Western Digital
Western Digital ranks highly because it treats storage sustainability as an infrastructure issue, combining product-use efficiency, rare-earth recovery, climate targets, and water and waste goals.
Score
88
Industry
Memory & Storage
Country
United States
Report year
2025
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Score breakdown
Resource efficiency
89Rare-earth recovery and recycled-content targets make Western Digital one of the most interesting circularity players in storage.
Impact on environment
88Strong water, waste, and emissions targets are matched by downstream-use efficiency framing that matters for data infrastructure.
Social responsibility
82Supply-chain and ethics systems are solid, though the social story is less differentiated than the product and environmental case.
Economic benefits
92Storage-density and energy-efficiency gains support both sustainability and customer economics in AI and cloud infrastructure.
Certifications and signals
Evidence and sources
Western Digital FY2025 Sustainability Report
Western Digital
Public report and responsibility hub covering carbon-free energy, water, waste, and downstream-use emissions targets.
View sourceWestern Digital Sustainability Report 2026
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Editorial reading of Western Digital across storage circularity, climate targets, and rare-earth recovery.
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