Our sustainability vision in action
Belden is dedicated to doing business in a responsible way. We do this by focusing on three areas: our environmental impact, our responsibility to our people and promoting the highest caliber of ethics. We strive to attain a safer, smarter, more prosperous future for us all.
Environment
We are committed to limiting our environmental footprint while optimizing the impact of our products & services.
Social
We are committed to the well-being of our stakeholders, including associates, suppliers, customers and the communities in which we operate.
Governance
We are committed to conducting business in an ethical and responsible manner in our pursuit of innovation and long-term value creation.
Sustainability in numbers
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Environmental
We are committed to minimizing environmental footprint by reducing emissions, improving energy efficiency, and advancing responsible material use. Explore our efforts across key focus areas.
Climate change & greenhouse gas emissions
Belden is dedicated to doing our part to combat climate change by lowering our direct emissions. We have taken on over 400 projects at locations across the globe to strive towards this.Goal 1:
By 2025, reduce global Scope 1 and Scope 2 total combined emissions by 25% - ✔
Goal 2:
By 2030, reduce global scope 1 and scope 2 total combined emissions by 70%
Scope 1 & 2 for Topics/Initiative 1
| 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Scope 1 Absolute Emissions (US CO2e) | 11,630 | 10,997 |
| Total Scope 2 Absolute Emissions (US CO2e) | 52,347 | 47,888 |
| Percent Decrease in Scope 1 and 2 Absolute Emissions (FY19 baseline) | 22% | 41% |
| GHG Intensity (US CO2e / million $ revenue) | 25 | 19.4 |
Energy use & management
At Belden, we seek to improve energy efficiency across our businesses and to increase our local use of green energy. These efforts directly help us progress towards our GHG emissions reduction goal.Electricity usage at Belden
| 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percent Global Electricity Use from Renewable Sources | 15% | 27.4% |
| Total Green Electricity Use (kWh) | 19,040,814 | 34,239,657 |
| Total Electricity Use (kWh) | 127,063,682 | 124,995,862 |
Goal:
Increase total global electricity use efficiency from 2019 levels at manufacturing and distribution locations
Environmental management
At Belden, we seek to minimize our direct environmental impacts by responsibly managing our waste and water use.Recycling
Our first goal is to minimize the amount of waste that we generate. From here, we are focused on increasing reuse and recycling of our waste. We have invested in many projects to realize this goal.
Goal:
By 2025, achieve at least 90% of waste by weight diverted from landfill for manufacturing and distribution locations.
Percent recycled and incinerated waste vs. total waste generated (by weight)
• 2023: 85.5%
• 2024: 86.3%
Hazardous waste
Belden Corporate EHS standards mandate proper handling and storage of hazardous waste prior to recycling, reuse or disposal. Hazardous waste management is audited on a regular basis at Belden manufacturing and distribution locations.
Water use
Belden manages water use at its facilities to reduce environmental impacts and cost, including reusing process water when possible. Our corporate standards encourage water conservation practices, which we review as part of our corporate audit program. Water use is an enterprise-wide metric we track to measure our progress.
EHS management systems
Our global Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Management System (EHSMS) is based on the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 international standards. The Belden EHSMS provides a structure for implementing proactive and sustainable business practices to drive continuous improvement while meeting our environmental, health and safety management objectives. Multiple global locations are third-party certified to the ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 standards.
Environmentally preferable material standards
Belden is committed to sourcing raw materials sustainably and ethically across our global supply chain. View Belden Environmentally Preferable Material StandardsWe have established a singular worldwide standard for environmentally preferable materials used in the production and packaging of our products. These guidelines promote the use of materials that offer a lower environmental impact and are procured through ethical business practices.
Our procurement and supply chain teams share Belden’s sustainability goals with our global suppliers and encourage them to support Belden’s environmental management program.
Belden is committed to designing products that have minimal contaminants and that comply with all environmental laws in the markets where we sell our products, including all applicable international product environmental regulations. We work with customers and suppliers to ensure compliance with these requirements including LEED, RoHS, China RoHS and REACH.
