Infinera Releases Report Highlighting Best Practice Achievements and New Targets for Modeling Corporate Sustainability
July 25 2017 - 8:00AM
Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, released
its latest Sustainability Report demonstrating a commitment to
sustainability best practices, transparency and leadership in the
optical networking industry. The new report provides an overview of
Infinera’s sustainability programs and initiatives conducted in
2016, highlighting the significant accomplishments achieved and the
new goals set for 2017.
Infinera’s newly released Sustainability Report highlights the
ongoing focus and continued progress Infinera has made in the areas
of business ethics, products, environmental and social
responsibility, along with targets for improvement in 2017 and
beyond. Infinera’s Sustainability Report aligns with the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and the United Nations Global
Compact Principles, underscoring the detail and rigor of Infinera’s
sustainability program. Infinera’s latest Global Sustainability
Report can be found here.
“Sustainability continues to be increasingly important to our
customers,” said Lena Båvegård, Infinera Senior Director, Corporate
Quality & Sustainability. “At Infinera, we are committed to
leveraging our role as a telecommunication equipment leader to
support our customers and drive responsible choices, engage in new
sustainable best practices and inspire a sense of obligation in the
world around us.”
Infinera is active in several leading sustainable organizations,
including:
- United Nations Global Compact (UNCG), the world’s largest
corporate sustainability program
- American Society for Quality (ASQ), a global community of
experts and the leading authority on quality in all fields,
organizations and industries
- Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI), a program that offers
independent, third-party audits to validate “conflict-free”
accreditation to companies and their suppliers, ensuring
accreditation is in line with current global standards
- QuEST Forum, an association of service providers, suppliers and
liaisons dedicated to impacting the quality and sustainability of
products and services in the information and communications
technology industry
- Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG), a public policy/trade
organization representing nearly 400 of Silicon Valley’s most
respected employers on issues, programs and campaigns that affect
the economic health and quality of life in Silicon Valley including
energy, transportation, education, housing, health care, tax
policies, economic vitality and the environment
- Women in Photonics, Silicon Valley, an organization started by
and composed of women representing the vibrant and diverse
workforce of Silicon Valley from both industry and academia,
specifically in the field of optic and photonics
Additionally, on June 12, Infinera was recognized by Magyar
Telekom, the Hungarian market-leading information and
communications technology company, for sustainable best practices
and awarded as one of Magyar Telekom’s top three sustainable
suppliers in 2016.
For more information Infinera’s sustainability activities, visit
www.infinera.com/company/social-responsibility.
About InfineraInfinera (NASDAQ:INFN) provides
Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators,
governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate
service innovation and automate optical network operations.
Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for
long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications.
Infinera’s unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable
innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding
networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com,
follow us on Twitter @Infinera and read our latest blog posts at
blog.infinera.com.
Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of
Infinera Corporation.
This press release contains forward-looking statements
including, but not limited to Infinera’s continued progress and
ability to achieve future sustainability targets. These statements
are not guarantees of results and should not be considered as an
indication of future activity or future performance. Actual results
may vary materially from these expectations as a result of various
risks and uncertainties. Information about these risks and
uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that affect
Infinera’s business, is contained in the risk factors section and
other sections of Infinera’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ended April 1, 2017 as filed with the SEC on May 10, 2017,
as well subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC.
These reports are available on Infinera’s website at
www.infinera.com and the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov. Infinera
assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update
any such forward-looking statements.
Contacts:
Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com
Investors:
Jeff Hustis
Tel: + 1 (408) 213-7150
jhustis@infinera.com
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