Everyday sustainability initiatives
Energy Consumption and Facilities
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Utilize renewable energy sources for our facilities whenever practicable.
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Continually seek to increase energy efficiency and reduce the amount of energy we use in our facilities and operations.
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Reduce our office space needs wherever practicable.
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Improve heating and cooling temperature management at our facilities to reduce our energy consumption.
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Consider energy consumption and efficiency when purchasing new equipment.
Products and Services
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Invest in innovations to reduce the environmental impact throughout the lifecycle of our products and solutions, including reduced power consumption of our products.
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Minimize service-, support- and maintenance-related travel through real-time monitoring of our customers’ network elements and our remote diagnostic and repair capabilities.
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Use general purpose (reuseable) compute platforms to host on-premise solutions.
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Lead the video workflow industry to the greater energy efficiency and flexibility of on-demand SaaS-based solutions.
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Coordinate with our customers to manage the end-of-life of our products.
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Incorporate environmental considerations in the development of our products and services.
Resources and waste
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Minimize use of paper in our offices and raise awareness of waste sorting at our facilities.
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Reduce product packaging.
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Seek to buy recycled and recyclable products and supplies.
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Reuse or recycle, including electronics.
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Utilize only licensed firms for waste disposal and recycling.
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Reduce the use of water at our facilities.
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Support the use of sustainable water sources, availability of safe drinking water, and protection of both ecosystems and communities through proper sanitation – we believe the right to water is a basic human right.
Transportation
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Minimize air freight shipment of products.
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Significantly reduce unnecessary business travel through video conferencing, virtual product demonstrations and on-line product and technical training.
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Reduce employee commuting through work-from-home initiatives.
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Encourage and accommodate the use of public transportation, bicycles and carpooling.
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Support electric vehicles through Company charging stations and other initiatives.
Procurement
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Include environmental and other applicable sustainable procurement criteria when purchasing equipment, supplies and services.
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Favor products and services with low or the lowest environmental impact.
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Use local labor and materials whenever practicable.
Culture
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Involve all Harmonic employees in the implementation of this Policy, to maximize its impact.
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Provide employees with environmental impact and awareness training and related activities.
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Update this Policy regularly in consultation with employees and other stakeholders.
Commitment to a
Sustainable Future
Our Environmental Policy reflects our commitment to reducing our environmental impact and aligning with the 1.5°C global temperature goal. We are focused on setting ambitious yet achievable greenhouse gas (GHG) targets and a clear transition plan.
As a first step, we’ve established science-based targets for reducing emissions in our direct operations, consistent with the 1.5°C pathway. This includes a 45% reduction in GHG emissions by 2030 and achieving Net Zero by 2050 for our Scope 1 and 2 emissions, using 2022 as our baseline.
We are also actively developing science-based targets and a climate transition plan for our Scope 3 emissions.