Sustainability Report
2021
2020 ESG Highlights
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2020 ESG Highlights
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Environmental Responsibility
CommScope remained committed to demonstrating the highest standards of global environmental management and best practices. Through this commitment, we actively monitored global environmental trends and emerging regulatory requirements that may affect our products, operations, supply chain and customers.
8.6%
Reduction in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions
9.3%
Reduction in water withdrawl
5.9%
Reduction in energy use
Maintained our environmental certification in line with the ISO 14001:2015 standard. The certification scope now covers 90% of our manufacturing facilities.
Achieved more than 96.7% of applicable Home Network business unit product shipments compliance with the relevant U.S., Canadian or EU set-top boxes (STB) or small network equipment (SNE) energy efficiency voluntary agreement, exceeding the 90% target.
Diverted 85.3% of non-hazardous waste from landfill to appropriate facilities.
Social Responsibility
While our technology provides our most significant opportunity for positive social influence, none of it would be possible without our employees or our wider value chain. Our employees are at the very heart of everything we do at CommScope, and they are the driving force for our innovation and success. CommScope works passionately to ensure it provides a safe, inclusive and enjoyable workplace environment for all its employees. We also recognize that well-being is more than physical, and we strive to promote healthy decisions and balanced lives.
Expanded our well-being program with Guidance Resources, CommScope’s global wellness resource program available to all employees and their families worldwide.
Recognized by the Government of Goa, India, for being a
‘Role Model in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility’.
Recognized by City of Juarez, Mexico, as an ‘Exemplary Socially Responsible Company’ in the category of education, health and management.
Winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in
the Employer of the Year—Telecommunications category
in the fifth annual Stevie Awards for Great Employers.
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Awarded a score of A- in the 2020 CDP Climate Change scorecard, which puts CommScope at a Leadership Level for the first time.
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Launched the Frank M. Drendel Community Service Excellence Awards
global injury rate, 68.3% below the United States Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) industry rate of 1.2.
Since the launch of our new Diversity & Inclusion Business Network 1,700 employees have joined from all over the world.
Maintained our safety certification in line with the ISO45001:2018 standard on Health and Safety Management. The certification scope now covers 90% of our
manufacturing facilities.
Donated approximately $3.8M to charitable organizations for hunger relief, schools and hospitals, and COVID-19 initiatives.
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Our business is underpinned by a robust corporate governance structure and a clear set of principles and values. We strive to uphold the highest standards of ethical business practice, and to act with integrity in everything we do. We work diligently to maintain an honest, fair and transparent business which is trusted by its stakeholders. CommScope has various teams in place to govern its global practices and to maintain a thorough system of checks, balances and accountability. With the appropriate governance structure in place, we ensure that CommScope complies with the laws and regulations in every country in which we operate, while going further to do our part for the well-being of our people and our planet.
Continued to align
our operations and
supply chain with
global modern slavery
and human rights standards.
Continued to use a consolidated training package for Ethics and Compliance topics targeting over 12,370 non-production employees. 100% of the targeted group completed this training.
Recognized in Newsweek’s 2020 list of
America’s most Responsible Companies.
Achieved a Gold level Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) rating from EcoVadis, a global leader in monitoring, benchmarking and enabling sustainability in global supply chains.
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Completed 20
CSR assessments
in our manufacturing
facilities, using the
Responsible Business
Association tool (RBA online).
Achieved zero “major nonconformances” in third-party certification audits.
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Received an A-
in the 2020 CDP
Climate Change
scorecard, which puts CommScope at a “Leadership Level” for the first time.
Conducted 263 sustainability assessments and audits in our supply chain. These included reviewing compliance and evaluation of established labor, ethics, environmental, health and safety practices, and business continuity.
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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 sustainability 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 &
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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
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Leverage a collaboration enabled and agile
workforce to deliver business innovation
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A message from our CEO
“We are positioning CommScope to be at the forefront, ahead of our competitors; anticipating the needs of our customers to develop technology that transforms our experiences and our lives.” – Chuck Treadway
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Recognized by the Government of Goa, India, for being a ‘Role Model in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility’.
Recognized by City of Juarez, Mexico, as an ‘Exemplary Socially Responsible Company’ in the category of education, health and management.
Winner of a Silver Stevie® Award in the Employer of the Year—Telecommunica-tions category in the fifth annual Stevie Awards for Great Employers.
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A message from our CEO
The COVID-19 pandemic has introduced unprecedented disruption unlike anything we have experienced in our lifetime. In addition to the enormous public health and economic challenges, the pandemic placed sudden, significant stress on communications networks globally. The pandemic highlighted how fundamental connectivity is to global societies and economies.
As a global technology leader in connectivity, CommScope’s network solutions are essential to the world’s critical communications infrastructure. We design and support the networks that help first responders, hospitals and healthcare networks keep us safe and healthy, particularly in the time of COVID-19. Our connectivity solutions help companies do business, educators teach, and citizens receive the vital information they need. I’m proud of the incredible efforts our people have taken to meet the needs of our partners and customers this past year while all the time embracing sustainability as a fundamental business value in CommScope.
CommScope’s industry leadership, commitment to sustainability and role in developing the networks of tomorrow attracted me to the Company in 2020, and also makes me excited for the years ahead. Since joining CommScope, I’ve been struck by the passion, expertise and integrity of our people. I am humbled to inherit such a strong foundation in ethical business practices, community support with responsible sourcing and stewardship.
Chuck Treadway
President and Chief Executive Officer
It’s with great pride that I introduce the 2021 Sustainability Report. It presents the excellent progress that CommScope made in our sustainability journey
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