Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a US-based semiconductor and fabless chip design company founded in 1969, headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
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AMD reports a 30% cut in market-based Scope 1+2 emissions since 2020, but Scope 1 has roughly doubled and location-based Scope 1+2 rose 61% over the same period, so the reduction rests on renewable-energy instruments; Greenpeace reports that over 70% of its renewable energy came from unbundled RECs in 2023. Scope 3, mostly the modelled use of sold products, is over 99% of a 24.1 Mt footprint, and AMD has no net-zero target. Greenpeace graded it F on supply-chain decarbonisation. Legacy Superfund contamination at its former Sunnyvale sites is still being remediated, and nature disclosure is thin.
Advanced Micro Devices scores 32/100 (Below expectations) on SINK's independent climate assessment, scored from public data only. Fees pay for the review, never the result. Last verified October 2026.
That places Advanced Micro Devices joint 557th of 847 companies scored, and joint 20th of 33 in Electronics / Hardware.
Where Advanced Micro Devices sits among electronics / hardware peers.
Among the 33 major electronics / hardware brands we've scored, Advanced Micro Devices is tied =20th of 33, with 2 others.
Its three lowest-scoring questions, and what the evidence didn't show.
No AMD-specific biodiversity assessment, TNFD disclosure, or deforestation commitment found.
Absolute Scope 3 fell 2022–2023 (26.40 to 23.13 Mt) but rose 2023–2024 (to 24.62 Mt) and was 24.08 Mt in 2025.
Climate policy commits to supply-chain waste tracking, but no measurable circularity target identified.
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Get in touch →Strongest on Carbon Footprint — Operations and Carbon Footprint — Supply Chain (8/10, 7/10). Weakest on Nature & Biodiversity Impact and Emissions Trajectory (2/10, 4/10).
The 3 companies in the sector scoring nearest above Advanced Micro Devices.
Nintendo reports comprehensive Scope 1 and 2 emissions with a 24% absolute reduction from 2023 to 2024, but lacks science-based targets, third-party GHG verification, and any renewable energy strategy at its Japan headquarters.
See the breakdown →Intel discloses comprehensive climate data with third-party assurance, but emissions are rising sharply—Scope 1 up 31% year-on-year, Scope 3 up 22% since 2019.
See the breakdown →Panasonic has strong target-setting (SBTi-verified net-zero) and operational emissions reporting, but faces a massive Scope 3 problem: 125Mt CO2e dwarfs its 1.5Mt direct footprint, reduction pace is slow (2% annually), and renewable energy penetration remains stuck at 32.5%.
See the breakdown →Advanced Micro Devices's score has moved from 43 to 32 across 2 recorded reviews, down 11 points.
correction: re-sourced 2026-10-17 (live records failing current gates). Re-scored under v2.5.14 from the FY2025 10-K and AMD CR data; full FY2025 inventory (24.1 Mt, ~85% use of sold products) now on record.
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SINK = (0.3 × Base + 0.7 × Performance) × Scale8 sources used in this assessment. All publicly available. Each row shows which of the ten questions it informed.
“Total Scope 1 and 2 Market-based Emissions (mtCO2e) 61,754 46,606 44,190 42,972”
“Help conserve natural resources through product design choices that support energy efficiency, durability, recyclability and resource conservation.”
“only five companies, including Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, AMD, and Meta, demonstrated concrete actions and quantifiable progress to abate suppliers”
“as much as 98% for AMD in 2024”
“In 1991, we received Final Site Clean-up Requirements Orders from the California Regional Water Quality Control Board relating to the three sites.”
“The second settlement adds Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (Northrop) as signatory parties”
“Three acid-neutralization tanks leaked and caused a discharge of trichloroethene (TCE) into soil, groundwater, and soil vapor.”
“The Triple Site gets its name from the three chipmakers responsible for the contamination: Philips, Advanced Micro Devices and TRW Microwave”
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Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is a US-based semiconductor and fabless chip design company founded in 1969, headquartered in Santa Clara, California. With ~31,000 employees and FY2025 revenue of $34.6 billion, AMD designs processors and graphics chips for data centre, gaming, and embedded markets. The company outsources wafer fabrication to third parties while managing design, engineering, and supply operations.
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