Greentech Lead America: TE Connectivity has reduced
greenhouse gas emissions by six percent in 2011, according to its annual
corporate responsibility report.
The report says that company donations increased by 54
percent from fiscal year 2010. TE, TE employees, and the TE Connectivity
Foundation funded more than 1,400 organizations worldwide, including donations
to disaster relief funds in Japan and New Zealand.
TE expanded its values-based anti-corruption policy and
increased the number of ethics and compliance training sessions by 43 percent.
In 2011, the company rolled out a global health and
wellness campaign and expanded its Employee Assistance Program to cover all
employees in every country in which it operates.
Injuries in manufacturing plants fell 13 percent,
bringing the Company closer to its zero-injury work environment goal.
“As a company that enables connectivity, we
understand the importance of our links to the environment, our people, and the
places where we do business. TERA is an important part of our strategy to
deliver the best results to our employees, shareholders, customers, and
communities. Now in its second year, we continue to see strong progress towards
the goals of TERA,” said Tom Lynch, CEO, TE Connectivity.
TE said that TE Responsibility Advantage (TERA) — TE
Connectivity’s corporate responsibility program brings together the existing
environmental, supply chain, workplace, governance, community, and other
related programs within TE.
TE used the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3
Sustainability Reporting framework to help select and organize the content for
the report and is self-declaring at a GRI Application Level B.Â
Recently, TE Connectivity and ip.access announced their agreement to create all-digital
integrated Distributed Antenna System (DAS) and small cell base station for
WCDMA services.Â
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