SOFIA initiative introduction: Driving sustainability in the Optical Fibre Industry - CRU Group

The Sustainable Optical Fiber Industry Alliance (SOFIA) is an industry initiative aimed at increasing collaboration, raising awareness and ambitions on sustainability throughout the Optical Fibre and Cable industry.

• Introduction of the SOFIA Initiative and the members• Motivation, challenges, goals, examples of best practices in sustainability within the industry and next steps• Q&A with by Borealis, Covestro, Heraeus, Rosendahl Nextrom, Teijin, UmicoreThese are some of the challenges the optical fibre industry face today: • Lack of transparency and common understanding on sustainability of an

optical fiber or an optical fiber cable• Insufficient communication from the industry about how the industry is moving towards sustainability• Address the diversity of methodology to describe environmental impact in the production of raw materials, optical fibres or optical fibre cables• Setting specific goals and ambitions We want to introduce an initiate on sustainability which aims at addressing these challenges.

This is an initiative by Borealis, Covestro, Heraeus, Rosendahl Nextrom, Teijin and Umicore.

Speakers:• Pieter Arickx, Global Commercial Director Ge Solutions, Umicore• Alain Giraud, Sales Director, Rosendahl Nextrom• Marie-Ange Vatin Global head of FOM business, Covestro • Paul Keller, Business Growth Manager Communication and Jacketing, Borealis• Martin Boettcher, Global Head of Business Development & Marketing, Heraeus• Enrique Mendez, Senior Global Market Manager, Teijin