Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental impact reduction
• Employer of choice
• Responsible corporate citizenship

Environmental Achievements

• 17% reduction in absolute emissions compared to 2021, despite a 23% increase in activity; 33% reduction in tCO2e/€m

Social Achievements

• 9% increase in the percentage of women employed, exceeding the 20% target; Employee satisfaction survey conducted

Governance Achievements

• Signed the United Nations Global Compact; Implemented anti-corruption training for all employees

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Talent retention and recruitment challenges; Supply chain disruptions due to the global electronic components crisis and the war in Ukraine; Increased customer demand concerning the ESG performance of suppliers

Mitigation Strategies

• Relocated French sites to modern premises; Allowed three days of work from home per week; Implemented major projects to improve talent retention; Implemented an ambitious training program on anti-corruption and IT security; Prioritized working with reliable suppliers; Developed alternative sourcing strategies; Implemented a system for selecting and evaluating external service providers; Auditing suppliers deemed to have a higher level of ESG risk

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Auditing suppliers deemed to have a higher level of ESG risk

Responsible Procurement

• Answering an anticorruption and ESG compliance questionnaire; Pledging to comply with the Ekinops group’s Supplier Charter; Obtaining ISO 14001 certification for EMS

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: UN Global Compact

Certifications: ISO 14001

Third-party Assurance: PKF Arsilon

Awards & Recognition

• Best Partner for Sustainability in 2022 (Orange Business Services)
• Silver medal from EcoVAdis

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced GHG emissions by approximately 53,000 tCO2e from 2022 to 2023 (a 40% reduction). This is largely due to changes in the use of ACCESS products and Optical Transport, including reduced electricity consumption in countries where products are sold and changes to product ranges.

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Rising energy prices
• Growing demand for transparency on the environmental impact of products
• Regulations requiring environmental audits, CSR reporting, and the DPEF (Extra-Financial Performance Declaration)
• Gradual introduction of a carbon tax
• The law on the fight against waste and the circular economy
• The National Low Carbon Strategy (SNBC)
• Limited emission factors from the digital world in the Base Carbone database.

Mitigation Strategies

• Implementing the Bilan Carbone® approach to understand and address challenges.
• Developing energy efficiency plans.
• Integrating the carbon reflex into general management.
• Developing internal skills.
• Conducting Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) studies on products.
• Integrating environmental criteria into component purchasing.
• Using in-house developed emission factors for specific products.
• Using alternative databases for emission factors when needed.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Integrating environmental criteria into component purchasing
• Choosing local suppliers

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Bilan Carbone®

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Improved energy efficiency of products

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced product packaging size, increasing products per pallet from 109 to 152, reducing environmental impact by around 50 g CO2 eq.
• Reduced waste by reusing pallets, saving almost 18 tons of waste per year (equivalent to 28 tons of CO2 per year).
• Improved power consumption to routing performance ratio by a factor of four using ARM architectures.
• Implemented Green Ethernet, reducing power consumption by up to 10% in ONE621 routers.
• Enabled dynamic core sleep mode, reducing power consumption by up to 10% during non-working hours.
• Enabled Wi-Fi power off, reducing power consumption by around 4 Watts during non-working hours and weekends.

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing the environmental impact of products and services to meet regulatory frameworks and customer demands.
• Limited end-of-life data for materials in countries where routers are marketed.

Mitigation Strategies

• Implementing Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) to measure product climate impact.
• Eco-design approach focusing on smaller form factors, improved power consumption/performance ratio, and enhanced packaging & delivery.
• Improving repairs and product end-of-life processes.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement

• Working with component suppliers to deliver on EuroPalet format pallets.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: ISO 14040/14044, EN15804

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• ONE641 multi-gigabit router

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed