Better Health for All

ADTRAN's principal goods and services are telecommunications equipment and solutions, which are generally health-neutral. While a 2017 collaboration deployed gigabit internet to two smart homes for individuals with disabilities, enabling remote health monitoring and potentially reducing emergency room visits, this specific application is limited in scope and does not represent the company's core business or a significant portion of its portfolio.

More recent deployments of ADTRAN's technology aim to enhance connectivity in underserved rural communities, which can indirectly support telemedicine and remote education, but the company does not directly engage in health-related activities or education. No evidence suggests revenue from products with negative health outcomes, nor is there data on health-specific R&D investment, health equity programs, or the percentage of vulnerable populations reached.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

ADTRAN Networks SE is a telecommunications equipment and solutions provider. The ethical value 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' assesses companies involved in lending, insuring, moving, or storing money. The provided articles consistently describe ADTRAN's activities as deploying fiber access and broadband solutions for telecommunications infrastructure

. No articles contain specific, concrete data points or information relevant to ADTRAN's involvement in financial services, lending practices, fee structures, financial inclusion initiatives, or any other metrics covered by this value. Therefore, all KPIs are omitted due to a lack of relevant evidence.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No specific, quantitative data was found in the provided articles to assess ADV.XETRA against any of the Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing KPIs.

Information regarding fair-trade certification share, average audit frequency for tier-1 suppliers, the number of forced/child labour incidents over the last 3 years, traceability coverage for tiers 1-3, median remediation speed, the percentage of supplier contracts with enforceable ethical clauses, the share of spend on high-risk materials, or supplier diversity spend was not explicitly stated with the required metrics or percentages.

Honest & Fair Business

The company is restating its financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2024, and 2023, and certain interim periods in 2024.

This action is attributed to an inventory adjustment in a majority-owned subsidiary and ineffective disclosure controls and procedures since September 30, 2022. The company also filed a Notification of Late Filing with the SEC for its first-quarter 2025 report. The company has a comprehensive Global Anti-Corruption and Anti-Bribery Policy that applies to all employees, board members, and third parties globally. This policy is publicly accessible, requires all employees to take biennial anti-corruption training, includes specific limits for gifts and entertainment, mandates anti-corruption due diligence for M&A targets for at least five years, and prohibits money laundering. The company conducts internal audits every two years to ensure policy adherence and complies with major international anti-corruption laws, with a compliance management system that includes periodic evaluation of compliance risks. Additionally, the company provides an ethics and compliance hotline managed by third-party providers (WhistleB Reporting and Red Flag Reporting), allowing anonymous reporting of concerns. , , The policy strictly prohibits retaliation against individuals making reports, and all complaints, including accounting and internal control matters, are reported to the Audit Committee for independent and objective assessment.

Kind to Animals

ADV.XETRA, a telecommunications equipment and solutions provider, explicitly states 'Animal Testing No' in its sustainability data

. This indicates a comprehensive no-testing policy is in place, and consequently, zero live animals are used in any testing. As the company does not engage in animal testing operations, the use of alternative testing methods is not applicable. No other information regarding animal welfare practices, animal-derived ingredients, or habitat impact is provided in the articles.

Planet-Friendly Business

Adtran has SBTi-approved targets

, aiming for a 74.5% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 40% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 2032, against a 2016 base year . Further targets include a 90% reduction in Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 95% reduction in Scope 3 emissions by 2048, leading to a net-zero emissions target year of 2048 . The company references a separate TCFD report for specific details on scenario analyses. Adtran also targets a 10% reduction in energy consumption by 2030 compared to 2022 and aims for LCA coverage for all new products . In 2023, operational costs for maintenance, return, and recycling were approximately USD 15 million . Supplier response rate targets for IntegrityNext are set at >80% by 2025, >90% by 2030, and >98% by 2035, with 25 bilateral supplier engagements in 2024 . 99% of emissions are externally validated .

Safe & Smart Tech

The company's privacy policy states that payment transactions are encrypted using SSL technology.

Users can opt-out of promotional emails and targeted marketing communications, and can request access, correction, or deletion of their personal data. Users are assigned passwords for access to certain website areas. The policy also states that only necessary data is collected and mentions compliance with GDPR, EU-US Privacy Shield, and California privacy rights. No specific data on data breaches, cybersecurity investment, AI ethics, security training, vulnerability management, or security testing was provided.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Adtran Networks SE achieved an 83% waste diversion rate, with 17% non-recycled waste.

Recycled content in products is less than 50% by weight, determined by the portion of recycled metal in the chassis. Circular design principles are standard in product development, including design for disassembly, maintenance, and longevity, guidelines for plastic use, and design for recycling, with modularity incorporated into most products and lifecycle assessments covering all new products. The company has implemented several waste reduction initiatives, such as optimizing packaging for reuse and recycling, reducing plastic in packaging, developing plastic-free packaging, miniaturizing product parts, instantiating refurbished-product offerings, and implementing a used-products buy-back scheme with large customers, in addition to completing the EU research project C-SERVEES in 2022. Products have a long lifetime, often exceeding 10 years, supported by modularity and maintenance. The company is fully compliant with RoHS directives and avoids hazardous substances where possible; however, in 2022, a limited number of components contained SVHCs above the 0.1% threshold, and approximately 330 liters of hazardous substances were consumed at three sites. A qualitative target exists to create refurbished-product offerings. The Supplier Code of Conduct addresses specific points for suppliers, and an ESG risk assessment covered 75% of suppliers, representing 98% of supply-chain spending in 2022, with 78% of material declarations for purchased components. One supplier was re-audited on site against sustainability criteria, resulting in one minor nonconformity.