AMD 2023-24 Corporate Responsibility Report: Advancing Sustainability, Collaboration and Inclusion
AMD has released its 2023-24 Corporate Responsibility Report, highlighting progress in environmental sustainability, digital impact, diversity and inclusion, and supply chain responsibility. Key achievements include:
1. Environmental Impact: AMD reduced carbon emissions by 24.5% since 2020 and sourced 40% of energy from renewable sources. The company's chiplet architecture saved ~132,000 metric tons of CO2e in 2023.
2. Scientific Research and STEM Education: Over 150 institutions received AMD technology donations, benefiting approximately 61 million people.
3. Employee Empowerment: 92% of employees reported that AMD creates an inclusive environment. The company launched programs like Advancing Women in Tech and Hiring our Heroes.
4. Supply Chain Collaboration: 84% of AMD Manufacturing Suppliers had Responsible Business Alliance audits between 2020-2023, and 95% of suppliers attended forced labor prevention workshops.
AMD ha pubblicato il suo Rapporto sulla Responsabilità Aziendale per il 2023-24, mettendo in evidenza i progressi in sostenibilità ambientale, impatto digitale, diversità e inclusione, e responsabilità della catena di fornitura. I principali risultati includono:
1. Impatto Ambientale: AMD ha ridotto le emissioni di carbonio del 24,5% dal 2020 e ha ottenuto il 40% dell'energia da fonti rinnovabili. L'architettura chiplet dell'azienda ha salvato circa 132.000 tonnellate metriche di CO2e nel 2023.
2. Ricerca Scientifica e Educazione STEM: Oltre 150 istituzioni hanno ricevuto donazioni tecnologiche da AMD, beneficiando circa 61 milioni di persone.
3. Empowerment dei Dipendenti: Il 92% dei dipendenti ha dichiarato che AMD crea un ambiente inclusivo. L'azienda ha lanciato programmi come Advancing Women in Tech e Hiring our Heroes.
4. Collaborazione nella Catena di Fornitura: L'84% dei fornitori di produzione AMD ha avuto audit della Responsible Business Alliance tra il 2020 e il 2023, e il 95% dei fornitori ha partecipato a workshop sulla prevenzione del lavoro forzato.
AMD ha publicado su Informe de Responsabilidad Corporativa 2023-24, destacando progresos en sostenibilidad medioambiental, impacto digital, diversidad e inclusión, y responsabilidad en la cadena de suministro. Los logros clave incluyen:
1. Impacto Ambiental: AMD ha reducido las emisiones de carbono en un 24,5% desde 2020 y ha obtenido el 40% de su energía de fuentes renovables. La arquitectura chiplet de la empresa ahorró alrededor de 132,000 toneladas métricas de CO2e en 2023.
2. Investigación Científica y Educación STEM: Más de 150 instituciones recibieron donaciones tecnológicas de AMD, beneficiando a aproximadamente 61 millones de personas.
3. Empoderamiento de Empleados: El 92% de los empleados informó que AMD crea un ambiente inclusivo. La empresa lanzó programas como Advancing Women in Tech y Hiring our Heroes.
4. Colaboración en la Cadena de Suministro: El 84% de los proveedores de fabricación de AMD tuvo auditorías de la Responsible Business Alliance entre 2020 y 2023, y el 95% de los proveedores asistió a talleres de prevención del trabajo forzado.
AMD는 2023-24 기업 책임 보고서를 발표하여 환경 지속 가능성, 디지털 영향, 다양성 및 포용성, 공급망 책임에서의 발전을 강조했습니다. 주요 성과는 다음과 같습니다:
1. 환경 영향: AMD는 2020년 이후 탄소 배출량을 24.5% 감소시켰고, 에너지의 40%를 재생 가능 에너지원으로 조달했습니다. 회사의 칩렛 아키텍처는 2023년에 약 132,000톤의 CO2e를 절감했습니다.
2. 과학 연구 및 STEM 교육: 150개 이상의 기관이 AMD 기술 기부를 받았고, 약 6,100만 명에게 혜택을 주었습니다.
3. 직원 역량 강화: 92%의 직원이 AMD가 포용적인 환경을 조성한다고 보고했습니다. 회사는 Advancing Women in Tech 및 Hiring our Heroes와 같은 프로그램을 시작했습니다.
