Sustainability Report
2024
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CR&S Strategic
Priorities
2023 ESG Highlights
Message from our CEO
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Social
Responsibility
Environmental Responsibility
Environmental Responsibility
36.7%
reduction in market-based Scope 1+2 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions compared to 2019 base year
of applicable Home Networks business unit shipments complied with the relevant U.S. and Canadian set-top boxes (STB) or Small Network Equipment (SNE) energy efficiency voluntary agreements
Named in Forbes’ America’s best Employers by State List 2023, we ranked #42 in North Carolina—in the upper half of all companies listed in the state
Received a five-star ranking on Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024 list and America's Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2024 list
2023
RECOGNITION
Awarded a score of B in the 2023 CDP Climate Change scorecard, which indicates that the company is taking coordinated action on climate issues. This is higher than the industry sector average of C and the global average of C.
Recognized in USA TODAY’s 2023 list of America’s Climate Leaders for year-over-year reduction in GHG emissions intensity.
2023
RECOGNITION
Recognized in Newsweek’s 2023 and 2024 list of
America’s Most Responsible Companies
Achieved EcoVadis 2023 “Gold” CSR rating and overall score of 77/100
Recognized in the top 8% of performers in Sustainalytics ESG Risk Report
2023
RECOGNITION
CR&S Strategic Priorities
Following our materiality assessment, conducted in 2019, we categorized our material ESG topics into five material topic groups. These pillars then became the basis for our updated CR&S strategy and for setting our strategic priorities, objectives and targets.
Our key priorities are designed to address the most pressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges, risks, and opportunities facing the business, our stakeholders and our industry while also contributing to significant business benefit across our entire value chain.
Ethics &
Governance
Drive Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability in the business
Our Business Operations
Reduce the environmental impact of our operations and facilities
Sustainable Products
Develop solutions that meet our customers’ current and future sustainability requirements
Responsible Supply Chain
Source responsibly and
minimize supply chain risks
Our People
Leverage a collaboration enabled and agile
workforce to deliver business innovation
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A message from our CEO
“We continue to make great strides in delivering on our sustainability commitments while advancing the industry. I am excited for the future and how CommScope will contribute to a more sustainable—and more connected—society.”
Chuck Treadway
Operations
76.4%
of nonhazardous waste and e-waste diverted from landfills
12%
of purchased electricity originated from renewable sources
14.3%
reduction in water withdrawal compared to 2019 base year
Processes / Products
96.3%
of all manufacturing facilities certified in line with the ISO14001:2015 standard
90%
Operations
achieved a global injury rate of 0.31, 48.3% below the U.S. OSHA industry rate of 0.6
48.3%
avg.
of all manufacturing facilities certified in line with the ISO45001:2018 standard
90%
donated to charitable organizations
~$780K
Total workforce >26,000
29%
59%
12%
APAC
Americas
EMEA
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62%
38%
1,500
our Diversity & Inclusion Business Network (DIBN) includes over 1,500 employees worldwide
gave 4,100 STAR Awards to employees for unique and exceptional achievements
Operations
of targeted employees completed the annual Ethics and Compliance training
100%
“major non-conformances” in third-party certification audits
Zero
CSR assessments completed with all low-risk facilities
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Supplier responsibility
conducted 189 sustainability
assessments and audits in
our supply chain
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2023 ESG Highlights
CR&S Strategic Priorities
Following our materiality assessment, conducted in 2019, we categorized our material ESG topics into five material topic groups. These pillars then became the basis for our updated CR&S strategy and for setting our strategic priorities, objectives and targets.
Our key priorities are designed to address the most pressing environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges, risks, and opportunities facing the business, our stakeholders and our industry while also contributing to significant business benefit across our entire value chain.
Ethics &
Governance
Drive Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability in the business
Our Business Operations
Reduce the environmental impact of our operations and facilities
Sustainable Products
Develop solutions that meet our customers’ current and future sustainability requirements
Responsible Supply Chain
Source responsibly and minimize supply chain risks
Our People
Leverage a collaboration enabled and agile workforce to deliver business innovation
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Governance
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social Responsibility
GOVERNANCE
100% response rate to our Reasonable Country of Origin (RCOI) enquiry and conflict minerals due diligence process
RECOGNITIONS 2023/2024
Recognitions 2023/2024
Environmental Responsibility
social Responsibility
GOVERNANCE
99.6% response rate to our Reasonable Country of Origin (RCOI) enquiry and conflict minerals due diligence process
Contents
CR&S Strategic
Priorities
2021 ESG Highlights
Message from our CEO
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Ethics & Governance
Social
Responsibility
Environmental Responsibility
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Governance
Investing In Our Future
Recognized in Newsweek’s 2023 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies
Recognized in Newsweek’s 2025 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies
Received a five-star ranking on Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity 2024 list
Received a five-star ranking on Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing 2024 list
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Recognised in USA Today’s 2023 list of America’s Climate Leaders
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Recognised in Forbes’ America’s
Best Employers by State List 2023
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4,100
33.7%
reduction in Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions compared to 2019 base year
Scope 3
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CR&S Strategic
Priorities
2020 ESG Highlights
Message from our CEO
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Ethics & Governance
Social
Responsibility
Environmental Responsibility
At CommScope, we connect and empower people globally through our advanced telecommunications solutions. We redefine what’s possible from connectivity—helping our network partners solve their most pressing challenges today and innovating better ways for them to solve for what’s next.
Sustainability is among the most pressing challenges of our time and, at CommScope, we’re committed to being part of the solution. Our sustainability strategy focuses on ensuring that we tread more lightly by minimizing our environmental footprint and positively contributing to nature and society; helping our customers and partners meet their sustainability goals with innovative solutions; and communicating on our sustainability performance in a transparent manner.
I’m proud of our achievements this past year as we demonstrated strong environmental stewardship. Specifically, we realized a 37% reduction in market-based Scope 1+2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to our 2019 baseline. We continue to be recognized for our efforts; Newsweek named CommScope to its 2023 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies. This award recognizes America’s top businesses for social and environmental performance as analyzed by Statista on behalf
of Newsweek. CommScope was also honored with an Innovators Award from Cabling Installation & Maintenance for our commitment to sustainability, and once again we achieved a Gold Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rating from EcoVadis, a global leader in monitoring, benchmarking and enabling sustainability in global supply chains.
Staying true to our core value of innovating for customer success, I’m pleased to report that CommScope is innovating solutions that support our customers to drive positive sustainability performance. For example, broadband service providers can improve the sustainability profile of
their networks without sacrificing performance by using our HeliARC™ cable. We are also deploying Sustainable Value Score (SVScore™) values attached to our outdoor wireless antenna solutions,
starting with our base station antennas. These detailed SVScore assessments will give our partners
a concise, objective and—above all—reliable indication of the environmental impacts associated with using our solutions.
In 2023, we made continued progress toward our mission of expanding digital infrastructure across
the country, to better connect all members of society. It was another year of numerous social highlights, including donations to causes such as disaster relief and the support of disadvantaged communities. Internally we continued to support our Diversity & Inclusion Business Network. Additionally, it was an honor to receive a five-star ranking on Newsweek’s America’s Greatest Workplaces for Diversity list.
We continue to make great strides in delivering on our
sustainability commitments while advancing the industry.
I am excited for the future and how CommScope
will contribute to a more sustainable—and more
connected—society.
You will find more details of our sustainability
progress in this report, where we detail our initiatives,
accomplishments and ongoing sustainability efforts.
As always, I welcome your feedback.
Sincerely,
Chuck Treadway
President and Chief Executive Officer
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a Message from our CEO
At CommScope, we are pushing the boundaries of technology to create the world’s most advanced networks. Sustainability is a central part of the solutions and practices we create to serve the ever-increasing need for connectivity, and for us, sustainability starts at home with our own people and products. Through responsible business practices, partnerships and technology innovation, we are advancing our industry while creating a more sustainable future.
Teams from across the company are working hard to embed our sustainability commitments in our culture, day-to-day operations, products and value chain. I’m proud of our achievements this past year, among them was our decision to join the CEO Action for Diversity & Inclusion™, the largest CEO-driven business commitment for advancing diversity and inclusion within the workplace.
I’m especially proud that Newsweek once again named CommScope to its 2023 list of America’s Most Responsible Companies, and Investor’s Business Daily recognized us as one of the Best ESG Companies in 2022. And for the sixth year in a row, we achieved a Gold level Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rating from EcoVadis, a global leader in monitoring, benchmarking and enabling sustainability in global supply chains.
Our commitment to our people was recognized by Forbes, which named CommScope as one of Mexico’s Best Employers in 2022. Based on employee interviews, the Forbes list confirms our focus on caring for the personal safety and professional development of our employees. We continue to develop our Diversity & Inclusion Business Network (DIBN) to foster a dynamic and inclusive workplace that embraces our diverse people and delivers results for our customers.
In 2022, we also continued to demonstrate strong environmental stewardship. We achieved a 22% reduction in market-based and 16% reduction in location-based Scope 1+2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions compared to our 2019 baseline. More than 12% of our purchased electricity comes from renewable sources, with 13 CommScope sites now operating entirely on 100% renewable energy sources. We also reduced water withdrawal by 3% compared to our 2019 baseline. For 2023, we are developing science-based GHG reduction targets that align with global ambitions to limit global warming.
We have made great strides over the past year
in delivering on our sustainability actions while
advancing the industry. Our efforts are having a
positive impact. I am excited for the future ahead
of us, and how CommScope will contribute to a
more sustainable—and more connected—society.
You’ll find more details of our sustainability progress in
this report. As always, I welcome your feedback.
Sincerely,
a Message from our CEO
Contents
CR&S Strategic
Priorities
2021 ESG Highlights
Message from our CEO
Home
Ethics & Governance
Social
Responsibility
Environmental Responsibility
Recognitions 2022/2023