Environmental
We are committed to minimizing environmental footprint by reducing emissions, improving energy efficiency, and advancing responsible material use. Explore our efforts across key focus areas.
Climate change & greenhouse gas emissions
Belden is dedicated to doing our part to combat climate change by lowering our direct emissions. We have taken on over 400 projects at locations across the globe to strive towards this.Goal 1:
By 2025, reduce global Scope 1 and Scope 2 total combined emissions by 25% - ✔
Goal 2:
By 2030, reduce global scope 1 and scope 2 total combined emissions by 70%
Scope 1 & 2 for Topics/Initiative 1
| 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Total Scope 1 Absolute Emissions (US CO2e) | 11,630 | 10,997 |
| Total Scope 2 Absolute Emissions (US CO2e) | 52,347 | 47,888 |
| Percent Decrease in Scope 1 and 2 Absolute Emissions (FY19 baseline) | 22% | 41% |
| GHG Intensity (US CO2e / million $ revenue) | 25 | 19.4 |
Energy use & management
At Belden, we seek to improve energy efficiency across our businesses and to increase our local use of green energy. These efforts directly help us progress towards our GHG emissions reduction goal.Electricity usage at Belden
| 2023 | 2024 | |
|---|---|---|
| Percent Global Electricity Use from Renewable Sources | 15% | 27.4% |
| Total Green Electricity Use (kWh) | 19,040,814 | 34,239,657 |
| Total Electricity Use (kWh) | 127,063,682 | 124,995,862 |
Goal:
Increase total global electricity use efficiency from 2019 levels at manufacturing and distribution locations
Environmental management
At Belden, we seek to minimize our direct environmental impacts by responsibly managing our waste and water use.Recycling
Our first goal is to minimize the amount of waste that we generate. From here, we are focused on increasing reuse and recycling of our waste. We have invested in many projects to realize this goal.
Goal:
By 2025, achieve at least 90% of waste by weight diverted from landfill for manufacturing and distribution locations.
Percent recycled and incinerated waste vs. total waste generated (by weight)
• 2023: 85.5%
• 2024: 86.3%
Hazardous waste
Belden Corporate EHS standards mandate proper handling and storage of hazardous waste prior to recycling, reuse or disposal. Hazardous waste management is audited on a regular basis at Belden manufacturing and distribution locations.
Water use
Belden manages water use at its facilities to reduce environmental impacts and cost, including reusing process water when possible. Our corporate standards encourage water conservation practices, which we review as part of our corporate audit program. Water use is an enterprise-wide metric we track to measure our progress.
EHS management systems
Our global Corporate Environmental Health and Safety Management System (EHSMS) is based on the ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 international standards. The Belden EHSMS provides a structure for implementing proactive and sustainable business practices to drive continuous improvement while meeting our environmental, health and safety management objectives. Multiple global locations are third-party certified to the ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001 standards.
Environmentally preferable material standards
Belden is committed to sourcing raw materials sustainably and ethically across our global supply chain. View Belden Environmentally Preferable Material StandardsWe have established a singular worldwide standard for environmentally preferable materials used in the production and packaging of our products. These guidelines promote the use of materials that offer a lower environmental impact and are procured through ethical business practices.
Our procurement and supply chain teams share Belden’s sustainability goals with our global suppliers and encourage them to support Belden’s environmental management program.
Belden is committed to designing products that have minimal contaminants and that comply with all environmental laws in the markets where we sell our products, including all applicable international product environmental regulations. We work with customers and suppliers to ensure compliance with these requirements including LEED, RoHS, China RoHS and REACH.
Social
At Belden, we strive to do right by our employees, their families and our communities. We do this by building an inclusive culture, promoting employees’ growth and wellness and upholding high standards for labor in our supply chain.