4. 공급망 협력: AMD 제조 공급업체 중 84%가 2020-2023년 사이에 Responsible Business Alliance 감사에 참여했으며, 95%의 공급업체가 강제 노동 예방 워크숍에 참석했습니다.
AMD a publié son Rapport sur la Responsabilité Sociétale des Entreprises 2023-24, mettant en évidence ses progrès dans le domaine de la durabilité environnementale, de l'impact numérique, de la diversité et de l'inclusion, et de la responsabilité dans la chaîne d'approvisionnement. Les principales réalisations comprennent :
1. Impact Environnemental : AMD a réduit ses émissions de carbone de 24,5 % depuis 2020 et a obtenu 40 % de son énergie à partir de sources renouvelables. L'architecture de chiplet de l'entreprise a permis d'économiser environ 132 000 tonnes métriques de CO2e en 2023.
2. Recherche Scientifique et Éducation STEM : Plus de 150 institutions ont reçu des dons technologiques d'AMD, bénéficiant à environ 61 millions de personnes.
3. Autonomisation des Employés : 92 % des employés ont déclaré qu'AMD crée un environnement inclusif. L'entreprise a lancé des programmes tels qu'Advancing Women in Tech et Hiring our Heroes.
4. Collaboration dans la Chaîne d'Approvisionnement : 84 % des fournisseurs en fabrication d'AMD ont subi des audits de la Responsible Business Alliance entre 2020 et 2023, et 95 % des fournisseurs ont participé à des ateliers de prévention du travail forcé.
AMD hat seinen Unternehmensverantwortungsbericht für 2023-24 veröffentlicht, der Fortschritte in den Bereichen Umweltnachhaltigkeit, digitale Auswirkungen, Vielfalt und Inklusion und Verantwortung in der Lieferkette hervorhebt. Zu den wichtigsten Erfolgen gehören:
1. Umweltauswirkungen: AMD hat die Kohlenstoffemissionen seit 2020 um 24,5% gesenkt und 40% der Energie aus erneuerbaren Quellen bezogen. Die Chiplet-Architektur des Unternehmens konnte 2023 etwa 132.000 metrische Tonnen CO2e einsparen.
2. Wissenschaftliche Forschung und STEM-Bildung: Über 150 Institutionen erhielten technische Spenden von AMD, die etwa 61 Millionen Menschen zugutekamen.
3. Mitarbeiterförderung: 92% der Arbeitnehmer berichteten, dass AMD eine integrative Umgebung schafft. Das Unternehmen hat Programme wie Advancing Women in Tech und Hiring our Heroes gestartet.
4. Zusammenarbeit in der Lieferkette: 84% der Fertigungszulieferer von AMD wurden zwischen 2020 und 2023 von der Responsible Business Alliance auditiert, und 95% der Zulieferer nahmen an Workshops zur Prävention von Zwangsarbeit teil.
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AMD reduces carbon emissions, deepens industry collaboration and strengthens employee development programs to achieve strategic corporate responsibility goals
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) published its annual Corporate Responsibility (CR) Report, detailing progress toward its strategic Corporate Responsibility goals in 2023. AMD focuses its efforts on key issues that have the greatest impact on its business and society, determined through an ESG materiality assessment1, including environmental sustainability; digital impact; diversity, belonging and inclusion; and supply chain responsibility.
“We are in the midst of a major inflection point in the computing industry, and it is more important than ever to put our values into action and align our efforts with some of the biggest challenges facing our world, including addressing climate change and energy demand, enabling advancements in science and medicine, and respecting human rights,” said Justin Murrill, director of Corporate Responsibility at AMD. “At AMD, we continue to deepen collaboration with partners and peers to address these important issues and responsibly drive our industry forward.”
Key highlights from 2023 include:
Advancing Environmental Sustainability
- Through a holistic approach to chip design centered on performance and energy efficiency, AMD delivers a broad range of compute engines for end-to-end AI infrastructure. Innovations like the chiplet architecture AMD pioneered can address sustainability challenges during product use as well as in the manufacturing process. For instance, producing 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ CPUs with up to 12 separate compute chiplets instead of one monolithic die saved ~132,000 metric tons of CO2e in 2023 through avoidance of wafers manufactured, 2.8x the annual operational CO2e footprint of AMD in 2023, and 4.9x the water use of AMD operations in 20232. AMD also continues to make progress on its goal to deliver 30x energy efficiency improvement for processors and accelerators powering servers for HPC and AI training from 2020 to 2025, and AMD solutions power more than half of the top 50 most energy efficient supercomputers on the latest Green500 list.
- AMD designs AI and high-performance computing to help customers and partners tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges while achieving their sustainability goals. As AI becomes the dominant workload, AMD solutions are helping data center operators modernize their infrastructure to address space and power challenges. For example, a single 4th Gen AMD EPYC™ server can replace five legacy servers, reducing rack space by
70% while consuming65% less energy3. - Across its operations, AMD has reduced carbon emissions
24.5% since 2020. In 2023, AMD sourced40% of its energy used from renewable sources, up from18% in 2020. In the supply chain, AMD foundry partners reduced total water withdrawals from wafer manufacturing by increasing recycled water use by34% (2022-2023).
Accelerating Scientific Research and STEM Education
- Since 2020, more than 150 universities, research institutions and non-profit organizations have received donated AMD technology through the AMD AI and HPC Fund and STEM initiatives, benefiting approximately 61 million people through scientific research and education.4 As part of these efforts, in 2023, AMD made donations to institutions working in areas such as AI and Machine Learning systems and applications research, incorporating AI in scientific applications and various HPC and AI teaching and training initiatives.
- The company also continues to expand STEM education with the AMD Learning Labs program and established a new lab at Maynooth University in Dublin, Ireland. In addition to technology and funding, AMD employees around the world provide mentoring and hands-on learning with students through a variety of programs and events.
Empowering People and Communities
- AMD empowers employees to do their most impactful work, supported by opportunities for development, engagement and belonging. Driven by these efforts, in the 2023 AMDer Survey,
92% of employees said AMD creates an environment where people of diverse backgrounds can succeed. - In 2023, AMD launched Advancing Women in Tech, a comprehensive learning experience designed to empower, retain and support AMD women in technical careers. The program was completed by over 230 women in its inaugural year and is expanding with additional cohorts in 2024. AMD also welcomed its first cohort of veterans through the Hiring our Heroes program in 2023.
- AMDers around the world logged over 25,000 hours of volunteer time through individual and team-based activities throughout 2023.
Collaborating Across the Value Chain
- AMD cultivates strong partnerships across its value chain and carefully selected manufacturing partners to advance human rights, environmental sustainability and supply chain resilience. In 2023, AMD expanded due diligence efforts to mitigate adverse impacts to human rights where possible, including additional responsible minerals due diligence. Aligned to the company’s goals,
84% of AMD Manufacturing Suppliers had Responsible Business Alliance audits between 2020-2023.5 - AMD continues to work closely with suppliers to expand education and resources on environmental and human rights issues. Over the last three years,
95% of AMD Manufacturing Suppliers across Malaysia, Taiwan and Japan that work with labor agents to recruit migrant workers have attended the RBA Forced Labor Prevention workshop.
To learn more about these and other Corporate Responsibility updates, explore the full 2023-24 CR Report here.
AMD prepared this year’s report in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards. In addition, the report includes climate-related disclosures included in the recommendations of the Taskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) as well as relevant disclosures in applicable Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) Standards. AMD also annually reports to CDP on climate change and water, as well as reporting on how AMD is making progress in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Supporting Resources
- Learn how AMD chiplet architecture innovations are advancing sustainability
- Explore research enabled by the AMD AI and HPC Fund
- Read more about data center modernization with AMD EPYC
About AMD
For more than 50 years AMD has driven innovation in high-performance computing, graphics and visualization technologies. Billions of people, leading Fortune 500 businesses and cutting-edge scientific research institutions around the world rely on AMD technology daily to improve how they live, work and play. AMD employees are focused on building leadership high-performance and adaptive products that push the boundaries of what is possible. For more information about how AMD is enabling today and inspiring tomorrow, visit the AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) website, blog, LinkedIn and X pages.
