Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Economic
• Social
• Environmental
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced energy consumption in 2020 compared to 2019 despite higher production hours.
• Reduced water consumption in 2020 compared to 2019.
• Reduced packaging waste by 67% with the launch of a new packaging service.
• Reduced CO2 emissions by 76% due to optimized packaging and transportation.

Social Achievements

• Successfully completed sustainability evaluations by Ecovadis and CDP in 2020.
• Implemented a holistic communication and collaboration solution based on Microsoft SharePoint.
• Maintained stable employment numbers despite the pandemic, with a slight increase.
• Introduced an Employee Assistance Program in the USA in collaboration with Magellan Healthcare.
• Organized a health screening camp for all employees in India.

Governance Achievements

• Implemented a cost-saving program early in the pandemic phase.
• Increased use of virtual communication tools to reduce business travel.
• Maintained compliance with local, national, and international laws and regulations.
• Examined and adjusted measures for adhering to GDPR regulations in 2020.
• No cases of corruption, collusion, or monopolies reported.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain disruptions due to the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting freight capacity shortages.
• Regional shutdowns impacting supply chains.

Mitigation Strategies

• Rapid adaptation of modus operandi to new circumstances during the pandemic.
• Maintaining close contact with key vendors and suppliers to ensure material supplies.
• Using excellent contacts with logistics partners to secure freight capacity.
• Implementing strict hygiene and working rules at all plants.
• Focusing on security, material supply, and logistics during the pandemic.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Strategic suppliers are audited on a regular basis.

Responsible Procurement

• R&M Supplier Code of Conduct
• Conflict-Free Sourcing Initiative (CFSI) guidelines
• Compliance with European directives on hazardous substances (REACH, RoHS) and proper disposal of electrical and electronic components (WEEE).

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Certifications: ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Packaging and Pre-Assembling Service for R&M’s Netscale 72 and 120

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate protection
• Resource conservation
• Social standards
• Responsible use of resources
• Ethical and compliance principles

Environmental Achievements

• Almost all R&M production sites work with a standardized and certified environmental management system
• An energy management system has been implemented at all of the company’s premises
• The sites in India, Germany and Western Europe promote reforestation projects
• R&M optimizes packaging and logistics to reduce raw material consumption and transportation
• New connectivity solutions for data centers enable optimized cooling and thus reduce power consumption
• Market Management develops cabling solutions for selected markets and applications that contribute to decarbonization, e.g. for wind power plants

Social Achievements

• Women are continuously encouraged to take on leadership and expert roles; forty percent of management positions at R&M are held by women
• EcoVadis rating confirmed. The area of social affairs, labor and human rights was particularly significant with an increase of ten points. R&M demonstrates above-average employee-friendliness.
• R&M also acts with above-average sustainability in procurement.
• “Sparkling Futures: Illuminating Lives through Child Education” – a CSER initiative by R&M India.
• R&M Germany team started the “Healthy Digital World” initiative.

Governance Achievements

• The sustainability strategy is increasingly permeating the entire R&M Group. Defined targets and indicators will continue to be anchored in day-to-day operations.
• Suppliers regularly have to prove that they comply with the specified environmental, social and legal standards as well as the R&M Code of Conduct.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Global market decline impacting sales and profit (13.4% decrease in consolidated sales)
• Strong appreciation of the Swiss franc against the US dollar and the euro
• Inflation-related increase in operating expenses
• Sharp decline in demand, particularly in the second and third quarters
• Weak LAN business in Europe
• Reduced investments in FTTH roll-out in the Middle East (first half of 2023)
• Sharpest market decline in the Americas
• High inflation, sharply rising interest rates and geopolitical uncertainties

Mitigation Strategies

• Structural measures introduced at the end of the first quarter
• Strategy and set-up realignment in the Americas
• Investments in new production facilities in Italy, Czech Republic, and expansion in Poland and India
• Launch of new FTTA product range and completion of coordinated portfolio for the data center sector
• Development into a provider of complete network infrastructures

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• R&M Code of Conduct
• Suppliers regularly have to prove that they comply with the specified environmental, social and legal standards

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• FM45 Cat. 6A EL connector (plastic-free packaging)
• CONEXIO product line for FTTA
• ActiPower 4.0 power distribution unit
• Netscale product family
• Single Pair Ethernet system
• All-in-one solutions for data centers