Inclusive culture
We believe in fostering a company culture that seeks diversity, embodies inclusion and promotes belonging. With this foundation, opportunities to grow, utilize talents and actively participate in the business will create equity across our global organization.We strive for a more inclusive workplace culture through many key initiatives. These include conducting a full workplace assessment and comprehensively reviewing workplace policies. We have also facilitated multiple training sessions, from management training for leadership to unconscious bias training for all employees. In the past two years, we have also introduced four employee resource groups to increase the support and inclusion of different employee groups.
Goal:
By 2025, as a first step toward our vision of a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, we will deliver unconscious bias training to 100% of the Belden team worldwide. - ✓
Employee growth & development
We offer training, development and career growth opportunities to attract, support and retain skilled talent from around the world. We inspire each other to continuously learn and grow to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, while developing careers that help achieve our personal aspirations.Our talent system
We believe that highly engaged team members provided with the right tools, working environment and supportive leadership can deliver fantastic results. Our Talent System helps ensure we provide ample opportunity for developmental work, formal and informal skills development and recognition for achievements. It also ensures that our teams stay focused on the things that will progress our strategy and deliver results for our customers and other stakeholders well into the future.
Key components of our Talent System include:
- • Annual performance reviews with individual goals for each employee, based on their role, expertise and desired growth areas.
- • Hiring, development and succession plans are built around the company's strategic plan and reviewed annually. We utilize global functional teams from across our business units to agree on specific actions that build the capabilities we need now and into the future.
- • We complete the Great Place to Work® survey across the globe annually, allowing us to learn more about what we are doing well as an employer and where we can improve. In 2024, we were recognized as a Great Place to Work in 18 countries.
Goal 1:
By 2025, 75% of Belden's top 150 positions will have been filled with talent that has been developed within our company.
Goal 2:
By 2025, over 85% of team members will agree that they have the opportunity for development and growth at Belden.
Early Career Leadership Program
Belden’s Early Career Leadership Program allows recent college graduates to participate in three twelve-month job rotations to develop business acumen and participate in an action-based learning curriculum. Our 12-week internship program gives college students the opportunity to develop their business acumen and learn about Belden’s business through hands-on business projects. Both programs support students from a variety of fields of interest, including marketing, IT, R&D and finance.
ECLP goal:
By 2025, over 200 professionals will have graduated from our Early Career Leadership Program and our intern program. - ✓
Employee well-being & engagement
We want our employees to lead fulfilling lives both in and outside of the office. We have built a workplace culture that fosters this, supporting our employees, their families and their communities.Be Well Program
Belden’s employee wellness program, Be Well, supports employees’ physical, social, financial and emotional wellness. As part of this program, we hold events at least quarterly at our facilities across the globe.
Goal 1:
By 2025, 60% of global team members will participate in company wellness programs.
Goal 2:
By 2025, global team members will be encouraged to participate in 16 hours per year of community-related activities.
Connect with Community
In 2020, we launched the Connect with Community program to support local organizations and communities. We are inspired by our employees’ desires to help their local communities, and this program helps us support them in these efforts. Program highlights include: • Up to 5 days paid leave for employee volunteerism. • Increased company gift-matching program amounting to 2x the employee contribution—with no contribution ceiling. • Expanded corporate donations to organizations offering STEM programs for youth in diverse groups.
A people-centered safety culture
Environment, health and safety (EHS) is fundamental to our culture and are at the forefront of everything we do. Our corporate EHS Policy sets the highest standards in an effort to safeguard human health in all of our operations. Through our EHS Management System, we continuously track health and safety KPIs, including incident rates, which are well below the industry average. In the spirit of continuous improvement, we strive toward a zero-incident rate workplace for our employees.
| Fiber Year | Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) | Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.7 | 0.54 |
| 2020 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
| 2021 | 0.69 | 0.56 |
| 2022 | 0.55 | 0.41 |
| 2023 | 0.53 | 0.43 |
| 2024 | 0.45 | 0.21 |
Supply chain labor standards
We are dedicated to sourcing responsibly. We ensure our suppliers uphold ethical and fundamental labor standards and that workers’ rights are protected. We expect our direct and indirect suppliers and business partners to uphold our values and our commitment to ethics, health and safety and human rights.Belden is a proud member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), which is the world’s largest coalition of businesses dedicated to creating ethical global supply chains.
