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Social

At Cellnex we analyse, measure and manage the impacts we generate as a company in the environment where we operates.

We are committed to contributing to society by providing our knowledge and technology, working with charities, financing projects or volunteering.

Social projects

  • Community Relations
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The Strategic Priority “Being a Facilitator of Social progress”, in the Cellnex ESG Master Plan, identifies an action to create materials to explain to the public that 5G networks are designed to minimise power and they use a new, advanced and highly efficient radio architecture resulting in optimised levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields. In this regard, the Cellnex UK team wanted to raise awareness of the benefits of 5G, provide opportunities for the public to self-educate on this topic through a clear Communication and Action Plan based around education, information, process, best practice, partnerships and duty of care.

This approach is largely centred around signposting communities to reliable sources of information on 5G health and safety, such as by the WHO, ICNIRP and the UK Health Security Agency. Also to ensure best practice engagement with communities as part of the delivery process and help explain the need for apparatus on the sites and benefits of mobile connectivity. The team continues to build its communication through a Community Relations Strategy based around education, information, process, best practice, partnerships and duty of care. All this community liaison work is designed to minimise risk and disruption to Cellnex UK business infrastructure, customer delivery and growth.

Cellnex is strongly committed to respecting human rights across its daily operations and global value chain, both upstream and downstream, in various regions, embedding this commitment as a fundamental part of its core values. The company’s Human Rights Policy ensures that all employees are treated with dignity and respect and that their fundamental rights are protected. The policy is designed to safeguard the human rights of all stakeholders, including employees, contractors, and local communities affected by the company’s operations.

The identification and monitoring of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risks in Cellnex’s activities and supply chain are carried out through the development of Due Diligence and the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) to address potential legal responsibilities and ensure effective compliance with human rights regulations throughout the value chain.

Community Relations

The Strategic Priority “Being a Facilitator of Social progress”, in the Cellnex ESG Master Plan, identifies an action to create materials to explain to the public that 5G networks are designed to minimise power and they use a new, advanced and highly efficient radio architecture resulting in optimised levels of exposure to electromagnetic fields. In this regard, the Cellnex UK team wanted to raise awareness of the benefits of 5G, provide opportunities for the public to self-educate on this topic through a clear Communication and Action Plan based around education, information, process, best practice, partnerships and duty of care.

This approach is largely centred around signposting communities to reliable sources of information on 5G health and safety, such as by the WHO, ICNIRP and the UK Health Security Agency. Also to ensure best practice engagement with communities as part of the delivery process and help explain the need for apparatus on the sites and benefits of mobile connectivity. The team continues to build its communication through a Community Relations Strategy based around education, information, process, best practice, partnerships and duty of care. All this community liaison work is designed to minimise risk and disruption to Cellnex UK business infrastructure, customer delivery and growth.

Human rights

Cellnex is strongly committed to respecting human rights across its daily operations and global value chain, both upstream and downstream, in various regions, embedding this commitment as a fundamental part of its core values. The company’s Human Rights Policy ensures that all employees are treated with dignity and respect and that their fundamental rights are protected. The policy is designed to safeguard the human rights of all stakeholders, including employees, contractors, and local communities affected by the company’s operations.

The identification and monitoring of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risks in Cellnex’s activities and supply chain are carried out through the development of Due Diligence and the Human Rights Impact Assessment (HRIA) to address potential legal responsibilities and ensure effective compliance with human rights regulations throughout the value chain.

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Electromagnetic fields

As a telecommunications infrastructures operator, we comply at all times with the legal frameworks established for electromagnetic emissions.

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We work closely with expert groups in research on the impact of electromagnetic fields (EMF) and participate in activities related to the evaluation, management and communication of possible risks derived from their exposure, both for the general public and for our staff. Some of the associations with which we work are DigitalES in Spain, Asstel in Italy, PEM Team (PIIT) in Poland and FSM in Switzerland.
We also participate in EM working groups of international associations of which we are a member, such as ETSI, GSMA, SCF or  ITU.
Internally, the company has a multidisciplinary working group in this area to act as a forum for exchanging knowledge and best practices; to monitor its development both nationally and internationally; to coordinate technical and regulatory approaches; and to work on a group-level EMF strategy.

Electromagnetic fields (EMF) are a combination of invisible electric and magnetic fields of force. They occur both naturally (for example, the earth static magnetic field to which we are constantly exposed or the electric fields caused by electrical charges in the clouds) and due to human activity (generated by power lines, radio and television waves and, more recently, cellular telephones).
Electromagnetic radiation falls into two categories: non-ionising radiations (NIR) a low-frequency, low-energy radiation that does not have enough capacity to ionize atoms or molecules -that is, to remove an electron from it, and ionising radiations, mid to high-frequency, more powerful.

Yes. Comprehensive international guidelines exist governing exposure to radio waves including the frequencies proposed for 5G. The limits have been established by independent scientific organizations, such as the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP), and include substantial margins of safety to protect all people against all established hazards. These guidelines have been widely adopted in standards around the world, and are endorsed by the World Health Organization (WHO).

The International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) provides scientific advice and guidance on the health and environmental effects of non-ionizing radiation (NIR) to protect people and the environment from detrimental NIR exposure. The ICNIRP 1998 guidelines (reviewed in March 2020), has become the basis for setting health limits for mobile base stations and mobile phones in many countries. At EU level, Council Recommendation 1999/519/EC is based on the ICNIRP 1998 guidelines.
Compliance standards describe the methods used to determine that exposures from wireless network antennas are less than the recommended exposure limits. Public agencies periodically measure the emissions at selected operational sites. The results of these controls are made available through reports and/or online access.

Over 50 years of scientific research has already been conducted into the possible health effects of the radio signals used for mobile phones, base stations and other wireless services including frequencies planned for 5G exposures. Based on these studies, there is no scientific evidence to suggest that there are any health risks associated with 5G, nor with previous mobile technologies (4G, 3G…).
The World Health Organization states that “a large number of studies have been performed over the last two decades to assess whether mobile phones pose a potential health risk. To date, no adverse health effects have been established as being caused by mobile phone use.”

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