World Environmental Day

Belgrade, June 5 - Each June 5, companies, non-governmental organisations, state institutions, civil population, and public figures from over 150 countries join together with one goal - to protect the environment.

By marking this day, Yettel aims to raise individual and collective awareness of the necessity to preserve and promote the world environment. In that way, Yettel draws attention to the consequences of individual human activities that endanger life on the planet, such as air and water pollution, deforestation, the disappearance of a large number of plant and animal species, etc.

Under the slogan #OnlyOneEarth, this year focus is on the need to live sustainably and in tune with nature. That means that this planet is our only home and humanity must preserve its limited natural resources.

Within the corporate social responsibility and according to Yettel Environmental Protection Policy,preservation of the human environment represents one of the company’s priorities. Looking for a balance in everything, Yettel endeavors to rationally use natural riches in everyday business operations to save them for future generations. Yettel uses 35% of electrical power from renewable energy sources (Hydro-electric power plant “Đerdap 1”), until now the company and customers recycled over 250,000 old phones, i.e., over 17 tons of electric and electronic waste. The goal is to reach 1,000,000 recycled phones by the year 2025.  

On the occasion of World Environment Day, on June 4, Yettel organized a Sales Show in 14 stores.  The sellers made an effort to raise users' awareness about environmental protection through a fun and educational quiz and remind them that we have only one planet that we need to protect.