Sustainability

At CETIN, we drive sustainable connectivity

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Target highlights

CETIN International’s goal is to deliver truly sustainable connectivity that brings social, environmental, and business benefits to people, companies, and societies. Our business model allows us to service densely populated cities and towns, while also reaching those in remote communities with no compromise when it comes to network security.

Technology

Accelerating technology for a sustainable future

At CETIN, we are passionate about the technology that forms the backbone of our existence. We aim to accelerate the uptake of digital technology in all locations where we operate. We design, build and operate high-quality networks and provide innovative solutions with no compromise in security. 

Environment

Reducing our impact on the environment

We recognize the necessity to preserve a healthy and undamaged environment for both current and future generations while operating extensive telecommunications and network infrastructure and delivering services to millions of customers. We strive to minimize the impact of our business on the environment and follow all environment-related legal and other regulations.​

Society

Putting people at the center of our business

We continuously improve customer engagement processes to help us collect and incorporate feedback, driving improvements in our services and product portfolio. To further enhance our corporate culture, employee engagement, and well-being or our employees, we improve interaction with employees and take the time to understand what affects and motivates them.

Transparency

Acting ethically with transparency and integrity

We continue to uphold the principles of transparent governance, integrity, and strong ethical foundations. Responsibility for the safety, health, and well-being of individuals is embraced at all stages of our operations, including our supply chains. Our policy is to work with suppliers who aspire to the same social and environmental standards as CETIN International.

Impact stories

Follow our steps towards sustainability and carbon neutrality
CETIN Bulgaria has completed the installation of photovoltaic systems on its data centers
The independent network infrastructure operator CETIN Bulgaria has finished the installation of photovoltaic systems on its data centers (DC) in Sofia and Plovdiv. A system with an expected annual yield of 178.5MWh has been added to the roof of Serdika DC, and a 47.617MWh system now helps power Trakia DC in Plovdiv.
CETIN Bulgaria network goes green: Energy will be sourced from renewable sources
Yettel Bulgaria and CETIN Bulgaria have signed a 10-year power purchasing agreement for the supply of electricity from renewable sources with Elektrohold. The electricity will be provided by a 123MW photovoltaic plant, due to be completed in the spring of 2023. The overall management of the purchase and realization of the supply will be carried out by the leading trader Elektrohold Trade. The company is part of the Electrohold Group, owned by the largest public holding in Bulgaria – Eurohold.
CETIN Czechia has reached another Milestone: the average speed has reached 202 Mbps
CETIN Czechia offers from April 2023 a new tariff that brings even faster connections to users of fiber connections. The newly introduced 2000/1000Mbps tariff allows downloads and uploads at twice the speed of the former tariffs. It was designed especially for customers who work intensively with cloud applications and need to transfer large volumes of data with the highest available speeds.
In Czechia, operators tend to adopt and implement new technologies relatively early in the investment cycle, which repeats roughly every eight years. Customers are also used to this, and there are usually enough compatible end devices on the market. Czechs simply have a relationship with modern and fast technologies. That's a good thing. We were one of the first to implement not only 5G technologies, but also extra capacity in higher frequency bands, known as C-BAND. This is nothing unusual; the Czech Republic has always been at the forefront of previous generations of telecommunications innovations.
As Hungary’s first mobile telecommunications infrastructure provider, CETIN Hungary has a longstanding commitment to sustainable data transmission. Our sustainability strategy consists of four distinct, yet interconnected pillars. The technological pillar is the backbone of our existence, through which we design, build, and operate high-quality networks. We also offer innovative solutions in the field of security. Through the environmental pillar, we strive to minimize the impact of our business activities on the environment, going beyond legal and other requirements. Our social pillar focuses on people. In addition to our extensive well-being program and regular charitable and sponsorship activities, supporting young people is close to our hearts. The STEMpowered by CETIN free talent program aims to support young girls before they make career choices, helping them see technical and technology-related professions as real and attractive opportunities.
In January 2024, CETIN Bulgaria launched the EU co-funded 5G Balkans project to strengthen fibre optic infrastructure along the Sofia–Dimitrovgrad corridor, part of the TEN-T Orient/East-Med network, a key EU transport route under the Trans-European Transport Network. The project supports the future rollout of 5G-enabled Connected and Automated Mobility (CAM) services and reflects CETIN’s broader ESG ambitions.

Documents for download

Download the detailed ESG Report and read about our goals
Reports
2024 Sustainability Report 
2023 Sustainability Report 
2022 Sustainability Report
2021 Sustainability Report