ADVA Optical Networking Joins Science-Based Targets Initiative to Tackle Climate Change
February 06 2017 - 3:00AM
ADVA Optical Networking SE / 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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www.advaoptical.com
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