Infinera Publishes Report Demonstrating Commitment to Sustainability Best Practices


SUNNYVALE, CA --(Marketwired - July 25, 2016) - Infinera, provider of Intelligent Transport Networks, published its Sustainability Report demonstrating a resolute commitment to sustainability best practices, transparency and leadership in the optical networking industry. The report provides an overview of Infinera's sustainability programs in the workplace completed in 2015.

Infinera's Sustainability Report details four key areas of focus: business ethics, product responsibility, environmental responsibility and social responsibility.

  • Business ethics: Infinera ensures that there are well defined ethical principles consistently implemented through Infinera's policies and processes within the company as well as throughout the entire value chain.
  • Product responsibility: Infinera is committed to sustainability through the use of its low-power products in customer networks. In addition, Infinera minimizes the environmental impact of its products by limiting the use of hazardous substances and through responsible sourcing.
  • Environmental responsibility: Infinera minimizes the environmental impact of business operations through an ongoing focus on energy efficiencies, waste reduction and resource conservation.
  • Social responsibility: Infinera provides safe working environments and facilities well positioned for sustainable growth to attract new employees. As part of this social responsibility, Infinera is committed to employee development and to philanthropic efforts that benefit local communities and causes.

Infinera's Sustainability Report aligns with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G4 Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (the GRI Guidelines) and the United Nation's Global Compact Principles, underscoring the detail and rigor of Infinera's sustainability program.

"Infinera is committed to sustainability best practices in business ethics, the development and manufacturing of our products, the use of our products by customers and the continuous development of our employees for a stronger global community," said Lena Båvegård, Infinera Senior Director, Corporate Quality & Sustainability.

For a copy of Infinera's Global Sustainable Report, visit www.infinera.com/company/social-responsibility/.

About Infinera

Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) provides Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators, governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate service innovation and simplify optical network operations. Infinera's end-to-end packet-optical portfolio is designed for long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications. Infinera's unique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable innovative optical networking solutions for the most demanding networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com, follow us on Twitter @Infinera and read our latest blog posts at blog.infinera.com.

Infinera and the Infinera logo are registered trademarks of Infinera Corporation.

This press release contains forward-looking statements including, but not limited to Infinera's continued commitment to: sustainability best practices, transparency, and leadership in the optical networking industry, business ethics, product responsibility, environmental responsibility, and social responsibility. These statements are not guarantees of results and should not be considered as an indication of future activity or future performance. Actual results may vary materially from these expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties. Information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that affect Infinera's business, is contained in the risk factors section and other sections of Infinera's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 26, 2016 as filed with the SEC on May 4, 2016, as well subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are available on Infinera's website at www.infinera.com and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements.

Contact Information:

Contacts:
Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com

Investors:
Jeff Hustis
Tel: + 1 (408) 213-7150
jhustis@infinera.com