Environment 

For over a decade AMD has established a record of environmental responsibility and transparency. We set ambitious environmental goals and publicly report our progress through key performance indicators. We have often exceeded these goals ahead of schedule and have been candid when we did not. A robust management system is in place to manage risks to the environment from our operations, and we engage employees worldwide to take an active role in conservation efforts. To read more about our environmental performance, download the 2010 Annual CR Report.

Operations and Metrics

AMD operates over 40 sites worldwide and monitors their environmental performance. For tracking purposes, sites are categorized into two groups-"non-manufacturing" and "manufacturing," which consists of our three "Assembly, Test, Mark and Pack" (ATMP) facilities in Asia.

Non-Manufacturing Sites

AMD designs and promotes microprocessor and graphics products at numerous design, engineering, sales, and administrative offices worldwide. The primary environmental performance indicators collected for non-manufacturing sites are electricity and energy use. We also collect water and waste data for our three largest design facilities - Austin, Texas; Markham, Ontario; and Sunnyvale, California - as well as other selected larger non-manufacturing sites in Shanghai, China and Cyberjaya, Malaysia.

ATMP

ATMP facilities perform assembly, test, mark and pack services for AMD products. AMD owns and operates facilities performing various combinations of those functions at three locations in the Asia-Pacific region-Penang, Malaysia; Singapore; and Suzhou, China. To track performance in operational efficiency and account for growth, we have normalized environmental emissions and water use from these facilities by a Production Index (PI). The PI takes into account the number of units produced and cycle time for different precuts-an indicator of processing complexity.

AMD utilizes a variety of performance indicators to measure site and global environmental performance including:

• Energy use
• Water consumption
• Waste generation
• Air emissions (including greenhouse gases)

Environmental performance indicators for our global operations are housed in a central database to effectively manage our environmental data, disclose our sustainability performance, and identify improvement opportunities towards our goals. The transfer of wafer manufacturing in March of 2009 materially changed our environmental footprint. Accordingly, we have reset the baseline for measuring our environmental performance to 2009 (excluding the impact of the fabrication facilities that were transferred early in 2009). Thus, the environmental performance metrics in this report are shown for only 2009 and 2010. Environmental performance data from prior years, which reflect the fabrication manufacturing facilities transferred in early 2009, are available on our website.

Global Environmental Goals and Performance

AMD's business model as a semiconductor design and marketing company required a new set of global environmental goals that are appropriate for our business, aggressive and encompass all of the AMD-operated sites worldwide. Each goal is based on a five year timeframe-from the 2009 baseline year to the target year of 2014.

Environmental Goals

 View our Environmental Data here

For more information about our Environmental Goals and Performance, view our 2010 Annual CR Report.

Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Systems

AMD is committed to reducing the impact of our operations on the environment and providing a safe and healthful workplace for our employees around the world. To accomplish this, AMD has established global Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) Standards that we apply to our sites worldwide. These performance-based standards are the foundation of our EHS management systems at each of our facilities. They establish best-in-class practices to help protect human health and the environment, and are often more stringent than local regulations.

To ensure we consistently meet these rigorous standards, we utilize robust environmental management systems. The EHS management systems at all AMD owned and operated manufacturing facilities are certified to the International Standards Organization's 14001 standard (ISO 14001) for Environmental Management Systems, and the Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series 18001 standard (OHSAS 18001) for health and safety management systems.

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Periodic assessments are conducted to determine the conformance of our manufacturing operations to our global standards. These assessments are often in conjunction with periodic EHS regulatory compliance audits. Corrective actions identified during any EHS standards assessments or EHS regulatory compliance audits are expeditiously managed and tracked to closure.

Risks and Opportunities Related to Climate Change

For more than a decade, AMD has publically acknowledged that climate change presents a range of complex risks to the global community, and we are committed to reducing our impact. During most of that time, wafer manufacturing processes accounted for our major impact. However, in 2009 we transferred these operations, and these climate impacts have moved outside of our operational control. We have re-set our greenhouse gas emissions baseline, set new goals for the facilities we operate and established new processes to influence the climate impacts outside of our control. Read more about this in our 2010 Annual CR Report.

In addition to managing our impacts, we have assessed the potential effect that climate change could have on our business. Although not currently believed a material risk, AMD is exposed to certain physical risks associated with climate change. There are also potential opportunities for our products to be part of the solution.

Physical Risks

Our employees and operations could be exposed to physical risks to the extent that climate change results in extreme weather events such as flooding or extreme heat and cold. AMD has addressed these risks by requiring each site to develop site-specific business continuity management programs to evaluate the potential for these events and develop procedures to mitigate the risk.

Opportunities

AMD's technology powers some of the world's most powerful supercomputers which are used for many purposes including predicting and tracking changes due to climate change. This research enables forecasting tools that allow for adaptation strategies for all entities subject to the effects of climate change.

In addition to powering climate research, new APU technology from AMD is more energy efficient than previous generations. Not only are our new products energy efficient but, according to the SMART 2020 study, applying digital technology to increase energy efficiency is estimated to have the potential of reducing 15% of the world's total greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. AMD participates in an educational initiative called the Digital Energy Solutions Campaign to help realize this potential.

Employee Engagement

Our international award-winning environmental conservation program - "Go Green" - aims to engage and inspire AMD employees to reduce environmental impacts and improve their quality of life. By employing a "lifestyle" approach to sustainability, Go Green promotes conservation at home, en route to work, and at the office. More than 1,300 AMD employees are currently registered participants in the Go Green program at 10 sites around the globe, and the program is expanding to more sites each year. For more information on our Employees, please download our 2010 Annual CR Report.