CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY

Doing what's right is good business

Sustainable actions make business sense. Tellabs takes each aspect of corporate social responsibility (CSR) seriously:

  • Corporate: Making choices that sustain our business for the long term.
  • Social: Acting in ways that respect people and protect the environment.
  • Responsibility: Expressing Tellabs' character through our words and actions.

 

By making sustainable choices, we create value over the long term for customers, investors, employees, suppliers and communities. Our customers and investors are asking for more transparency about Tellabs corporate responsibility, so we're addressing it. For more details on CSR, see the corporate responsibility section at www.tellabs.com.

Tellabs' top CSR priorities are energy-efficient products, materials use, waste elimination, supply chain standards and supporting local communities. We continue to maintain high standards in related areas such as ethics and corporate governance (see page 61). During 2009, we will focus on:

  • Improving energy-efficiency and materials use as our products evolve,
  • Providing clear labor and environmental standards for our suppliers,
  • Strengthening the communities where our people live and work, and
  • Proactively communicating Tellabs' progress on corporate responsibility.

 

Socially responsible investors select Tellabs. During 2008, Tellabs was named to several stock indexes for socially responsible investors, including eight KLD Research & Analytics indexes and the FTSE4Good Index.

Direct your suggestions, questions or comments about Tellabs corporate responsibility to corporate.responsibility@tellabs.com.

 

 

TELLABS CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY AT A GLANCE
Commitment 2008 Progress 2009 Plans
Environment
Help protect the environment
  • Completed and disclosed first Carbon Disclosure Project survey (CDP6) for North American locations
  • Tellabs Finland achieved Green Office certification from the World Wildlife Fund (WWF)
  • Complete the Carbon Disclosure Project CDP7 survey, reporting on all locations
  • Initiate work to determine carbon footprint by product
  • Continue testing reliability of lead-free products
Supply Chain
Expect excellence throughout our supply chain
  • Adopted Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (EICC) Code of Conduct
  • Shared EICC code with supplier base and requested acknowledgement
  • Reach all suppliers with our code of conduct expectations
  • Incorporate corporate responsibility expectations in all new and renewed supplier contracts
Employees
Engage and develop talented people
  • Maintained excellent health and safety record
  • Recognized by IDG's Computerworld as one of best places to work in IT
  • Conduct employee engagement survey
  • Update employee data privacy policy
  • Expand manager effectiveness, health and wellness initiatives globally
Community
Give back to the communities where we live and work
  • Tellabs Foundation gave almost $1 million
  • Half of our people pledged through employee giving programs, including a global campaign to relieve hunger; Tellabs matched contributions one-to-one
  • Distribute $1 million in Tellabs Foundation grants
  • Maintain high participation in employee giving programs
Ethics & Governance
Meet highest standards for ethics and governance
  • Adopted majority voting
  • Nominating and Governance Committee assumed oversight of corporate responsibility
  • Formalize guidance on political and charitable contributions
  • Update anti-corruption policy

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