Product Responsibility

In the past, our customers based their buying decisions primarily on the lowest total cost of ownership. But today, we need solutions that address not just competitive pricing but overall environmental impact. Infinera aims to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions in two ways.

First, we design our products for low power consumption. Running a network is a complex, expensive job, with energy costs an ongoing concern. The less power our products consume, the lower our customers’ network costs, and the lower our products’ environmental impact.

Second, our products enable the use of services such as web conferencing and teleconferencing, helping to encourage a reduction in global travel and its negative environmental impact. While harder to measure, we believe that this is a key element of a low-carbon future.

We are committed to maintaining compliance with all environmental laws and regulations applicable to our operations, products and services. We have implemented programs to meet requirements related to the European Union’s RoHS Directive, REACH Regulation and WEEE Directive. We also have a recycling and take-back program to manage the end of life of products for each EU country. Infinera has meet our obligation to WEEE, Battery and Packaging Directives through membership of approved Compliance Schemes in relevant EU Countries (see info). We have partnered with RENE AG for our take-back and recycling program in the EU per directive requirements. Please contact your sales representative or account manager for more information or email Infinera at EU-take-back@infinera.com to schedule equipment removal.