Corporate Responsibility Overview 

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.

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:

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.