Supplier Code of Conduct
We expect our business partners to follow all applicable laws and regulations and to share our commitment to environmental stewardship, ethics, health and safety, human rights and labor issues. To ensure suppliers meet these expectations, we've established the Belden Supplier Code of Conduct.
Conflict minerals policy
We understand that upholding the highest ethical standards is especially important when it comes to conflict minerals, particularly 3TG (tin, titanium, tungsten and gold). Belden has performed an analysis of our product components and the role our suppliers play throughout our manufacturing and product delivery chain. We've adopted the standard Conflict Minerals Report established by the Responsible Materials Initiative (RMI) and launched our initial conflict minerals due diligence communication survey to our suppliers in 2013. We continue to perform annual due diligence analyses with our 3TG suppliers to ensure the continued integrity of our 3TG supply chain. For more information on our conflict minerals policy, please see the documents below.
• Belden 2024 Conflict Minerals Report
• Belden 2024 Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT 6.4)
Goal:
By 2025, we will assess the responsible sourcing risks in Belden's supply chain, conduct audits of most at-risk tier 1 direct suppliers and engage 100% of conflict minerals suppliers.
Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Policy
Belden is committed to ethical, legal and socially responsible business practices in its operations across the globe. This includes but is not limited to a commitment to ensure that our supply chain is free from slave labor and human trafficking. This statement, made pursuant to the 2010 California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the 2015 United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act, highlight Belden’s efforts to ensure our supply chain is free from human trafficking and slave labor.
Social
At Belden, we strive to do right by our employees, their families and our communities. We do this by building an inclusive culture, promoting employees’ growth and wellness and upholding high standards for labor in our supply chain.
Inclusive culture
We believe in fostering a company culture that seeks diversity, embodies inclusion and promotes belonging. With this foundation, opportunities to grow, utilize talents and actively participate in the business will create equity across our global organization.We strive for a more inclusive workplace culture through many key initiatives. These include conducting a full workplace assessment and comprehensively reviewing workplace policies. We have also facilitated multiple training sessions, from management training for leadership to unconscious bias training for all employees. In the past two years, we have also introduced four employee resource groups to increase the support and inclusion of different employee groups.
Goal:
By 2025, as a first step toward our vision of a diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace, we will deliver unconscious bias training to 100% of the Belden team worldwide. - ✓
Employee growth & development
We offer training, development and career growth opportunities to attract, support and retain skilled talent from around the world. We inspire each other to continuously learn and grow to meet the challenges of today and tomorrow, while developing careers that help achieve our personal aspirations.Our talent system
We believe that highly engaged team members provided with the right tools, working environment and supportive leadership can deliver fantastic results. Our Talent System helps ensure we provide ample opportunity for developmental work, formal and informal skills development and recognition for achievements. It also ensures that our teams stay focused on the things that will progress our strategy and deliver results for our customers and other stakeholders well into the future.
Key components of our Talent System include:
- • Annual performance reviews with individual goals for each employee, based on their role, expertise and desired growth areas.
- • Hiring, development and succession plans are built around the company's strategic plan and reviewed annually. We utilize global functional teams from across our business units to agree on specific actions that build the capabilities we need now and into the future.
- • We complete the Great Place to Work® survey across the globe annually, allowing us to learn more about what we are doing well as an employer and where we can improve. In 2024, we were recognized as a Great Place to Work in 18 countries.
Goal 1:
By 2025, 75% of Belden's top 150 positions will have been filled with talent that has been developed within our company.
Goal 2:
By 2025, over 85% of team members will agree that they have the opportunity for development and growth at Belden.
