Smartoptics Group AS

Environmental & Social Information • Jun 30, 2023

Press Release

Smartoptics Group AS (SMOP) – Smartoptics publishes its first Sustainability report

Oslo, 30 June 2023 – Smartoptics Group AS today published its first Sustainability report outlining the group's approach to sustainability issues and goals.

"As a rapidly growing provider of innovative optical networking solutions on the global market, we are fully committed to operating in an environmentally and socially responsible manner. We are happy to publish our first Sustainability report, being an important step forward with regards to presenting our status and ambitions with regards to sustainability in Smartoptics," said CEO of Smartoptics, Magnus Grenfeldt.

Through a materiality assessment Smartoptics has identified the most important issues within environmental, social and governance related topics. Waste management and reduced carbon footprint, health and safety, equal opportunities/discrimination, human rights/working conditions as well as sound and fair trade business relations are Smartoptics' key focus areas.

"During 2022 we reviewed our sustainability strategy and defined 5-years goals within these categories, and we are looking forward to sharing our progress with the market," said Magnus Grenfeldt.

The report follows enclosed and can be downloaded from Smartoptics' web site www.smartoptics.com.

For further information, please contact:

Magnus Grenfeldt CEO Smartoptics +46 73-366 88 77 E-mail: magnus.grenfeldt@smartoptics.com

About Smartoptics:

Smartoptics provides innovative optical networking solutions and devices for the new era of open networking. Our customer base includes thousands of enterprises, governments, cloud providers, Internet exchanges as well as cable and telecom operators. We have an open networking approach in everything we do which allows our customers to break unwanted vendor lock-in, remain flexible and minimize costs. Our solutions are used in metro and regional network applications that increasingly rely on data center services and specifications. Smartoptics is a Scandinavian company founded in 2006. We partner with leading technology and network solution providers such as Brocade, Cisco and Dell and have a global reach through more than 100 business partners.

For additional information about Smartoptics, please visithttps://www.smartoptics.com/