"The unparalleled environmental challenges we face require everyone to be a part of the solution. We are deeply integrating sustainability into the strategy and operational priorities of our business," said George Kurian, Chief Executive Officer at NetApp. "It's our belief that the world's ongoing energy challenges require innovative solutions and we're steadfastly committed to continuing to develop energy-efficient technologies and solutions that allow our customers to greatly reduce their carbon footprint. We're also committed to expanding sustainable practices within our own business by setting a bold, but achievable target of a 50 percent intensity reduction of Scope 3 Greenhouse Gas emissions by 2030."
With new tools and resources announced at NetApp INSIGHT, organizations can more effectively achieve their carbon reduction goals while meeting their own customer demands.
"Companies need visibility into, and insight on, the sustainability and efficiency state of their hybrid, multi-cloud environments to better understand where they can make changes to reduce their carbon footprints," said Cesar Cernuda, President at NetApp. "NetApp's ongoing commitment to innovation in our product portfolio, combined with the company's decarbonization efforts, provide organizations with the tools and resources they need to reduce costs, run more efficient operations, and enable emissions-based decision making in order to achieve their own sustainability goals."
NetApp's environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitment and leadership has been recognized by external experts, including EcoVadis who recently awarded NetApp a Gold ranking. This evidence based ESG rating agency provides supplier ratings across the elements of environment, labor and human rights, ethics, and sustainable procurement. A Gold rank puts NetApp among the top 7 percent of all companies rated by EcoVadis.
NetApp is a founding member of the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program for data center storage, with multiple storage systems certified as ENERGY STAR 2.1 products, including NetApp AFF, FAS and E-Series data storage systems.
Later this year, NetApp's third ESG Impact Report will be published. The report covers NetApp's ESG strategies, activities, progress, metrics and performance for global operations for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2022.
Source: Spark Communications