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November 5: Sustainability goals at major tech companies

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November 5: Sustainability goals at major tech companies

Many big tech companies have set their own timelines for reaching net carbon neutrality.

Danny Sheridan
Nov 5, 2021
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Sustainability goals at major tech companies

Net carbon neutral is a sustainability goal of achieving zero carbon dioxide emissions, through offsets and outright removal of carbon in industry. Many big tech companies have set their own timelines for reaching net carbon neutrality.

Companies are reaching for net carbon neutrality through various means, including renewable energy usage, incorporating recycled materials, upgrading to energy-efficient buildings, and funding ecosystem restoration.

Carbon neutrality goals of major tech companies

Company: Google
Projected year to reach net carbon neutral:
2007

Company: Facebook
Projected year to reach net carbon neutral:
2020

Company: Netflix
Projected year to reach net carbon neutral:
2022

Company: Apple
Projected year to reach net carbon neutral:
2030

Company: Microsoft
Projected year to reach net carbon neutral:
2030

Company: Amazon
Projected year to reach net carbon neutral:
2040

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Matt
Nov 5, 2021

Also wondering if Google and Facebook hit their targets. If not, how late were they? As Rob and Erik noted, while at first glance, it might appear that Amazon is lagging, it likely generates a lot more carbon given the movement of physical goods and will need to take more actions and do more "work" to reach neutrality.

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Rob
Nov 5, 2021

Similar to Erik, Amazon is often lumped in as a tech company, for comparisons like this it would be more accurate to consider Amazon a retailer (comps would be Target, Walmart, Kroger, etc.). I don't think Amazon breaks out carbon neutrality by business, but i would guess AWS and corporate would be carbon neutral well before the whole company.

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