SUNNYVALE, CA — (Marketwired) — 09/13/16 — AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) today announced that it has been named to the (DJSI) North America, marking its 15th consecutive year on the index and another in a line of recognitions this year for its corporate responsibility leadership in the semiconductor industry.
“AMD has a long history of commitment and leadership in corporate responsibility, and we are honored to once again be named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index,” said Tim Mohin, senior director of Corporate Responsibility at AMD. “This recognition reflects the hard work of thousands of AMD engineers and employees around the world. Together we have improved the energy efficiency of many of our products, implemented sustainability initiatives to reduce our footprint, and partnered with our suppliers to help improve social and environmental conditions around the world.”
AMD–s award-winning corporate responsibility (CR) efforts span environmental protection, global volunteerism, governance and ethics, supplier responsibility, transparency and reporting, and optimizing the energy efficiency of its processors. The DJSI marks another in a line of CR-related recognitions for AMD this year:
AMD–s 25×20 Energy Efficiency Initiative to increase the energy efficiency of AMD Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) 25 fold by 2020 from a baseline of 2014 recently received awards from the , , and the .
AMD is also the first semiconductor company to have its climate protection program targets by the “Science Based Targets” initiative.
Ranked in the for powering one of the most energy-efficient supercomputers — the GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research in Germany — with AMD FirePro S9150 GPUs.
First launched in 1999, the DJSI is the first global index to track the financial performance of the leading sustainability-driven companies worldwide based on an analysis of financially-material economic, environmental, and social factors. The DJSI follows a best-in-class approach, highlighting companies across all industries that outperform their peers in numerous sustainability metrics.
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