Leading the way to a better future
Our sustainability promise to you
We are committed to a sustainable business future for Calix, our customers and the communities they serve, through products, services and business practices that are environmentally, socially and financially responsible.
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Calix Vision
A sustainable business future begins with us
- Technology innovation
- Culture and social impact
- Sustainable supply chain
- Sustainable enterprise
- Sustainable partnership
Calix focuses on durability, efficiency, and recyclability when building, managing, and maintaining sustainable networks. The goal is to reduce the overall network footprint, including space, waste, power, and cooling resources.
We are committed to creating a positive impact by leveraging our resources, expertise, and network to address pressing societal challenges. We believe by working together we can be a change agent that transforms communities for the better.
We will achieve this by promoting community outreach, diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging and a positive work culture.
To pave the way toward a more sustainable future, we’re creating transparency throughout our supply network. Through our people, planet, and partners we will:
- Provide leadership in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) compliance to achieve the highest standards.
- Gain insights into opportunities to be more sustainable and lead suppliers to participate and improve through continuous ESG assessments.
- Grow the sustainability culture through continuous employee training and awareness campaigns.
Our commitments to reduction of greenhouse gases and improvements in Calix employees’ quality of life include:
- Employees gain greater quality of life with greater flexibility and less time commuting, resulting in less carbon emission.
- Ergonomic, energy-efficient provided by Calix includes home office furniture, IT equipment, including high quality monitors and monitors arms, and laptops requiring less power than desktop machines.
- Data centers are designed efficiently, including moving more systems off-premises and to the cloud allows for less energy consumption and removal of less efficient legacy systems.
- The environmental impact of office space leased is lessened by our work-from-anywhere culture and commitment to LEED building design standards.
To help our customers build their value in the communities they serve, we serve as a predictable, reliable partner who treats their data with the utmost care. We understand that our customers have a choice in who to partner with, which is why we have built business models to ensure that we grow value and success together.
To us, being customer-focused means being sustainability-focused
We believe serving our customers with sustainable products and practices can help further their own environmental, social and financial commitments
We believe that a positive workplace culture is a force for strong sustainability practices, within Calix's and our customers' communities
We believe that our green technological innovation and responsible corporate practices make for a more sustainable tomorrow
While helping our customers build green broadband networks, we’re also doing our own part
We have consolidated all of our labs into one, enabling our workforce to access essential equipment—from anywhere.
This has enabled us to:
- Eliminate one office building
- Reduce the footprint of four other office buildings
- Reduce power consumption of our facilities by 3 million Kilowatts of power per year or 52% of our previous usage
- Eliminate the impacts of commutes on our environment
Milestones of progress
Awards and recognition
iNFHRA
Calix India Development Center has been awarded the Gold Award for Workplace Excellence in Sustainability at the iNFHRA Workplace Excellence Conference and Awards, reflecting our ongoing commitment to building a more sustainable future.
MSCI awards Calix an AA in ESG
Calix earns an AA rating from the environmental, social, and governance ratings agency MSCI—a distinction shared by only 18 percent of companies evaluated—recognizing the company’s exemplary sustainability practices, including leadership in attracting and retaining top talent
Comparably #1 Best Place to Work in Bay Area
Based on employee rankings of their overall workplace experiences, Calix is the #1 place to work in Silicon Valley in 2023. This ranking—up 10 points from 2022—underscores the success of a seven-year commitment to the work-from-anywhere movement.
Best Community Impact Award
Fiber Broadband Association’s award highlights organizations who “Deliver a Superior Subscriber Experience in a Rapidly Changing Environment” proof of concept (PoC). With $1 billion invested over 11 years into the industry’s leading end-to-end platforms, Calix enables BSPs to layer value-added subscriber services on top of their managed Wi-Fi offerings.
Sustainability and climate protection
American Business Awards gives the Calix Broadband Platform a Stevie award for sustainability and climate protection.
Forbes Top 50 America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies
Forbes screens 1,000+ companies using data from FactSet to compile its annual list of America’s Best Mid-Sized Companies. Calix achieved the Top 50 ranking of this prestigious list with its award-winning innovation and customer success focus.
Fortune Best Workplaces in the Bay Area
Fortune names Calix one of the Best Workplaces in the Bay Area, with overwhelmingly positive employee feedback, further emphasizing the role of Calix culture in attracting and retaining the world’s top tech talent to drive success.