Avaya’s technology helps businesses reduce carbon footprints: Report

Avaya has released its annual Corporate Responsibility Report, which highlights the company’s positive contributions to addressing global challenges such as climate change, responsible consumption, equality, decent work, community support, and economic development. The accomplishments of the company contribute to several United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) – a global blueprint for achieving a better and more sustainable future. The Corporate Responsibility Report provides an overview of ESG initiatives to help create better experiences for employees, customers, suppliers, partners, and our global communities.

“Giving back is at the heart of Avaya’s strategic foundation to deliver experiences that matter,” said Alan Masarek, CEO, Avaya. “Investments we make today in our employees, customers, suppliers, partners, and community will have a ripple effect impacting the future, and we have a responsibility to make prudent choices with our corporate resources.”

Every experience counts in today’s experience economy. Similarly, every decision has an impact on the environment. Avaya prioritizes environmental stewardship and strives to reduce the environmental impact of our products, solutions, services, and activities, as well as to facilitate device, battery, and packaging return and end-of-life management. Our technology can help businesses reduce their carbon footprint by taking product design and stewardship into account throughout the product’s lifecycle.

Avaya remained committed to combating climate change by reducing total emissions by 1.2 percent from fiscal year 2020 to fiscal year 2021 and committed to setting near-term, company-wide emission reduction targets in line with climate science. We have submitted near-term targets for review to the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), and the validation process is currently underway.

“Avaya’s ESG strategy involves doing what’s right for everyone,” said Reeva Kymer, Director of ESG and Philanthropy, Avaya. “I’m proud to be associated with a company committed to making positive contributions to people and worthy causes around the world.”

Report highlights include:

• Utilizing Avaya technology to meet societal needs, Avaya delivered exceptional education experiences, helped businesses grow, and supported persons with disabilities.     

• Reinforcing its commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB), Avaya added “Inclusion” to the company’s cultural principles. 

• Hosting the seventh annual Month of Giving—a spirited campaign that brings together employees, partners, suppliers, and customers from around the globe—in October of 2021. The Avaya community raised more than $140,000 to support its partner, Save the Children.

• Ongoing corporate social responsibility efforts (CSR) in India focused on programs enhancing the quality of education, utilizing our technology to improve access to health and education and building employability skills in support of poor and marginalized populations. Funds distributed by Avaya India’s CSR program benefited more than 8,500 children and young adults between fiscal years 2020 and 2021. 

• Driving employee engagement, Avaya launched its inaugural SPARK WEEK in February of 2022, consisting of education sessions designed to help employees learn and grow, both professionally and personally.