Early Career Leadership Program
Belden’s Early Career Leadership Program allows recent college graduates to participate in three twelve-month job rotations to develop business acumen and participate in an action-based learning curriculum. Our 12-week internship program gives college students the opportunity to develop their business acumen and learn about Belden’s business through hands-on business projects. Both programs support students from a variety of fields of interest, including marketing, IT, R&D and finance.
ECLP goal:
By 2025, over 200 professionals will have graduated from our Early Career Leadership Program and our intern program. - ✓
Employee well-being & engagement
We want our employees to lead fulfilling lives both in and outside of the office. We have built a workplace culture that fosters this, supporting our employees, their families and their communities.Be Well Program
Belden’s employee wellness program, Be Well, supports employees’ physical, social, financial and emotional wellness. As part of this program, we hold events at least quarterly at our facilities across the globe.
Goal 1:
By 2025, 60% of global team members will participate in company wellness programs.
Goal 2:
By 2025, global team members will be encouraged to participate in 16 hours per year of community-related activities.
Connect with Community
In 2020, we launched the Connect with Community program to support local organizations and communities. We are inspired by our employees’ desires to help their local communities, and this program helps us support them in these efforts. Program highlights include: • Up to 5 days paid leave for employee volunteerism. • Increased company gift-matching program amounting to 2x the employee contribution—with no contribution ceiling. • Expanded corporate donations to organizations offering STEM programs for youth in diverse groups.
A people-centered safety culture
Environment, health and safety (EHS) is fundamental to our culture and are at the forefront of everything we do. Our corporate EHS Policy sets the highest standards in an effort to safeguard human health in all of our operations. Through our EHS Management System, we continuously track health and safety KPIs, including incident rates, which are well below the industry average. In the spirit of continuous improvement, we strive toward a zero-incident rate workplace for our employees.
| Fiber Year | Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) | Lost Time Incident Rate (LTIR) |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.7 | 0.54 |
| 2020 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
| 2021 | 0.69 | 0.56 |
| 2022 | 0.55 | 0.41 |
| 2023 | 0.53 | 0.43 |
| 2024 | 0.45 | 0.21 |
Supply chain labor standards
We are dedicated to sourcing responsibly. We ensure our suppliers uphold ethical and fundamental labor standards and that workers’ rights are protected. We expect our direct and indirect suppliers and business partners to uphold our values and our commitment to ethics, health and safety and human rights.Belden is a proud member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), which is the world’s largest coalition of businesses dedicated to creating ethical global supply chains.
Supplier Code of Conduct
We expect our business partners to follow all applicable laws and regulations and to share our commitment to environmental stewardship, ethics, health and safety, human rights and labor issues. To ensure suppliers meet these expectations, we've established the Belden Supplier Code of Conduct.
Conflict minerals policy
We understand that upholding the highest ethical standards is especially important when it comes to conflict minerals, particularly 3TG (tin, titanium, tungsten and gold). Belden has performed an analysis of our product components and the role our suppliers play throughout our manufacturing and product delivery chain. We've adopted the standard Conflict Minerals Report established by the Responsible Materials Initiative (RMI) and launched our initial conflict minerals due diligence communication survey to our suppliers in 2013. We continue to perform annual due diligence analyses with our 3TG suppliers to ensure the continued integrity of our 3TG supply chain. For more information on our conflict minerals policy, please see the documents below.
• Belden 2024 Conflict Minerals Report
• Belden 2024 Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT 6.4)
Goal:
By 2025, we will assess the responsible sourcing risks in Belden's supply chain, conduct audits of most at-risk tier 1 direct suppliers and engage 100% of conflict minerals suppliers.
Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Policy
Belden is committed to ethical, legal and socially responsible business practices in its operations across the globe. This includes but is not limited to a commitment to ensure that our supply chain is free from slave labor and human trafficking. This statement, made pursuant to the 2010 California Transparency in Supply Chains Act and the 2015 United Kingdom Modern Slavery Act, highlight Belden’s efforts to ensure our supply chain is free from human trafficking and slave labor.