1 We include certain disclosures, reports, and information on various environmental, social, and corporate responsibility-related matters on our website (collectively, our “ESG Materials”). Our ESG Materials may contain information that is significant; however, any significance should not be read as necessarily rising to the level of the definition of materiality used for the purposes of our compliance with reporting requirements, including the U.S. federal securities laws, even where we use the word “material” or “materiality” in our ESG Materials (including where we use it in connection with our materiality assessment) or in other materials issued in connection with the matters discussed in our ESG Materials. We have used definitions of materiality in the course of creating our ESG Materials and the goals and metrics discussed therein that do not coincide with or rise to the level of the definition of materiality used for the purposes of our compliance with the U.S. federal securities laws. Moreover, given the uncertainties, estimates, and assumptions inherent in the matters discussed in our ESG Materials, and the timelines involved, materiality is inherently difficult to assess far in advance. In addition, given the inherent uncertainty of the estimates, assumptions and timelines associated with the matters discussed in our ESG Materials, we may not be able to anticipate in advance whether or the degree to which we will or will not be able to meet our plans, targets or goals.
2 AMD estimation based on defect density (defects per unit area on the wafer), chip area and n-factor (manufacturing complexity factor) to estimate the number of wafers avoided in one year. Yield = (1 + A*D0)^(-n) where A is the chip area, D0 is the defect density and n is the complexity factor. The area is known from our design, D0 is known based our manufacturing yield data, and n is a number provided by a foundry partner for a given technology. The calculations are not meant to be precise, since chip design can have a large influence on yield, but it estimates the area impact on yield. The carbon emission estimates of 132,064 mtCO2e were calculated using the estimated number of 5 nm wafers saved in one year, based on the TechInsights’ Semiconductor Manufacturing Carbon Model. Comparison to AMD corporate footprint is based on AMD reported scope 1 and 2 market-based GHG emissions in 2023: 46,606 mtCO2e. Water savings estimates of 1,110 million liters were calculated using the estimated number of 5 nm wafers saved in one year times the amount of water use per 300mm wafer mask layer times the average number of mask layers. Comparison to AMD corporate water use is based on AMD 2023 reported value of 225 million liters.
3 SP5TCO-022B: As of 02/28/2023 based on AMD Internal analysis using the AMD EPYC™ Bare Metal Server & Greenhouse Gas Emission TCO Estimation Tool - version 8.22, estimating the cost and quantity of 2P AMD EPYC™ 9654 (96 core/CPU) powered server versus 2P Intel® Xeon® Platinum 8130 (28 core/CPU) based server solutions required to deliver 380 total virtual machines (VM), requiring 1 core and 8GB of memory per VM.
Environmental impact estimates made leveraging this data, using the Country / Region specific electricity factors from the '2020 Grid Electricity Emissions Factors v1.4 – September 2020', and the United States Environmental Protection Agency 'Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator'.
This scenario contains many assumptions and estimates and, while based on AMD internal research and best approximations, should be considered an example for information purposes only, and not used as a basis for decision making over actual testing.
For additional details, see https://www.amd.com/en/claims/epyc4#SP5TCO-022B.
4 The time period for the Digital Impact goal includes donations made after January 1, 2020 and initiated by December 31, 2025. “Initiated” is defined as AMD and the recipient organization reaching an agreement on an AMD donation, which must be delivered by July 30, 2026. Reported data includes: direct beneficiaries defined as students, faculty, or researchers with direct access to AMD-donated technology, funding, or volunteers; and indirect beneficiaries defined as individuals with a reasonable likelihood of receiving research data formulated through AMD-donated technology and potentially gaining useful insights or knowledge. AMD conducts annual surveys with recipient organizations to estimate direct beneficiaries, and in the case of the AI & HPC Fund, indirect beneficiaries as well. To address gaps and/or inconsistencies in survey responses, AMD uses an economic-based impact assumption to estimate the total number of indirect beneficiaries (not applied to direct beneficiaries) by dividing the total market-value of donations in a given years by the total reported indirect beneficiary values from recipients’ surveys for the same year. The data shows the ratio is 1.08 on average for the 3 years of data available (2021, 2022, 2023). Therefore, AMD assumes for every
5 AMD calculations are third-party verified (limited level assurance) based on data supplied by our Manufacturing Suppliers, which is not independently verified by AMD.
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AMD Investor Relations
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