Digital Impact
Accelerating computing solutions, research, and education to solve the world’s most important challenges
Our Approach
Corporate responsibility (CR) is integral to how we operate as a global business, valued partner, and trusted employer. From advancing high-performance and energy-efficient computing to cultivating an innovative, diverse workforce, we are committed to driving the computing industry forward responsibly.
Focus Areas
We prioritize CR across our value chain by focusing on key topics that have the greatest impact on our business and society. Through on-going stakeholder engagement, we identify and evaluate environmental, social, and governance impacts to better understand the overall landscape, set priorities, and evolve our efforts.
We pursue our approach through four strategic focus areas.
Our Goals and Progress
We have set public goals and are committed to making meaningful progress in our corporate responsibility efforts.
Digital Impact
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 from AMD donations initiated by 2025 (base year 2020)
Environmental Sustainability
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
50% absolute reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from AMD operations (Scope 1 and 2) by 2030 (base year 2020)
100% of AMD Manufacturing Suppliers5 to have a public greenhouse gas emissions reduction goal by 2025
80% of AMD Manufacturing Suppliers to source renewable energy7 by 2025
Diversity, Belonging, and Inclusion
70% of our employees to participate in AMD employee resource groups and/or other AMD inclusion initiatives by 20258
Supply Chain Responsibility
100% of AMD Supplier Manufacturing factories to have a Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) audit or equivalent by 2025 (base year 2020)
80% of AMD Manufacturing Suppliers by spend to participate in a capacity building activity by 2025
Our Reporting
Guided by a commitment to transparency, we report our performance and progress toward our goals in our annual Corporate Responsibility Report. Our reporting aligns with the leading sustainability reporting frameworks, including the Global Reporting Initiative Standards, the IFRS Foundation’s SASB Standards, the Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, and CDP10.
Strengthening AMD Communities Worldwide
We are passionate about giving back to the communities where we live and work. For more than 40 years, AMD has invested in organizations around the globe that meaningfully impact the way we live today and help create a better tomorrow.
Our Latest Efforts
Footnotes
Footnotes
- The time period for the Digital Impact goal includes donations made after January 1, 2020 and initiated by December 31, 2025. “Initiated” is defined as AMD and the recipient organization reaching an agreement on an AMD donation, which must be delivered by July 30, 2026. Reported data includes: direct beneficiaries defined as students, faculty, or researchers with direct access to AMD-donated technology, funding, or volunteers; and indirect beneficiaries defined as individuals with a reasonable likelihood of receiving research data formulated through AMD-donated technology and potentially gaining useful insights or knowledge. AMD conducts annual surveys with recipient organizations to estimate direct beneficiaries, and in the case of the AI & HPC Fund, indirect beneficiaries as well. To address gaps and/or inconsistencies in survey responses, AMD uses an economic-based impact assumption to estimate the total number of indirect beneficiaries (not applied to direct beneficiaries) by dividing the total market-value of donations in a given years by the total reported indirect beneficiary values from recipients’ surveys for the same year. The data shows the ratio is 1.08 on average for the 3 years of data available (2021, 2022, 2023). Therefore, AMD assumes for every $1M USD of market-value donated, approximately 1.08 million people will indirectly benefit. AMD also assumes that the annual estimated indirect beneficiaries in year 1 continues to reach additional individuals in year 2 and year 3, but at a reduced rate. The impact depreciation rate assumes year 2 beneficiaries amount to 50% of year 1 estimates, and year 3 beneficiaries amount to 25% of year 1 estimates. AMD goal calculations are third-party verified (limited level assurance) based on data supplied by recipient organizations, which is not independently verified by AMD, and AMD economic-based impact models based on data supplied by recipient organizations.
- Includes AMD high-performance CPU and GPU accelerators used for AI-training and high-performance computing in a 4-Accelerator, CPU-hosted configuration. Goal calculations are based on performance scores as measured by standard performance metrics (HPC: Linpack DGEMM kernel FLOPS with 4k matrix size; AI-training: lower precision training-focused 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.
- EPYC-030a: 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 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. 13.5x is calculated using the following formula: (base case HPC node kWhr use projection in 2025 * AMD 2023 perf/Watt improvement using DGEMM and TEC +Base case ML node kWhr use projection in 2025 *AMD 2023 perf/Watt improvement using ML math and TEC) /(2020 perf/Watt * Base case projected kWhr usage in 2025). For more information, www.amd.com/en/corporate-responsibility/data-center-sustainability.
- Reported data includes Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions (base year 2020). Based on AMD calculations that are third-party verified (limited level assurance).
- “Manufacturing Suppliers” are defined as suppliers that AMD buys from directly and that provide direct materials and/or manufacturing services to AMD.
- AMD calculations are third-party verified (limited level assurance) based on data supplied by our Manufacturing Suppliers, which is not independently verified by AMD.
- AMD defines renewable energy as energy from a source that is not depleted when used, such as wind or solar power. AMD does not require a minimum amount of renewable energy to be sourced by Manufacturing Suppliers to be included in the goal. Data is provided by AMD suppliers and has not been independently verified by AMD.
- 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. Goal calculations are based on internal analysis of ERG membership, employee volunteers, and charitable donors each year during the goal period.
- Capacity-building activities aim to bring a culture of continuous improvement to AMD Manufacturing Suppliers by providing resources to gain a deeper understanding of the root causes for non-compliance or by supporting the suppliers a beyond compliance goal. Goal calculations are based on AMD calculations that are third-party verified (limited level assurance). Although AMD achieved this goal in 2022, we will continue to engage additional suppliers in capacity-building activities through 2025 on topics such as setting GHG reduction targets, sourcing renewable energy, and ethical recruitment. Annual progress will be reported through 2025.
- While AMD leverages certain third-party standards as part of our disclosures, any language of “alignment” or similar should not be taken to mean or guarantee strict adherence to those standards. Disclosures based on standards may change due to revisions in framework requirements, availability or quality of information, changes in business or applicable government policies, or other factors, some of which may be beyond AMD control. Moreover, we note that methodologies and best practices for calculating and reporting on GHG emissions, as well as any reductions in such emissions, continue to evolve. Our approach to these or other ESG matters may also evolve, and we cannot guarantee that our approach will conform with a particular standard.
- In 2024, AMD received a rating of AA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the MSCI ESG Ratings assessment. Disclaimer statement: The use by AMD of any MSCI ESG Research LLC or its affiliates (“MSCI”) data, and the use of MSCI logos, trademarks, service marks or index names herein, do not constitute a sponsorship, endorsement, recommendation, or promotion of AMD by MSCI. MSCI services and data are the property of MSCI or its information providers, and are provided ‘as-is’ and without warranty. MSCI names and logos are trademarks or service marks of MSCI.