- Award for services of consumption reduction and resources management

- Multiple distinctions for actions to improve environmental performance

The OTE Group places the environment in top priority both at commercial and corporate level, and is awarded for this. Recently alone, it received 6 awards for services and corporate actions that contribute to improving the environmental performance of the Group and the companies that choose the solutions COSMOTE offers in the area of ​​Internet of Things.

The Driving Performance service offered by COSMOTE aiming to improve not only the driving behaviour of the drivers of its corporate fleet, but also the 'green' driving, received the Gold Award in Energy Mastering Awards, which reward the best energy management practices. The use of Driving Performance service, which is provided in cooperation with G4S Telematix, offers significant resource saving to businesses, as apart from mechanical damages, it can also reduce fuel consumption by 5% up to 25%.

The company also offers the Energy Management Service, a system of monitoring the energy consumption of the business in real time with the possibility of a remote intervention if needed. It contributes to saving electrical energy and thus reduces the carbon footprint (CO) and environmental protection. The Energy Management service, provided in cooperation with Assetcom, has also been awarded with the Gold Award in Energy Mastering Awards.

In addition to the services available, the company was awarded for the practices implemented to protect the environment and minimise the environmental impact of its activities.

In Energy Mastering Awards, it has been awarded with two Silver awards for its integrated energy saving plan 'Energy Conservation', and for the improvement of the energy efficiency of the Group's telecommunications networks. In Bravo Sustainability Awards, it received a Bravo Environment prize for monitoring and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Moreover, in Waste & Recycling Awards, which reward the best waste management and recycling practices, the OTE Group received Gold Award for the recycling programme it implements in its facilities, in the context of which, in 2014 alone 80.3 tonnes of recyclable materials (paper and packaging materials) were collected.

The OTE Group's strategic objective is to strengthen business sustainability. In this context, the environment is one of the central pillars of the corporate responsibility programme the Group implements. The environmental strategy of OTE Group focuses on minimising the environmental impact of its activities, developing and providing products and services that enable productivity increase and environmental protection in other areas of economic activity as well as the enhancement of environmental awareness.

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