Deutsche Telekom also plans to “double its energy efficiency gains by 2024” and achieve climate neutrality within its own business operations in 2025. It intends to achieve climate neutrality across its whole value chain by 2024.compared to 2017 levels. “The company will work to neutralize the remainder by means of high-quality carbon capture projects.”
Deutsche Telekom has already been at 100% green electricity since 2021 for its network use. However, it aims to get more and more of that green electricity from direct purchases or its own power plants. “The Group aims to cover 50 percent of its energy requirements in Europe as of 2025 using power purchase agreements , supplemented by energy it produces itself.
Interestingly, Deutsche Telekom even has goals for its customers! “Deutsche Telekom also wants to empower its customers to achieve climate neutrality,” the company states. Its goal is a 25% emissions cut per person by 2030 all across the value chain. Furthermore, “Deutsche Telekom is also striving to achieve a 100-percent circular economy for devices by 2030. The objective is to make the return, repair, and recycling of old devices a matter of course.