Western Digital | Sustainability & Chart

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Basic information on Western Digital

Location: United States

Industry: Information & Telecommunications

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Impact Score

Description Western Digital

Western Digital Corp provides data storage solutions, including the design, development, manufacturing, and sale of hard drives, solid state drives, and related data storage devices for consumers and enterprises.

Western Digital Sustainability Performance

Climate

47%

Renewable Energy

Western Digital obtains 60,2% of its energy from renewable energies. Target value per method: min. 100%

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Western Digital emits 4 times its CO₂ budget of 199,315 tons of CO₂ equivalent. Target value per method: max. 100% of CO₂ budget

Supply Chain

Taking into account the entire supply chain, Western Digital emits 41,1 times its CO₂ budget of 199,315 tons of CO₂ equivalent. Target value per method: max. 100% of CO₂ budget

Recycling and Recovery of Waste

Western Digital recycles 96,7% of its waste. Target value per method: min. 75%

Society

39%

Union Formation and Collective Bargaining Power

No data available for Western Digital. Target value per method: min. 80%

CEO Pay Ratio

CEO Irving Tan earns 1 321 times the median salary of employees. Target value per method: max. 30 times

Employee Turnover Rate

Western Digital has an employee turnover rate of 19%. Target value per method: max. 10%

Harassment and Discrimination at the Workplace

Western Digital meets 4 quality criteria for handling harassment and discrimination at the workplace. Target value per method: 4 quality criteria

Gender

41%

Women on Board

Western Digital has 25% women across its top leadership and supervisory bodies. Target value per method: min. 40%

Gender Pay Gap

No data available for Western Digital. Target value per method: max. 3%

Women in Management

Western Digital employs 23% female managers. Target value per method: min. 40%

Glass Ceiling

The proportion of women in senior management at Western Digital is 38,7% of the proportion of women in the overall workforce. Target value per method: min. 90%

Sustainable [100]

Almost sustainable [67-99]

Moderate [34-66]

Not sustainable [0-33]

No data

Renewable Energy

Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Supply Chain

Waste Recycling

Sustainable [100]

Almost sustainable [67-99]

Moderate [34-66]

Not sustainable [0-33]

No data

We measure the sustainability of companies based on 12 criteria.Indicators range from 0 to 100: values from 0 to 33 are shown in red (“not sustainable”), values from 34 to 66 in yellow (“moderate”), values from 67 to 99 in light green (“almost sustainable”), and a value of 100 in green (“sustainable”). Learn more about our method.

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Sources of sustainability performance

Metric	Value	Unit	Year	PDF Name	PDF Page
CEO Pay Ratio
CEO-to-median-salary-ratio	1 321	Ratio	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	87
CEO name	Irving Tan		2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	48
Employee Turnover Rate
Employee turnover	19	%	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	70
Glass Ceiling
Women in workforce	24 400	people	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	71
Women in management	23	%	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	71
Number of employees	41 009	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	87
Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Scope 2 emissions, location based	685 720	CO2e-ton	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	67
Scope 1 emissions	107 918,3	CO2e-ton	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	66
Number of employees	41 009	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	87
Harassment and Discrimination at the Workplace
Confidentiality mechanisms	Yes		2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	43
Retaliation safeguards	Yes		2025	western-digital-global-code-of-conduct.pdf	6
Anti-discrimination policy	Yes		2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	61
Incident notification mechanism	Yes		2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	61
Renewable Energy
Total energy consumption	1 599,1	Gigawatt Hours	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	66
Total renewable energy consumption	962	Gigawatt Hours	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	66
Supply Chain
Number of employees	41 009	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	87
Scope 1 emissions	107 918,3	CO2e-ton	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	66
Scope 2 emissions, location based	685 720	CO2e-ton	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	67
Scope 3 emissions	7 392 380	CO2e-ton	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	67
Recycling and Recovery of Waste
Total waste generation	17 087	Metric Tons	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	67
Waste diversion	16 515	Metric Tons	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	67
Women on Board
Executive board size	6	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	48
Supervisory board size	10	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	47
Women on executive board	1	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	48
Women on supervisory board	3	people	2025	sec-def-14a-2025-remuneration-report.pdf	47
Women in Management
Women in management	23	%	2025	western-digital-FY2025-sustainability-report.pdf	71

Note: The PDF pages given here refer to the page in the PDF document, which is not necessarily the one found in the footer of the page. For example, page 10 is the 10th page in the document, even if it is labeled as page 8.

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