Corporate Responsibility at AMD
Embedding corporate responsibility across our value chain and the communities where we live and work
Our Approach
At AMD, we develop semiconductor technology that helps to enable the future. Our high-performance processors power the servers for modern data centers, personal computers, game consoles, industrial devices and more. Through the use of our technologies, we help open possibilities for creators, researchers, inventors and explorers to tackle some of the world’s toughest challenges.
That is why we are focused on creating the next generation of products to positively benefit society and the planet. We aspire to embed environmental sustainability across our business, ensure safe and responsible workplaces in our global supply chain and promote stronger communities where we live and work.
Strategic ESG Focus Areas
Corporate responsibility (CR) is an integral aspect of our business, which aims to generate shared value with our employees, customers, suppliers, investors and communities. We look at CR through the lens of environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, which allows us to prioritize where we need to focus our efforts to have the most impact and operationalize our goals into the business.
We address a wide range of ESG-related issues, and on the basis of engagement with our stakeholders, we elevate four strategic ESG focus areas.
Digital Impact Environmental Sustainability Supply Chain Responsibility Diversity, Belonging and Inclusion
Our Goals and Progress
We have set public goals and are committed to making meaningful progress in our CR efforts.
DIGITAL IMPACT
We design products that help improve people’s lives through high-performance and adaptive computing solutions spanning healthcare, education, manufacturing, scientific research and other critical needs.
100 million
people to benefit from AMD and AMD Foundation philanthropy and partnerships that enable STEM education, scientific research and the workforce of the future by 2025 (base year 2020)1
ON TRACK: 27.8 MILLION people in 2020 and 2021
ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY
We are steadfast in our commitment to sustainability by sourcing renewable energy, engaging our employees and suppliers on environmental initiatives, and helping end-users reduce energy use and GHG emissions.
30x
increase in energy efficiency for AMD processors and accelerators powering servers for artificial intelligence-training and high-performance computing by 2025 (base year 2020)2
ON TRACK: 6.8x as of mid-20223
50 percent
absolute reduction in GHG emissions from AMD operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2030 (base year 2020)
ON TRACK: 25 percent in 2021
100 percent
of AMD manufacturing suppliers4 to have a public GHG emissions reduction goal by 2025
ON TRACK: 74 percent in 2021
80 percent
of AMD manufacturing suppliers to source renewable energy by 2025
ON TRACK: 74 percent in 2021
SUPPLY CHAIN RESPONSIBILITY
We work with our suppliers to deliver high-quality products, while helping ensure that working conditions are safe, workers are treated with respect and manufacturing processes are environmentally responsible.
100 percent
of AMD supplier manufacturing factories to have a Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) audit or equivalent by 2025 (base year 2020)
ON TRACK: 64 percent between 2020 and 2021
80 percent
of AMD manufacturing suppliers by spend to participate in a capacity-building activity by 2025
ON TRACK: 61 percent in 2021
DIVERSITY, BELONGING AND INCLUSION
We encourage and support creative minds from diverse backgrounds to work together in an engaging and open environment.
70 percent
of our employees to participate in AMD employee resource groups and/or other AMD inclusion initiatives by 20255
ON TRACK: 52 percent in 2021
Our Reporting
Guided by a commitment to transparency, we report our annual performance and progress towards our goals in our CR Report. Our reporting is aligned with the leading sustainability reporting frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board, the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures and CDP.
Read Our CR Report Summary Learn about Our Material ESG Issues See Our ESG Disclosures and Reporting
Strengthening AMD Communities Worldwide
AMD makes an impact in our communities worldwide through philanthropic investments, partnerships and employee volunteering.
Regional Corporate Responsibility Reporting
Our Latest Efforts
- Progress Update: AMD 30x25 Energy Efficiency Goal in High-Performance Computing and AI-Training
- AMD Expands High Performance Compute Fund to Aid Researchers Solving the World’s Toughest Challenges
- AMD Ranking Rises in 100 Best Corporate Citizens
- AMD helps bring opportunity and hope to our Club Kids one laptop at a time
- AMD Celebrates Earth Day 2022
- AMD Named to the 2022 Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index and the 2022 Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index
- AMD Robotics Starter Kit Kick-Starts the Intelligent Factory of the Future
- Inspiring the Next Generation of Young Innovators
External Recognition
While our commitment to being a responsible corporation is not dependent on recognition, it is a great validation of our work when external organizations rank us alongside the top sustainable companies. We are proud to be honored with the following awards and recognitions:
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For each year during the goal period, data include a) students, faculty or researchers with direct access to AMD-donated technology, funding or volunteers; and b) individuals with a reasonable likelihood of receiving research data formulated through AMD-donated technology and potentially gaining useful insights or knowledge.
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Includes AMD high-performance CPU and GPU accelerators used for AI training and High-Performance Computing in a 4P hosted configuration. Goal calculations based on performance scores as measured by standard performance metrics (HPC: Linpack DGEMM kernel FLOPS with 4k matrix size. AI training: lower precision floating point math GEMM kernels such as FP16 or BF16 FLOPS operating on 4k matrices) divided by the rated power consumption of a representative accelerated compute node including the CPU host + memory and 4 GPU accelerators.
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EPYC-030: Calculation includes 1) base case kWhr use projections in 2025 conducted with Koomey Analytics based on available research and data that includes segment specific projected 2025 deployment volumes and data center power utilization effectiveness (PUE) including GPU HPC and machine learning (ML) installations, and 2) AMD CPU socket and GPU node power consumptions incorporating segment-specific utilization (active vs. idle) percentages and multiplied by PUE to determine actual total energy use for calculation of the performance per Watt. 6.79x = (base case HPC node kWhr use projection in 2025 x AMD 2022 perf/Watt improvement using DGEMM and typical energy consumption + Base case ML node kWhr use projection in 2025 *AMD 2022 perf/Watt improvement using ML math and typical energy consumption) /(2020 perf/Watt * Base case projected kWhr usage in 2025). For more information on the goal and methodology, visit https://www.amd.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-center-sustainability.
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AMD Manufacturing Suppliers are suppliers that AMD buys from directly and that provide direct materials and/or manufacturing services.
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These are voluntary initiatives in which an employee chooses to actively participate in one or more employee engagement programs that foster a culture of belonging, psychological safety and meaningful connection to AMD.