ZyXEL announces world's first carbon footprint verification on its VDSL2 CPE Product

ZyXEL Communications, one of the
world's leading broadband access solutions providers, has announced
that a carbon footprint verification on ZyXEL's VDSL2 CPE, P874,
has been achieved and certified, according to the International
Carbon Footprint Standard PAS2050. By succeeding in earning this
third-party verification by BSI (British Standards Institution), the
ZyXEL's device is the world's first VDSL2 CPE to achieve this
carbon footprint verification. It is not only a critical milestone
for carbon footprint management of networking products, but it also
gives international recognition and demonstrates ZyXEL's supreme
efforts concerning environmental care.

The ZyXEL VDSL2 device which supports
Chunghwa Telecom's networking deployment also signifies that
ZyXEL's carbon footprint verified product is recognized by a
leading telco operator.

“We are proud that ZyXEL's product
has complied with International Carbon Footprint Standards and that
ZyXEL has become the first company in the world, to complete this
verification on VDSL2 CPE,” said Shun-I Chu, CEO, ZyXEL. “ZyXEL
always takes the lead in developing innovative and eco-friendly
products and features, as producing the world's first carbon
footprint verified VDSL2 CPE demonstrates again that ZyXEL products
not only offer energy efficiency and outstanding performance, but
also meet global environmental standards,” he said. The product
carbon footprint of ZyXEL's VDSL2 CPE refers to the total amount of
carbon dioxide emissions, including each stage of the product's
lifecycle from raw material, manufacturing, delivering, consumer
usage, discarding, and then to recycling. ZyXEL has developed a
complete 'Coordinated Information System' that makes carbon emission
investigation and management highly practical and remarkably
efficient. Through use of the Coordinated Information System, Green
Product Database, Life Cycle Analysis System, 3R and Disassembly
Report Database and Restriction of Hazardous Substances Management
System, ZyXEL aggressively controls its environmental impact, for the
entire lifecycle, of all its products, by continuing and
strengthening its commitment and responsibility as a corporate
citizen by developing less toxic, waste-reducing, easily recyclable
and energy-efficient products.

ZyXEL is dedicated to developing low
carbon footprint products with its innovative R&D capabilities as
it embraces and cultivates energy-saving and environmental friendly
concepts for product development. ZyXEL's green products features
include power usage adjustment, wireless scheduling, wake on demand,
smart fan control and intelligent power over Ethernet, that help
consumers to reduce the overall amount of carbon emission when they
use their electronic products. While not only complying with the EU
directives, ZyXEL also compels its suppliers and itself to meet
international customers' environmental friendly requests. As a
responsible global corporate citizen, ZyXEL will be aggressively
seeking innovative 'green ways' to develop its products and
technologies for a better environment in the future.