Climate Change Management

As an office-based producer of intellectual property (software), Openwave has an inherently low carbon footprint. Openwave does not produce or manufacture any harmful, destructive, or otherwise hazardous materials, and does not have significant equipment loads that produce greenhouse gas emissions.

Despite Openwave's already low environmental impact, there are several programs in place that contribute to its environment-friendly policies and actions.

• On the smallest scale, three waste bins are provided for each office/cube space in the corporate facilities: paper, waste and can/bottle recycling.
• Kitchens are fitted with separate recycling bins for each major type of recyclables.
• Paper recycling services are in place. Openwave recycles approximately 4 tons of mixed paper per month from its Redwood City facility.
• Lightbulb recycling program.
• Closed chilled water system (no contamination to the environment).
• Openwave's Redwood City facility participates in the PG&E curtailment program. Anywhere from 10 to 15 curtailment days are issued each summer. When alerted, Openwave agrees to reduce its energy consumption by 10 to 15% on those days.

Environmental Certification

Openwave has received ISO 14001 certification in its Redwood City and Belfast offices.

• Openwave’s Redwood City ISO 14001 certificate number 00011420 was registered May 21, 2010 and expires May 21, 2013.
• Openwave’s Belfast ISO 10001 certificate number EMS 553335 was registered April 15, 2010 and is subject to recertification annually. Belfast successfully completed a surveillance audit on February 16, 2011.

In addition, in September 2010, Openwave’s Tokyo office received notice of Eco Action 21 (EA21) certification, which is the Japanese equivalent of ISO 14001. Openwave’s Tokyo EA 21 certificate number 0005882 was issued October 5, 2010, and is effective until 4th October 4, 2012.

Scope 1 Emissions
Openwave does not produce significant direct emissions from stationary sources, owned transport, or process/fugitive sources. Therefore, no data is reported for Scope 1 emissions.

Scope 2 Emissions
Openwave’s 2010 Scope 2 reporting illustrates the generation of greenhouse gases (GHG) from purchased electricity at the Broomfield, CO; Redwood City, CA; Belfast, Northern Ireland; and Tokyo, Japan offices.

In July 2009, Openwave closed its Burlington, MA facility, and shifted the engineering resources to the corporate offices in Redwood City. The 2009 energy consumption data for the Burlington office includes only the months that the office was operational. In February 2010, Openwave closed the Broomfield, CO facility, and shifted those resources to the corporate offices in Redwood City. Data collected for the Broomfield, CO facility is based on the entire 12-month period for 2008 and 2009, and on one month in 2010.

In addition, the Openwave data center, previously hosted at an offsite location, was moved to the Redwood City office in May 2008. Energy consumption for the Openwave data center in San Francisco, CA, represents only the 5 months of 2008 when the data center was operational.

Energy consumption in the Redwood City office has increased as a result of the overall expansion of this office. However, Openwave’s total electricity consumption has remained fairly constant over time and actually decreased in 2010 with the consolidation of the Broomfield, CO office to the Redwood City headquarters.

Figure 1 shows Openwave’s purchased electricity consumption and the resulting GHG for each Openwave office in 2008, 2009, and 2010.

Figure 1 – GHG Emissions from Purchased Electricity

GHG numbers were calculated by Openwave using the World Resources Institute (2009) GHG Protocol tool for Stationary Combustion, Version 4.0. Emission Factors for Tokyo and Belfast were taken from the Carbon Trust Standard footprint calculator. Default emissions factors from the GHG Protocol tool were used for all U.S. locations.

Openwave’s Redwood City, Broomfield, Belfast, and Tokyo offices have metering for the electricity used by these facilities. The electricity consumption data for these offices is derived from the statements received from the local utility companies serving these facilities. The Burlington and San Francisco data center offices do not record kilowatt-hour (KWh) consumption per individual tenants in the shared facility, therefore the KWh consumption listed for these two Openwave facilities were estimated based on the square footage and types of resources placed within each facility.

Scope 3 Emissions
Employee Commute Data
As of March 2011, Openwave has 550 employees in 15 countries. Based on HR data, Figure 2 shows the distribution of employees who work on-site at an Openwave facility as compared to the number of employees working remotely from a home-based office. Approximately 12% of Openwave employees work remotely on a full-time basis and do not commute to an Openwave office.

Figure 2 – Distribution of Employees Who Work On-Site vs Remote

Openwave equips all employees to work remotely as needed. Based on a March 2010 internal survey of Openwave employees (with 267 employees responding), Figure 3 indicates that 37% of the respondents telecommute one or more days per week.

Figure 3 - Employee Telecommute Days Per Week

Based on the same March 2010 internal survey of Openwave employees, the distance and mode employed for each respondent’s commute was estimated, as shown in Figures 4 and 5.

The effect of Openwave employees’ commute on the environment was calculated by inputting the survey data into the World Resources Institute (2008) GHG Protocol Tool for Mobile Combustion, Version 2.0. Results, shown in Figure 4, represent all Openwave employees worldwide, with all numbers standardized into miles for this report.

Figure 4 – GHG Emissions Generated by Employee Commute Miles

Figure 5 shows the distribution of commute miles among the various transport modes used by Openwave employees.

Figure 5– Employee Commute Miles per Year by Transport Mode

Employee Business Travel Data
Openwave currently has over 100 leading CSP customers worldwide. Openwave customers expects periodic on-site visits, therefore, travel by air is often required. Openwave records indicate that 82% of its employees travel by air on business at least once per year, as shown in Figure 6

Figure 6 – Distribution of Employees Who Travel on Business

Airline travel data is separated into “Short Trips” of less than or equal to 1,000 miles and “Long Trips” of greater than 1,000 miles. Based on the type of trips and the number of miles traveled, the effect of Openwave employees’ air travel on the environment was calculated by using the World Resources Institute (2008) GHG Protocol Tool for Mobile Combustion, Version 2.0. Results are shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7 - 2010 GHG Emissions Generated by Employee Business Air Travel

Openwave data also shows that 83% of Openwave employees’ business travel are on trips of greater than 1000 miles, as shown in Figure 8. This is indicative of the global nature of Openwave’s business, with over 100 leading CSP customers worldwide.

Figure 8 – Distribution of Employees Business Air Travel by Type of Trip

Openwave employees sometimes require rental cars when traveling on business. Based on an estimate of rental car usage worldwide, Figure 9 shows the effect of Openwave business rental car usage on the environment. Total GHG generated was calculated using the World Resources Institute (2008) GHG Protocol Tool for Mobile Combustion, Version 2.0.

Figure 9 – 2010 GHG Emissions Generated by Employee Rental Car Usage