NetApp’s Bold Pledge: Can They Cut Emissions by 50% Before 2030?
CALIFORNIA, USA, 31st January 2025 – Today, the NetApp team announced that their near-term science-based emissions reduction goals have been validated by the Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi).
This validation demonstrates NetApp’s efforts toward building a sustainable focus into the framework of their business resilience plans. Using the income statement year ending in 2020 as a base year, NetApp has set a target to reduce scope 1 and 2 absolute greenhouse (GHG) emissions by 50.8% by the end of fiscal year 2030.
The SBTi categorizes NetApp’s scope 1 and 2 target ambition as 1.5°C aligned. NetApp further targets a 51.6% reduction in scope 3 GHG emissions associated with the use of sold products per effective petabyte shipped by fiscal year 2030 based on the FY 2023 baseline.
They [NetApp] have also outlined and formulated the decarbonization strategies NetApp devised back in 2022.
The business has made strides in this direction and was able to report an increase of 37% in scope 1 and 2 emissions reduction since the 2020 baseline regarding NetApp’s FY24 ESG Impact Report.
“Because of SBTi’s confirmation of our decarbonization goals, our clients have confidence that involving NetApp means implementing a smart data infrastructure that achieves innovation and a sustainable future,”
Remarked NetApp’s Chief Sustainability Officer Nicola Acutt.
“We continue to bring sustainability into all aspects of our business, not only reducing emissions but also embedding greater sustainable materials and design into our products, their packaging, and our data management solutions. The world of sustainable digital economies begins with data, and we happy to lead this change.”
Besides achieving its emission reduction targets, NetApp is helping its clients reach their energy efficiency targets.
Users of NetApp BlueXP are able to utilize a sustaainability dashboard that reports and scores through AI-based operations, providing insights to lower spending and enhance sustainability.
The SBTi is in charge of establishing standards and pace-setting tools and methodologies to help businesses set GHG emissions targets capable of preventing global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.
So far, Over 4,000 companies have set validated science based emission reductions targets, and almost 3,000 other companies have pledged to set them. What stands out is NetApp’s validated targets and continuous initiatives that showcases their commitment towards helping the storage industry be more environmentally sustainable than it is at the moment.
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