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Board review
NOKIA IN 2015
Employees
The average number of employees in
Continuing operations in 2015 was 56 690
(51 499 in 2014 and 53 436 in 2013). At
December 31, 2015, Continuing operations
had a total of 55 718 employees (55 399
employees on December 31, 2014 and
49503 employees on December 31, 2013).
The total amount of salaries and wages
paidinContinuing operations in 2015 was
EUR 3 075 million (EUR 2 797 million in 2014
and EUR 3 030 million in 2013). Refer to Note
7, Personnel expenses, in our consolidated
nancial statements of this annual report.
Cooperating with others in our industry
We regularly contribute to working groups
andcommittees of various industry
organizations that promote sustainability
goals. In 2015, wewere a member of
UnitedNations Global Compact, Global
e-Sustainability Initiative, CDP supply chain
program, The Telecommunications Industry
Dialogue, Climate Leadership Council,
DigitalEurope, Conict-Free Sourcing
Initiative and several standardization and
university cooperation groups.
Reporting on our performance
We provide detailed reports on our progress
and performance in sustainability and
corporate responsibility matters annually,
andfor over a decade our reports have
beenavailable online. In our reports, we
describe how we dene the most material
sustainability topics at Nokia, which have
alsobeen discussed in this section. To nd
out more about our activities around
sustainability and corporate responsibility,
goto www.nokia.com/people&planet.
Our eorts for sustainable development
arealso evaluated by a number of external
parties. For instance, CDP gave us a top score
for our performance and disclosure of climate
change data, and kept us in the CDP A-list,
aswell as in the Nordic Climate Disclosure
Leadership Index for 2015. Our economic,
environmental and social responsibility was
recognized when we were selected to be
anindex component of the Dow Jones
Sustainability Indices. We also reconrmed
our position in the Ethibel Sustainability Index
and FTSE4GOOD, and were included in the
Corporate Knight’s Global 100 Most
Sustainable Corporations list.
The table below shows the average number of
employees in 2015 divided according to their
business and geographical location:
Business
Average number
of employees
Nokia Networks 55 509
Nokia Technologies 596
Group Common Functions 585
Total 56 690
Region
Average number
of employees
Finland 6 942
Other European countries 15 382
Middle East & Africa 2 321
China 9 182
Asia-Pacic 16 569
North America 3 813
Latin America 2 481
Total 56 690