ADVA Optical Networking Joins Science-Based Targets Initiative to Tackle Climate Change
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Telecommunications Vendor One of First Companies Committed to Ambitious
Emissions Reduction Project
Munich, Germany. February 6, 2017. ADVA Optical Networking announced today that
it has joined the Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi). As part of the SBTi,
the telecommunications technology supplier has committed to set goals for
reducing its carbon emissions based on climate science. These science-based
targets will align with internationally agreed efforts to keep global warming
below the dangerous 2°C threshold. ADVA Optical Networking has two years to set
its targets, which will be closely reviewed and validated by SBTi experts.
Meeting the targets will officially demonstrate its continuing commitment to
sustainability and corporate social responsibility. The company is one of the
first 200 organizations worldwide to join the global initiative.
"We build technology that does more than equip our customers for success. Our
innovation also benefits our communities and our planet. It's this culture of
continuous improvement that recently helped us win the inaugural QuEST Forum
award for sustainability," commented Klaus Grobe, director, global
sustainability, ADVA Optical Networking. "To significantly impact greenhouse
emissions, it's not enough to focus just on our operations; we also need to make
an impact downstream in our value chain. Creating a sustainable future means
enabling our customers to be more efficient - reducing their emissions, even as
demand for broadband capacity continues to grow. We're now setting ambitious
intensity-based targets so that our data center interconnect (DCI) solutions can
deliver massively higher throughput while consuming proportionally less energy."
The SBTi helps businesses set transformative science-based targets in a
timescale that delivers on the goals of the Paris Agreement. ADVA Optical
Networking's SBTI commitment will involve tackling the most significant area of
its value chain with regard to carbon footprint: indirect consumer emissions.
The company will set ambitious intensity-based targets to reduce these 'scope
3' emissions, as defined by the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. These targets will be
achieved over the next five years, largely through radical improvements to the
energy efficiency of ADVA Optical Networking's optical transport products. The
ADVA FSP 3000 CloudConnect(TM) already consumes less rack space and energy than
competing DCI technology. The new targets will underline the company's long-term
mission to further reduce the power consumption and form factor of its
connectivity solutions.
"It's encouraging to see companies like ADVA Optical Networking proving how
seriously they take climate change and leading the way with sustainable
innovation. More than 200 major organizations have committed to our initiative.
These companies are demonstrating how protecting the planet can be synonymous
with good business," said Cynthia Cummis, director, private sector climate
mitigation, WRI and steering committee member, SBTi. "By committing to set
science-based targets, ADVA Optical Networking is highlighting best practice to
the rest of its industry. For many companies, reducing greenhouse gas emissions
is about tackling their own direct emissions. For others, like ADVA Optical
Networking, it's about assessing the entire value chain and reducing emissions
across the complete lifecycle of its products."
Watch ADVA Optical Networking's video on reducing the internet's carbon
footprint for more information: https://youtu.be/W09fHyx5tXs.
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About ADVA Optical Networking
ADVA Optical Networking is a company founded on innovation and driven to help
our customers succeed. For over two decades, our technology has empowered
networks across the globe. We're continually developing breakthrough hardware
and software that leads the networking industry and creates new business
opportunities. It's these open connectivity solutions that enable our customers
to deliver the cloud and mobile services that are vital to today's society and
for imagining new tomorrows. Together, we're building a truly connected and
sustainable future. For more information on how we can help you, please visit us
at: www.advaoptical.com.
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