The Company constantly strives to use the best value for the money invested while taking into account parameters such as price, quality, availability and functionality, environmental protection aspects and impact of products and/or services on the environment in a life cycle, social aspects, impact on issues such as reduction of poverty level, international capital in distribution of resources, working conditions, human rights etc. Sustainable procurement guidelines represent development in the direction of defining the overall procurement strategy and policy in the future and it will apply to every member of the Deutsche Telekom Group.