RALEIGH – Rad Hat on Wednesday spelled out its “ambition” for achieving net-zero operational greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030.
A baseline of 2019 will be used for tracking emissions and goals.
“By creating a comprehensive roadmap that is built on our open hybrid cloud strategy and aligned to IBM’s overall climate goals, we will reduce the impact we have on the environment and preserve the planet for generations to come,” said CEO Matt Hicks. “We all play a role in reducing our carbon footprint and this is just one of the many ways that Red Hat is doing our part.”
Specifics include, as spelled out by Red Hat, include:
- Reduce its operational GHG emissions 65% by 2025 against 2019.
- Prioritize energy efficiency efforts and renewable energy procurement, including a goal to achieve 75% renewable electricity by 2025, and 90% by 2030. Red Hat plans to expand renewable energy contracts to support the full operations of top consuming facilities and deploy sustainable design standards throughout the company’s real estate portfolio to reduce consumption.
- Engage ⅔ of suppliers (by spend) by 2027 and ask them to establish and maintain their own environmental management systems, and set goals to reduce their GHG emissions.
- Invest in open source software, standardization projects, and communities, such as the CNCF Environmental Sustainability Working Group, to harness the power of open source in helping customers, partners, suppliers, and other stakeholders to meet their climate goals and improve emissions.
- Develop a methodology for measuring software energy consumption and evolve reduction targets.
