate is 2.15%. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) inform its customers on the sustainability performances of the offered products? |
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Deutsche Telekom has a sustainable procurement strategy and guidelines which focus on supplier risks (p. 278) and is planning to develop specifications based on the Sustainable Guideline for Product Design passed by Öko-Institut e.V., but does not communicate information to consumers on the sustainability performances of the offered products yet. | Source |
| 1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace? |
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All standards are mentioned in Deutsche Telekom's Social Charter (click Social Charter). | Source |
| 2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1) a formal employment relationship; 2) a maximum working week of 60 hours including paid overtime; 3) a living wage; and 4) to form and join labour unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, to develop parallel means? |
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1. Not mentioned; 2. No, only mention of national regulations on hours of work; 3. No, only mention of minimum wages guaranteed by law; 4. No, freedom of association mentioned, but nothing found about situations in which this right is restricted by law. | Source |
| 3. Is the brand (company) member of an initiative where more brands jointly aim to improve labour conditions in the sector or does the brand (company) only buy from brands which are a member of such an initiative? |
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Deutsche Telekom mentions to be a member of GeSi, JAC and e-Tasc, but these organisations do not provide transparent information about labor standards or audit methods and independent civil society organizations do not have a decisive voice in these organisations. | Source |
| 4. Does the brand annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy? |
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Deutsche Telekom reports that it has conducted 27 supplier audits in 2011, of which 15 were part of the JAC program and reports some brief findings and measures for these audits but it is unclear what percentage on total factories were audited. In the e-Tasc program 38% of suppliers did a self-assessment, but results are not published by either e-Tasc or DT. | Source |
| 5. Does the brand (company) have a policy to exclude smelters that use conflict mineral, and has at least started with mapping the origin of the minerals being used in its hardware appliances? |
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Deutsche Telekom is a member of GeSi and EICC which means that it is in the process of mapping the origin of the minerals. Also, DT has a statement on coltan which is included in its social charter. | Source |