Governance
Commitment to ethics & integrity
Corporate governance
In 2020, we formalized oversight of Sustainability through our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Belden’s Board of Directors. Our Sustainability Steering Committee, chaired by our Senior Vice President of Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, manages and oversees Belden’s global sustainability strategy and measures progress on our goals and initiatives. The Committee is formally responsible for Sustainability practices and procedures, and related risks and opportunities.Belden is proud of the diversity of its Board of Directors. Four out of nine members are female, three out of nine identify as a person of color and one out of nine is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Ethical business practices
We conduct Belden's business in an ethical and transparent way that allows us to keep our promises to all current and future stakeholders. We operate our business with integrity to promote the highest ethical standards across the industry. We foster accountability at all levels of the company and ensure our stakeholders are proud to partner with Belden.Good corporate governance is the basis for our decision-making and control processes. As part of ensuring we conduct business with the highest standards and integrity, we maintain a structured approach to corporate governance system, including clear guidance outlined in the Belden Code of Conduct.
Belden Code of Conduct
Goal:
By 2025, achieve understanding of the Code of Conduct from 100% of global non-production team members.
Data privacy & security
We protect information managed by Belden from unwarranted parties and unauthorized access, including security threats and cyberattacks. We also ensure that customer, employee and corporate data are collected, analyzed, stored, shared and transferred in a secure manner that upholds privacy and protects personal data. We process, use and protect Belden’s data and the data of our employees, customers and business partners, in compliance with all applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations.Belden has adopted industry-leading practices to protect both Belden assets and customer information. At the direction of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee (part of Belden’s Board of Directors) and internally led by the Chief Information Officer and Cybersecurity Director, Belden has implemented a focused cybersecurity program that includes defined practices and specialized personnel responsible for data and cybersecurity. This program continuously assesses and controls cybersecurity risks to acceptable levels.
Governance
Commitment to ethics & integrity
Corporate governance
In 2020, we formalized oversight of Sustainability through our Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee of Belden’s Board of Directors. Our Sustainability Steering Committee, chaired by our Senior Vice President of Legal, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, manages and oversees Belden’s global sustainability strategy and measures progress on our goals and initiatives. The Committee is formally responsible for Sustainability practices and procedures, and related risks and opportunities.Belden is proud of the diversity of its Board of Directors. Four out of nine members are female, three out of nine identify as a person of color and one out of nine is a member of the LGBTQ+ community.
Ethical business practices
We conduct Belden's business in an ethical and transparent way that allows us to keep our promises to all current and future stakeholders. We operate our business with integrity to promote the highest ethical standards across the industry. We foster accountability at all levels of the company and ensure our stakeholders are proud to partner with Belden.Good corporate governance is the basis for our decision-making and control processes. As part of ensuring we conduct business with the highest standards and integrity, we maintain a structured approach to corporate governance system, including clear guidance outlined in the Belden Code of Conduct.
Belden Code of Conduct
Goal:
By 2025, achieve understanding of the Code of Conduct from 100% of global non-production team members.
Data privacy & security
We protect information managed by Belden from unwarranted parties and unauthorized access, including security threats and cyberattacks. We also ensure that customer, employee and corporate data are collected, analyzed, stored, shared and transferred in a secure manner that upholds privacy and protects personal data. We process, use and protect Belden’s data and the data of our employees, customers and business partners, in compliance with all applicable privacy and data protection laws and regulations.Belden has adopted industry-leading practices to protect both Belden assets and customer information. At the direction of the Cybersecurity Subcommittee (part of Belden’s Board of Directors) and internally led by the Chief Information Officer and Cybersecurity Director, Belden has implemented a focused cybersecurity program that includes defined practices and specialized personnel responsible for data and cybersecurity. This program continuously assesses and controls cybersecurity risks to acceptable levels.
Sustainability reports, regulatory information & key documentation
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