Environment

VIAVI promotes environmentally friendly practices and strives to conduct our business in a sustainable manner.

We acknowledge the shared responsibility to protect our planet. We continue to work to ensure that our facilities and operations have a relatively modest environmental footprint and we continually engage in and improve on our preservation, conservation, recycling and waste reduction practices.

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Environment, Health and Safety

Energy Use Reduction

We are dedicated to researching and implementing energy efficient measures in our offices to reduce our consumption and carbon footprint.

Environmental Impact

We continue to make progress for a greener organization in the areas of energy use, water consumption and solid-waste minimization. We endeavor to improve our facilities through applying the principles of the ISO 14001 standard as well as adhering to the RBA Code of Conduct.

Water Consumption Reduction

We partnered with Siemens Water Technologies to reduce our water consumption at our Santa Rosa site to treat and recycle water, saving approximately 4 million gallons of water per year.

Carbon Disclosure Project

Carbon Report

You can learn more about the CDP (formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project) and VIAVI responses and scores on the CDP Climate Change and Water Questionnaires at the link provided below.

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Carbon Footprint

Carbon Footprint Scopes 2024

While absolute CO2 emissions are an important metric, they do not fully capture our progress relative to our Company's growth. To provide a more comprehensive picture, we report CO2 emissions intensity which normalizes emissions based on Company size.

Carbon Footprint 2024
Carbon Footprint 2024

As the table below shows, our Scope 1 and Scope 2 CO2 emissions intensity has decreased between 2017 and 2023 on a per-employee (FTE) basis. This demonstrates a positive trend of reducing emissions per employee as our workforce has grown. However, our CO2 emissions intensity on a revenue basis remained relatively stable during this same period. We are exploring further strategies to achieve CO2 reductions across all metrics.

All data in the above table and figures is on a calendar-year basis

VIAVI continues to evaluate various alternatives to help drive emissions reduction, including renewable energy investments and enhancing efficiency in our operations.

Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)

VIAVI demonstrates its commitment to environmentally responsible conduct by means of its status as an Affiliate Member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA). As an Affiliate Member of the RBA, VIAVI supports and has adopted the Vision and Mission of the RBA:

  • Vision – A global electronics industry that creates sustainable value for workers, the environment and business.
  • Mission – Members, suppliers and stakeholders collaborate to improve working and environmental conditions through leading standards and practices.
Responsible Business Alliance (RBA)

VIAVI commits to progressively align its own operations with the provisions of the RBA Code of Conduct and to support and encourage its own first-tier suppliers to do the same. Wherever possible, VIAVI will seek to adopt the RBA approach and tools in practical ways in the spirit of the industry’s common goals.

A Responsible Supplier

VIAVI is a participant in Apple’s Clean Supplier Program and has committed to using 100% renewable energy in the VIAVI products we supply to Apple.

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