ABOUT
At Xperi, our team is dedicated to inventing, developing, and delivering technologies that create extraordinary experiences at home, on the go, and in the connected car for people around the world. We regularly evaluate content and how audiences connect with it so the consumer experience is more intelligent, immersive, and personal.
We brought this same ethos to creating our corporate responsibility program. We know that the world is changing, and that our success depends on our ability to adapt to these changes effectively. That’s why we work to understand and address our risks related to corporate responsibility with flexibility, transparency, and accountability.
Xperi’s Board of Directors oversees our corporate responsibility efforts. This Corporate Responsibility Statement has been approved by Xperi’s Corporate Responsibility Steering Committee, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and the Board of Directors.
Our Corporate Responsibility Report is available to all Xperi stakeholders and is publicly available on our website.
ENVIRONMENT
Our Commitments
- We intend to operate our business in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and other obligations. We strive to limit pollution in our operations, promote sustainability in our office spaces, and reduce our resource consumption wherever possible. We expect our suppliers to adhere to the same standards.
- We intend to communicate our environmental impact, achievements, and progress to our employees and other stakeholders while encouraging them to take responsibility for protecting the environment through awareness building and other activities.
- We welcome feedback from our stakeholders to ensure we are addressing the environmental topics that are most pressing to our organization.
Our Commitments in Action
- We plan to measure and report on our Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions to the extent required under applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
- We practice pollution prevention and resource reduction by purchasing recycled and compostable resources and supplies.
- We encourage recycling efforts for solid waste and have a systematic approach to its reduction and disposal.
- Where relevant, we have policies and procedures in place to ensure safe handling, movement, storage, use, recycling, or reuse and disposal of hazardous substances.
- Our employees are encouraged to use pollution-minimizing transportation alternatives when possible, including carpooling and telecommuting.
- We offer car charging stations for employee use at certain of our facilities without easy access to public transportation.
- Volatile air emissions generated by operations are routinely monitored and controlled in accordance with applicable South Coast Air Quality Management requirements.
- Water usage is monitored and managed at many of our offices with a focus on water conservation efforts.
- We have made minimizing energy consumption a priority, , optimizing lighting and HVAC schedules, and leveraging lighting with LED alternatives.
- We seek to lease buildings with sustainability certifications wherever possible, and we currently occupy several buildings with LEED Certification.
SOCIAL
Inclusion and Belonging
- Fostering an environment where many different voices are shared and heard is important to Xperi. We are dedicated to creating a workplace where all employees have a voice and sense of belonging, feel safe and valued, and are acknowledged for how their unique differences contribute to organizational culture and business outcomes. Xperi considers the impact it has on its employees, local communities, and society.
- Xperi’s program is inspired by the principles set forth in the Code of Conduct published by the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), formerly the Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition. This means that we are focused on ensuring that working conditions in our supply chain are safe, that our workers are treated fairly, and that our business operations are environmentally responsible and conducted ethically.
Health and Safety
- We provide our employees with appropriate safety training and monitor and manage safety hazards, and maintain and update appropriate policies and procedures
- Each of our offices has emergency preparedness procedures tailored to its environment. Emergency training and drills are provided regularly.
- We work so that our facilities are clean, safe, and comfortable for our employees.
GOVERNANCE
Corporate Policies
Xperi’s Board of Directors approved our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and other policies that set forth the core values and beliefs of Xperi and provide the basis for the company’s business conduct. Our guidelines for conducting Xperi’s business are consistent with the highest standards of business ethics, and we strive to make open and honest communications the expectation, not the exception.
The policies approved by the Board of Directors can be found at: https://investor.xperi.com/governance/governance-documents/default.aspx, and include: