Engineering Green IT Solutions for Business

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1 Engineering Green IT Solutions for Business Key Differentiator NetVanta Environmental Product Compliance

2 Products Designed for Eco-Sustainability Achieving eco-sustainability is dependent upon our ability to meet current needs, without hindering the ability to meet the needs of future generations in terms of economic, environmental, and social challenges. At ADTRAN, we believe that it is not only possible to do this but that it is necessary. As an innovator of networking products, we understand it is our responsibility to provide businesses with solutions that not only support eco-sustainability efforts but do so in an affordable, responsible and ethical manner. Part of our product sustainability initiatives involve efforts to improve product design, product packaging, materials design, and comply with energy ratings for reduced carbon emissions and increased material and energy conservation. The resulting green or eco-sustainable technologies can then be used to help other businesses: n Reduce their carbon footprints n Lower their power consumption n Minimize their impact on the environment n Increase critical IT and operational cost savings It is our philosophy that as more people become connected, work and life can indeed be accomplished using fewer resources and it is our commitment to help businesses achieve it. 2

3 ADTRAN is Engineering Sustainability Concepts into its Design for Life Cycle Assessments to Ensure Green Solutions from Concept and Design, to End of Life. Initiatives Include: n Developing application-specific power supplies to reduce footprint and drive power reduction and efficiency. n Adding innovative features such as Power Conservation to automatically shut off ports that are not in use for power savings. n Working with the EPA on designing standards for Energy Efficiency for Power Supplies and Battery Charges. n Designing eco-friendly packaging further reducing the amount of waste and Carbon Emissions, and providing the highest level of efficiencies for transport and delivery of products. n Incorporating modern silicon and components that reduce the footprint of board layouts to drive overall space savings and efficiencies in product size. 3

4 Innovation in Product Features and Design: Power Conservation and Power Management As the telecommunications industry is embracing the move to eco-sustainability, the need for energy-efficient power consumption and green technologies will hold an even greater role. Many of ADTRAN s award-winning NetVanta Ethernet switches, routers, IP business gateways, and IP telephony systems include eco-sustainable features, such as Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality. Leading the Industry in Innovative Green IT Products NetVanta 1534 PoE Switch, with its unique power conservation functionality, is a TMC Communications Solutions Product of the Year award winner. ADTRAN has been recognized for their excellence in the advancement of the enterprise converged services infrastructure and has proven they are committed to quality and excellence in solutions that benefit the customer experience as well as ROI for the companies that use them. Rich Tehrani, President and Group Editor-in-Chief, Technology Marketing Corporation (TMC) NetVanta solutions with PoE integrated into the products, allows businesses to efficiently deploy only the necessary power to a device, which contributes to decreased energy consumption and increased cost savings with lower wattage usage. Further enhancing these savings is the ability to schedule a port to be activated and deactivated based on time-of-day; as well as the ability to manage devices remotely. Energy-efficient telecommunications technologies, with PoE and other eco-sustainable type of features, are helping businesses reduce their global carbon emissions and capture significant savings on both IT infrastructure and operational costs. ADTRAN is proud to be recognized as a leader in engineering sustainability concepts into product design to ensure green solutions from concept to end-of-life. 4

5 NetVanta products offer innovative features that promote eco-sustainability and result in a number of ease-of-use and cost-savings benefits. These benefits include: n Lowering overall power consumption as a result of the intelligent power conservation controls that activate and deactivate PoE ports n Reducing equipment costs with centrally managed ADTRAN Wireless Access Points (WAPs) that eliminate the need for a separate controller n Decreasing OpEx when using built-in cable diagnostics tools to streamline, troubleshoot and repair Ethernet cable plant/ infrastructure n Maximizing operational efficiency with automatic configuration of VLANs and Quality of Service that speed deployment and ease troubleshooting of IP phones on a VoIP network n Simplifying the deployment of a large number of units in a consistent manner using auto configuration tools with self-prompting input cues ADTRAN provides products that advance today s highest networking priorities including bandwidth expansion, network security, and power conservation often in a single high-performance, cost-effective solution. Our continued commitment to bring new, innovative products to the market and simplify network architectures is part of our effort to provide businesses with a superior return on investment through cost and design efficiencies, while offering environmental-friendly solutions. 5

6 ADTRAN s Sustainability Initiative: n Uses our Environmental Management System as a tool to support our initiatives as we explore and understand environmental issues and adapt our processes. n Develops and delivers products that meet our customer requirements, while incorporating material and energy conservation initiatives that provide reduced carbon footprint and other savings impacting the environment. n Strives to communicate and incorporate sustainability initiatives throughout the supply chain. n Continually reviews operations to increase efficiencies, improve and protect the environment, and conserve natural resources while preserving the unique ADTRAN culture. ADTRAN has also attained ISO certification, which is considered the leading internationallyaccepted standard for environmental management systems. n Educates, develops and empowers employees, and thus enabling them to identify and adopt best practices that will enhance sustainability. n Maintains financial responsibility to customers, shareholders and employees while supporting our sustainability initiatives. n Adheres to environmental and product compliance standards for worldwide reductions of lead, cadmium, mercury, chromium VI compounds, flame-retardants Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBB) and Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDE), and other harmful substances from product designs and for recycling and proper elimination of previous products containing these substances. 6

7 ADTRAN s Commitment to Protecting the Environment As a good steward of the environment ADTRAN actively promotes eco-friendly manufacturing processes, energy efficiency, and conservation. Our commitment is not only to global regulations and policies but to a green philosophy extended into our local community and corporate, campuswide environment. We are proud of our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Initiative that encompasses a sustainability framework in five dimensions of our business including products, supply chain, workplace, workforce, and strategy and sovernance. As an active member in the Telecommunications Energy Efficiency (TEE) standards body, ADTRAN is helping define the standards for products that will be the way of the future. ADTRAN is Green The Five Core Dimensions of Sustainability ADTRAN is committed to continuous improvement of our business operations through measurable environmentally and socially sensitive performance for the benefit of our customers, suppliers, shareholders, employees and society at large. 1 Products Product R&D Product Design Packaging Design Materials Design Energy Rating (TEE) Sales and Marketing Electronic Media Webinars Supply Chain Workplace Workforce Supplier Standards Management System Certifications/Programs Audits/Scorecards Procurement Process Efficiency Localization/ Material Distribution Recycling (Scrap Processing) Global Manufacturing Manufacturing Processes Energy Use Waste/Water Mgmt Delivery/Logistics Product Routing Shipment Mode Cargo Optimization Aftermarket Processes/Disposal Oversight Facilities Efficient Energy Use Lighting Retrofit Cardboard Recycling IT Equipment Recycling Monitor Replacement Energy Efficient Servers VPN/Remote Access Solutions UPS Upgrade Training ISO Training Webinars Virtual Workforce VPN Solutions Video Conferencing Employee Programs Suggestions Community Programs For information on the availability of environmentally safe products, please 5 Strategy and Governance Strategy and Vision Sustainability Vision Green Goals Governance Sustainability Program Green Team Performance Management Project Planning Scorecard contact your ADTRAN Sales Representative, or one of our sales partners

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