At AMD, corporate responsibility is integrated into our daily business practices. It is a reflection of our culture, our values, and the way we do business. More than 40 years ago, AMD was founded on the core value of respect for people. That value forms the base upon which we continue to build our corporate responsibility programs. From our employees around the world, to the communities where we operate-people come first.
The annual corporate responsibility report is evolving into a select and tailored repository for performance data. We designed this year’s report to focus on the disclosures required by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) as well as AMD’s corporate responsibility initiatives. Our goal is to make the information in this report more accessible for key audiences focused on corporate responsibility performance metrics. As a result, much of the design work and prose in previous reports have been omitted from this year’s report. For our other audiences, we have published a companion document that gives an overview of AMD’s corporate responsibility performance and plans, available on our website at www.amd.com/corporateresponsibility, in hard copy and as a tablet-viewable download.
We encourage your feedback on AMD's corporate responsibility programs, progress and plans.
Material Issues, Strategy and the Corporate Responsibility Council
In 2010, AMD reevaluated our approach to corporate responsibility based on a materiality assessment that aimed to align corporate responsibility goals with AMD’s new business model. We assembled a cross-functional Corporate Responsibility Council (CRC), evaluated a broad range of issues and narrowed the list to four priorities. The responsible departments then created three-year plans (2010-2012) for each of these priority issues. Table 1shows the key issues and progress to date.
| Product energy efficiency and solutions |
Increasing the energy efficiency of AMD products and producing technologies that enable AMD customers to improve their own energy efficiency and achieve their climate change goals. |
AMD product energy efficiency took a giant leap ahead with the introduction of the Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) that integrates central processing with graphics processing. This resulted in a 40% carbon footprint benefit when compared to the previous generation of chips. See APU carbon footprint study. |
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| Increasing access to technology |
Developing the products and programs that increase access to digital technology in emerging and developing world markets. |
AMD expanded our presence in Latin America. We also expanded our signature education program, AMD Changing the Game, into the Middle East, with plans to expand to Latin America in 2012. |
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| AMD products address global challenges |
Designing, developing and selling products to help customers address big global challenges, for example, the use of supercomputers to study solutions to environmental problems. |
AMD documented several beneficial uses of our technology. See AMD Technology Enabling A Better World. |
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| Supply chain responsibility |
Improving processes to ensure that the management of labor, health & safety, ethics and environmental risks in AMD’s supply chain conforms to our expectations. This includes programs to identify and eliminate the use of any “conflict minerals.” |
AMD took a leadership role in developing an efficient and effective conflict minerals program and made substantial progress in integrating corporate responsibility into supplier relationships. See Supplier Responsibility. |
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Corporate Responsibility Priority Material Issues and 2011 Update
While our assessment of priorities led to the accomplishments shown, it is important to note that there are several other focus areas critical to AMD’s business and stakeholders. For example, AMD has a long-term focus on promoting science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Our signature philanthropic program, AMD Changing the Game, teaches STEM skills to students in middle and high school through game design and development. AMD also has a long-standing commitment to environmental protection and has invested in improvements in energy conservation, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction, preserving fresh water and land conservation. See our Global Environmental Goals and Performance.
Adding the four issues to our list of other corporate responsibility priorities reflects AMD’s commitment to ongoing review, and revision if necessary, of our CR strategy.
Awards and Recognition
While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is great validation of our work when external organizations rank us with the top sustainable companies.
The awards and rankings below are based on standards of performance that are developed by each conferring organization. We are proud to be honored with the following recognition for 2011:
| Top 10 Most Trustworthy Companies in America 2011 |
Trust Across America |
| Top 20 S&P 500 Clean Capitalism List |
Corporate Knights |
| Dow Jones Sustainability North American Index |
Sustainability Asset Management (SAM) and Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes |
| Top 500 Green Companies in the United States |
Newsweek Magazine |
| Top 100 Best Corporate Citizens List |
Corporate Responsibility Magazine |
| Climate Innovation Index Leader |
Maplecroft Climate Innovation Index (CII) |
| Global Challenge Index |
Hanover Stock Exchange/Oekom Research |
| Top 5 Renewable Energy Ranking – Technology Sector |
Global Corporate Renewable Energy Index (CREX) |
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| Excellence in Commuter Options (ECO) Leadership (Boston Design Center) |
Massachusetts Department of Transportation (MassDOT) |
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| SIP Energy Efficiency Star Award (Suzhou) |
Suzhou Industrial Park (SIP) Government |
| Bicycle Friendly Business, Bronze (Fort Collins) |
League of American Bicyclists |
| 2011 Smart Commute Employer of the Year Honorable Mention (Markham) |
Smart Commute |
| Water Efficient Building Award (Singapore) |
Singapore Water Agency |
| Climate Wise Partner, Silver Level (Fort Collins) |
Climate Wise, City of Fort Collins |
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2011 AMD Awards, Rankings and Ratings
Read more about the awards presented to AMD on our webpage.
Transparency
Scope
This report provides information on AMD programs addressing environmental protection, social responsibility and economic performance. Operational data for 2011 is for AMD majority-owned and operated facilities located in Sunnyvale, California; Austin, Texas; Markham, Ontario; Penang, Malaysia; Singapore; and Suzhou, People’s Republic of China, for the reporting period January 1, 2011, through December 31, 2011. In addition, notable activities that occurred in 2012 prior to publication of this report have been included. Where noted and when available, we have also included data from our smaller AMD sites. Data for the reporting year 2010 was covered in AMD’s 2010 Corporate Responsibility Report published in May 2011.
Measurement and Verification
Where practical, the data we present is measured directly or empirically derived. In some cases we rely on data from external parties, such as utility and waste management providers. Restatements of our 2010 corporate responsibility data are shown in our performance indicators data tables. This year we have expanded our data reporting to include: additional indicators of diversity; environmental data normalized to revenue; water use and waste metrics from our foundry suppliers; and separate reporting of our Scope 1 and Scope 2 (GHG) emissions.
With the exception of financial information, the data provided in this report has not been independently verified by a third-party auditing firm. These data are collected from many different sources using well-established processes that include a rigorous review. Internal processes are periodically assessed to ensure that accurate, consistent and reproducible information is reported.
GRI
The GRI has become the predominant international standard for corporate responsibility reporting, and AMD has utilized the GRI Guidelines (version “G3.1”) to structure the information in this report. The disclosures made are correlated to the Guidelines in our GRI Table.
Throughout our 17 years of corporate responsibility reporting, AMD has undergone many changes, and we continue to adapt to the evolving communication needs of our stakeholders. We welcome your input and comments about AMD’s corporate responsibility program.
For more details about our Overview, view our 2011 Annual CR Report.