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Oct. 30, 2008 - AMD is beefing up its climate reporting, pledging to include greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from supply chain partners in its annual carbon-footprint accounting. The company has also renewed its commitment to cut emissions 40% by 2010.

For the first time, the company has started to quantify and estimate its "Scope 3" emissions under the Greenhouse Gas Protocol. Scope 3 focuses on indirect emissions associated with supply chain, product distribution, and employee business travel and commuting.

"With this initial disclosure, AMD is able to engage more directly with its supply chain on the appropriate metrics, goals, and strategy to limit the company s end-to-end carbon footprint, as well as develop a more comprehensive view of the global environmental implications of its activities and business model," the company said in a statement.

After exceeding its commitment from 2002-2007 to reduce energy consumption by 30%, and GHG emissions by 40% (it actually cut emissions by 50%), AMD has set its sights on new targets. The company has reset its baseline year to 2006 and set new goals to reduce GHG emissions by 33% and energy use by 40% by 2010.

To meet these goals, AMD says it is buying energy from more efficient sources and has implemented a number of projects to increase the energy efficiency of its manufacturing and building operations.

AMD has invested in specially designed trigeneration facilities that supply the electrical, heating, and cooling demands of the company's manufacturing facilities in Germany. Waste heat from electricity production in the trigeneration system is used to generate heat and cooling. As a result, the company says the trigeneration system efficiency is much higher than that of a conventional energy supply system, where electricity and heat, as well as cooling, are generated separately. During its initial nine years of operation, the trigeneration system has achieved a total average energy efficiency of more than 72%, AMD reports.

Also highlighted in the report is the company's LEED certified campus in Austin, Texas. The facility is powered 100% by renewable energy sources such as wind power and biogas from Austin Energy's GreenChoice program. AMD says the new site reduces energy use by approximately 20% over a traditional building of comparable size.

"By continuing to expand and share AMD s climate change strategy and performance metrics with the general public, governments, suppliers, industry groups, and the scientific community, AMD is enabling others to benefit from our experiences as we learn from theirs," says Dirk Meyer, president and chief executive officer, AMD. "Transparency and collaborative innovation are hallmarks of AMD's approach to global climate protection, and represent a fusion of our efforts married to the industry's best practices, such as supply chain accountability."

To read AMD's "Global Climate Protection Plan," click here.