Sustainability at VMware
VMware’s Commitment to Sustainability
Read VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger's message to employees on our commitment to sustainability.
Shrinking Emissions Through Virtualization
The collective impact of customers using VMware’s server virtualization products is estimated to have avoided 340 million MT CO2e over the last 13 years*. Having pioneered the development of server virtualization technologies, we’ve significantly increased the operational efficiency of IT resources and reduced the number of servers needed. In fact, every server virtualized is estimated to avoid the output of 4 tons of CO2 per year.
Three ‘New’ Reasons VMware Is a Great Place to Work
This year, VMware was recognized in three different ways for its excellence in Sustainability practices and employee flexibility. These recognitions exemplify the value VMware holds for its employees and…
Reimagining What’s Possible in Sustainability
As VMware reflects on its progress in 2016, a new infographic depicts the company’s Collective Impact and key milestones to date.
Let's Reboot the Earth
We’re partnering with Restore the Earth Foundation to plant one million acres of trees, because we believe in putting back more than we take. Watch and learn about the value of natural capital and why ecosystem restoration matters to all of us.
VMware Joins One Million Acre Restoration Project
VMware announced its partnership with Restore the Earth Foundation on a bold new landscape-scale restoration project to restore one million acres of degraded land in the lower part of the Mississippi River Basin
SUSTAINABILITY STRATEGY
VMWARE 2020
We are committed to developing transformative solutions that enable a net positive future and ensure sustainable growth. VMware 2020 is our roadmap for sustainability. It is structured around three pillars – Product, Planet, People – that organize the sustainability issues that we’ve determined are most relevant and material to our business. Our aspirations to be a force for good are reflected in each pillar and include a series of goals with a target date of 2020 to achieve.
Transformative Products
We aspire to make the most innovative software in the world and for the world. Our virtualization technologies have enabled our customers to operate more sustainably than ever before. Our goal is to build on this legacy of positive impact and to push the limits of what is possible.
Learn MoreThriving Planet
We are taking big steps to shrink our footprint. 100% of our U.S. sites run on clean power, including our LEED Platinum® data center in East Wenatchee. It is no surprise our IT operations are also 100% virtualized. We are committed to continue to do more with less.
Learn MoreEmpowered People
Who we are fuels the good we do. That’s why we go to great lengths to cultivate a culture of inclusion, diversity, well-being, innovation and service that is grounded in our EPIC2 company values. We inspire our people to give more than they take. We are a community, inside a company.
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Resources
- VMware’s Global Impact Report 2016
- VMware’s GRI Content Index 2016
- VMware’s Global Impact Report 2015
- IDC White Paper, sponsored by VMware, Infrastructure Virtualization Leads the Way in Reducing the Carbon Cost of Growth, August 2018
- IDC Executive Summary, sponsored by VMware, Data Center Energy and Carbon Emission Reductions Through Compute, Storage, and Networking Virtualization, September 2017
- IDC Executive Brief, sponsored by VMware, Green IT: Virtualization Delivers Energy and Carbon Emissions Reductions, October 2016
- CDP Climate Change Information Request 2017
- PwC Opinion and Assertion 2017
- Carbon Calculator: How much you can save with VMware?
- VMware: Reboot The Earth
- VMware: A Force For Good