Synopsys actively manages the environmental impact of our operations while engaging customers, suppliers, and industry partners to advance sustainable practices. We are creating technologies that enable customers to design and innovate more efficiently and sustainably, while working to reduce our own resource use and GHG emissions. These efforts support customer priorities while strengthening our performance as a responsible and resilient company.
Our validated science-based targets call for reaching the following milestones by 2032 (from a 2019 baseline):
Additionally, we’ve committed that by 2027, 45% of our suppliers (by spend) for purchased goods and services and capital goods will have their own science-based targets.
Our real estate strategy integrates sustainability considerations across site selection, leasing, and building operations. We aim to foster partnerships with our landlords on energy use, efficiency, and incorporation of renewable energy. Synopsys occupies approximately 2.1 million square feet of green-certified office space worldwide.
We continue to advance a multi-year strategy to enhance the sustainability of our data centers. Key elements of this approach include collaboration with colocation providers, prioritizing data center providers that can leverage local clean energy resources, and ongoing optimization of our on-premise infrastructure.
We report on our climate related practices using four leading assessment frameworks: