AMD has renewed its 2007 and beyond targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in its global manufacturing operations, corporate facilities and products. AMD’s seventh annual Global Climate Protection Plan highlights the company’s ongoing strategy and goals to reduce its impact on the climate through energy-efficient products, sustainable manufacturing and operations, and corporate leadership initiatives. Released its first annual Global Climate Protection Plan in 2001, AMD has reduced the company’s normalized greenhouse gas emissions by more than 50% since 2002, exceeding the EPA Climate Leaders 2007 target by 40%..
“AMD is a key partner in EPA’s Climate Leaders program,” said Kathleen Hogan, Head of Climate Protection Partnerships at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ‘s results in reducing greenhouse gases demonstrate the benefits that can be achieved through global climate change leadership.”
To meet climate protection goals, AMD has expanded its platemaking factory with high-efficiency co-motion, heating and cooling energy generators in Dresden, reducing absolute perfluoro compound emissions by more than 95% from 1995 level, Texas Purchased 100% renewable energy for its Austin operations through Austin Energy’s GreenChoice® program and reduced normalized energy consumption by approximately 40% through efficiency improvements at its facilities worldwide.
“AMD’s commitment to reducing its impact on the environment goes far beyond its operations and production, bringing a holistic approach to the way it works,” said Hector Ruiz, AMD Chairman of the Board, “Our seventh annual global climate protection plan. , includes evaluations and improvements in every area, from how we operate our corporate facilities to increase our global energy efficiency, to how we develop products that provide higher performance per watt. By focusing on energy efficiency in every branch of our operations, we not only reduce our impact on the environment, but also reduce energy everywhere in the world, from handheld computers to data centers. We made him meet with efficient processors.”
With a sustainable commitment to protecting the environment, some of the goals in AMD’s 2007 Global Climate Protection Plan are:
- As of 2010, normalized greenhouse gas emissions are 33% from 2006 levels. reduce further (measured by carbon equivalent emissions/production index)
- By 2010, reduce normalized energy consumption by 40% more than in 2006 (measured by kilowatt-hours/production index)
- Industry leading in energy-saving awareness, both product and enterprise
A key element of AMD’s holistic approach is to educate the diverse audience on energy conservation, as well as to ensure sustainable “green” IT innovations and purchases. its support for continued cooperation. For the second time this year, AMD sponsored the “Smart Power” award organized by the California Clean Tech Open, which rewards technologies that provide businesses and consumers with broad control options in when and how much energy is consumed. As a founding member of The Green GridTM, AMD works closely with information technology companies, as well as institutions such as the European Commission, the US Environmental Protection Agency, the US Department of Energy, and the New York State Department of Energy Research and Development, to identify solutions to the energy and cooling needs of data centers. works in contact.
Announcing the results of an important study conducted in the first months of the year, AMD, a researcher at National Lawrence Berkeley Laboratories and a consultant at Stanford University, Jonathan Koomey, Ph.D.’s servers both in the USA and around the world. announced its reviews on energy consumption. Accordingly, the energy consumption of servers in the USA alone has doubled in the last five years..
To learn more about AMD’s Global Climate Protection Plan, visit www.amd.com/climate.