1. Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability
  2. Philosophy

Philosophy

Future focused, results driven, and on your side

Corporate responsibility is a philosophy that embraces our core company values and ensures we produce smart solutions that respect our people and our planet. This philosophy finds form in three key pillars:

  • Environmental: We value the world in which we live—and continually work to minimize the environmental impact of our operations and products.
  • Social: We value the human rights of our employees and work diligently to improve the wellness and personal safety of our professionals and positively contribute to the communities near our facilities.
  • Governance: We value integrity and transparency—and work diligently to maintain the highest standards of ethical business practice.

Progress

At CommScope, we periodically review the sustainability issues we face and capture input from our stakeholders to identify risks and opportunities, shape our strategy and clarify where to focus our resources. We consider a wide range of economic, environmental, social and governance topics. We set short-term and long-term goals related to several of our most relevant and material topics/aspects/issues and identified key performance indicators (KPIs) to manage performance and track progress.

Materiality Assessment, Strategic Priorities, Goals

The topics in the top-right quadrant of the materiality matrix were ranked highest in importance for both our stakeholders and our business success. This was based on qualitative and quantitative data from the materiality assessment. As a result, we have focused our CR&S strategy around these key material issues. This addresses our most significant impacts, while also aligning with the needs of our customers and stakeholders. The topics below the materiality threshold are not covered in as much detail but remain important to CommScope.

The identified ESG material topics were summarized in five material topic groups. Which we then used to outline our new CR&S strategy, strategic priorities and objectives and targets.

 

Ethics

Recognizing excellence
We celebrate our company’s recognitions from a variety of respected organizations and publications. View the list of award-winning CommScope professionals and solutions in our Sustainability Reports and Infographics.

Reporting

CommScope’s annual sustainability report (following the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards and guidelines) provides information about our economic, environmental, and/or social impacts—positive or negative—toward the sustainable development goals. The report details our efforts to protect the environment, promote the health and safety of our workforce, and support the communities where we operate. You can find recent reports here.

Risk Assessment

CommScope proactively manages risk. We recently completed a corporate-level assessment using the EcoVadis platform. CommScope was awarded gold-level recognition and achieved an overall scope of 77/100, which certifies:

  • Our structured, proactive approach to corporate responsibility
  • Our established policies and processes to help tackle important issues
  • Our capacity to clearly report on selected activities and key performance indicators

Our manufacturing facilities utilize the RBA Online self-assessment questionnaire to identify risks and opportunities for improvement. We also use Entropy, our primary EHS risk assessment/management tool, to perform a variety of internal monitoring and reporting activities.

Internal Audits

CommScope routinely audits our manufacturing facilities using ISO14001, ISO45001, SA8000 and ISO26000 standards to ensure compliance to the environment, health, safety, labor and ethical business practices. Facilities in high-risk countries are audited for labor and ethical practices by our CoRe team every two years, while facilities in low-risk countries are audited every three years. Our EHS team audits environment, health and safety practices every three years using international and company standards. Each externally certified facility also maintains its own team of internal auditors.

Reporting to the Audit Committee of CommScope’s Board of Directors, our Corporate Audit and Advisory team also performs independent, objective audits of our internal processes and controls following the Institute of Internal Auditors International Professional Practices Framework.

Certifications

CommScope maintains a variety of certifications based on four widely accepted industry standards.

To view a specific certification, select your preferred facility location:

Quality Management System certifications (ISO9001/TL9000):
Post-sale certificates – CommScope Technologies LLC

TL9000 Multisite (TL151045.000)
Catawba, NC, U.S. | Claremont, NC, U.S. | Delicias, Mexico | Goa, India | Juarez-Bermudez, Mexico | Juarez-Praderas, Mexico | Suzhou, PRC

ISO9001 Multisite (ISO111045.000)
Bangalore (ADC), India | Bodelwyddan, U.K. | Bray, Ireland | Brno, Czech Republic | Kessel-Lo, Belgium | Claremont, NC, U.S. | Reynosa, Mexico | Suzhou, PRC

Pre-sale certificates – CommScope, Inc.

TL9000 Multisite (TL151045.000)
Apodaca, Mexico | Catawba, NC, U.S. | Claremont, NC, U.S. | Delicias, Mexico | Goa, India | Juarez-Bermudez, Mexico | Juarez-Praderas, Mexico | Reynosa, Mexico | Suzhou, PRC | Tijuana, Mexico

ISO9001 Multisite (ISO111045.000)
Bangalore (ADC), India | Bodelwyddan, U.K. | Bray, Ireland | Brno, Czech Republic | Kessel-Lo, Belgium | Claremont, NC, U.S. | Suzhou, PRC | Tijuana, Mexico 

 

Health and Safety Management System certifications (ISO45001):

Multisite |  Bray, Ireland | Brno, Czech Republic |  Buchdorf, Germany |  Catawba, NC, U.S. |  Claremont, NC, U.S. |  Delicias, Mexico |  Euless, TX, U.S. |  Goa, India  |  Juarez-Bermudez, Mexico |  Juarez-Praderas, Mexico |  Malton, U.K.  |  Reynosa, Mexico |  Rhyl, U.K. |  Suzhou (CSA), PRC |  Suzhou (CSC), PRC |  Tijuana, Mexico  |  Warrington, U.K.

Environmental Management System certifications (ISO14001):

Multisite |  Bray, Ireland |  Brno, Czech Republic |  Burchdorf, Germany |  Catawba, NC, U.S. |  Claremont, NC, U.S. |  Delicias, Mexico |  Euless, TX, U.S. |  Goa, India |  Juarez-Bermudez, Mexico |  Juarez-Praderas, Mexico |  Malton, U.K.  |  Reynosa, Mexico |  Rhyl, U.K. |  Suzhou (CSC), PRC |  Suzhou (CSA), PRC |  Tijuana, Mexico  |  Warrington, U.K.