Monday, October 22nd 2012
AMD Recognized for Exemplary Corporate Responsibility with Listings on the Dow Jones
AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced today it has been named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) North America for the eighth consecutive year. The company has also been added to the FTSE4Good Index Series. These most recent acknowledgements highlight AMD's commitment to ethical and sustainable business practices.
"AMD is proud to be ranked among the world's leading sustainable businesses and to have our commitment to ethical business practices recognized by these influential investment indexes," said Tim Mohin, director, Corporate Responsibility at AMD. "This recognition is a testament to AMD's overall commitment to delivering products that enable our customers to address today's critical technology challenges while operating ethically and sustainably."
AMD technology powers computers and servers that enable a better world -- from helping scientists advance healthcare and climate-change research to optimizing clean energy and allowing cloud computing data centers to be more energy efficient. AMD's Accelerated Processor Units (APUs) include power-saving features like AMD AllDay Power designed to extend notebook battery life. APUs also enable developers to take advantage of the parallel processing power available in graphic processing units, which help applications run faster and simultaneously. In addition, AMD's APU design permits PCs to transition to lower power idle/sleep/off states for longer periods of time.
Multi-core AMD Opteron processors for servers incorporate power management features, including enhanced AMD Virtualization technology that helps cloud data center operators perform server consolidation, increase utilization rates, and reduce overall power and cooling requirements. AMD also recently introduced the SeaMicro SM15000 server, the most recent computing innovation from its Data Center Server Solutions group that cements its position as the technology leader in the micro server category. Micro servers deliver massive efficiencies in power, space and bandwidth. The SeaMicro SM10000-XE server is the highest-density, most energy-efficient system available, using half the power, one-third the space and delivering up to 12 times the bandwidth of today's best-in-class server. With the SeaMicro SM10000-XE server, the innovative trajectory broadens the benefits of the micro server to storage, helping to solve the most pressing needs of the data center.
"We are passionately committed to developing servers that takes less space and consume less power," said Andrew Feldman, general manager of the Data Center Server Solutions group, AMD. "Our technology brings the economic benefits of efficiency -- namely reduced total cost of ownership -- together with the social benefit of doing the right thing for the environment. And when you can do both, it is an easy decision."
Improving AMD's Performance
The DJSI family of indexes tracks the stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. More than 2,500 of the largest companies across 58 industry sectors are assessed, and only companies that fulfill certain sustainability criteria better than the majority of their peers are included on their indexes. AMD has been a constituent of the DJSI family each year since their inception. This year AMD achieved a 16% increase in its overall score, with improvements across all three sustainability categories.
The FTSE4Good equity index series selects companies that have met stringent social and environmental criteria, and are positioned to capitalize on the benefits of responsible business practices. AMD was added to the FTSE4Good Index in 2012.
AMD is also included on three MSCI Inc. (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International) socially responsible investment (SRI) indexes: The KLD 400 index; The World ESG; and The World SRI. In addition, AMD was selected by Triodos Bank in 2012, ranking third of 24 companies in the sector for investing based on sustainability performance. Another SRI analyst firm, Oekom, rated AMD as "Prime Status." The Oekom analysis resulted in AMD being one of only two semiconductor companies listed on the Global Challenges Index -- an investment index focused on the top global sustainability challenges of this millennium.
Sustainability Commitment
For more information about AMD's commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen, visit this page. A summary of the company's corporate responsibility report can be downloaded from here.
"AMD is proud to be ranked among the world's leading sustainable businesses and to have our commitment to ethical business practices recognized by these influential investment indexes," said Tim Mohin, director, Corporate Responsibility at AMD. "This recognition is a testament to AMD's overall commitment to delivering products that enable our customers to address today's critical technology challenges while operating ethically and sustainably."
AMD technology powers computers and servers that enable a better world -- from helping scientists advance healthcare and climate-change research to optimizing clean energy and allowing cloud computing data centers to be more energy efficient. AMD's Accelerated Processor Units (APUs) include power-saving features like AMD AllDay Power designed to extend notebook battery life. APUs also enable developers to take advantage of the parallel processing power available in graphic processing units, which help applications run faster and simultaneously. In addition, AMD's APU design permits PCs to transition to lower power idle/sleep/off states for longer periods of time.
Multi-core AMD Opteron processors for servers incorporate power management features, including enhanced AMD Virtualization technology that helps cloud data center operators perform server consolidation, increase utilization rates, and reduce overall power and cooling requirements. AMD also recently introduced the SeaMicro SM15000 server, the most recent computing innovation from its Data Center Server Solutions group that cements its position as the technology leader in the micro server category. Micro servers deliver massive efficiencies in power, space and bandwidth. The SeaMicro SM10000-XE server is the highest-density, most energy-efficient system available, using half the power, one-third the space and delivering up to 12 times the bandwidth of today's best-in-class server. With the SeaMicro SM10000-XE server, the innovative trajectory broadens the benefits of the micro server to storage, helping to solve the most pressing needs of the data center.
"We are passionately committed to developing servers that takes less space and consume less power," said Andrew Feldman, general manager of the Data Center Server Solutions group, AMD. "Our technology brings the economic benefits of efficiency -- namely reduced total cost of ownership -- together with the social benefit of doing the right thing for the environment. And when you can do both, it is an easy decision."
Improving AMD's Performance
The DJSI family of indexes tracks the stock performance of the world's leading companies in terms of economic, environmental and social criteria. More than 2,500 of the largest companies across 58 industry sectors are assessed, and only companies that fulfill certain sustainability criteria better than the majority of their peers are included on their indexes. AMD has been a constituent of the DJSI family each year since their inception. This year AMD achieved a 16% increase in its overall score, with improvements across all three sustainability categories.
The FTSE4Good equity index series selects companies that have met stringent social and environmental criteria, and are positioned to capitalize on the benefits of responsible business practices. AMD was added to the FTSE4Good Index in 2012.
AMD is also included on three MSCI Inc. (formerly Morgan Stanley Capital International) socially responsible investment (SRI) indexes: The KLD 400 index; The World ESG; and The World SRI. In addition, AMD was selected by Triodos Bank in 2012, ranking third of 24 companies in the sector for investing based on sustainability performance. Another SRI analyst firm, Oekom, rated AMD as "Prime Status." The Oekom analysis resulted in AMD being one of only two semiconductor companies listed on the Global Challenges Index -- an investment index focused on the top global sustainability challenges of this millennium.
Sustainability Commitment
For more information about AMD's commitment to being a responsible corporate citizen, visit this page. A summary of the company's corporate responsibility report can be downloaded from here.
55 Comments on AMD Recognized for Exemplary Corporate Responsibility with Listings on the Dow Jones
1. AMD cut some fat to survive a recession.
2. Dow Jones said, AMD cutting the fat will make it sustainable in the long run.
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and as for the layoffs, ive not spouted an opinion so here goes, Bang on Amd
you have division A, makeing cpu designs and devision B, doing Gfx designs but you need an amalgamation of these for Apu work,,,,, they get better at this then due to modular designs with pop in Ip and better tools,ie automated placement softwares and now a need for less hands on design doing in either cpu or gfx dept, and knowledge of cpus and gfx is better spread between divisions now compared to 2 years ago hey presto some guys arent needed so much anymore :D.
its exactly what would have been planned to occour regardless of market conditions imho and is exactly what any company does when it takes over and merges with another smaller company(Amd-Ati)
beatin me to it again MM:shadedshuI am an engineer mate and due to the above std company practice ive so far been made redundant twice, bonus money to me and all that:) ,,Its bad for the guys looseing work and i do feel for them dont get me wrong, and i agree with your sentiment but this sh#t happens:(, to any of them id say chinup ive allways ended up better off in the end as more experience helps your cv next job.
Hands up all those who don't realize that Dow Jones largely rely on the company for providing data for their sustainability index?
Much ass-covering when things go pear shaped
According to the Journal of Enviromental Sustainability, only 48% of experts in the fieldactually trusted the DJSI ( PDF).
Can't help but wonder how desperate AMD are for positive spin right now. I wonder if they'd trade the award for a few dozen tablet design wins for Win 8RT?
FBR Capital downgrade Nvidia
Time to take that Green Team tin-foil hat off and look at reality.
...maybe more than once..
...maybe more than twice.
Old news? Six of the eight board members that signed off on that clusterfuck still draw a paycheck at AMD.
Instead of a PR release selling a physical product ( no problem there), AMD are using meaningless self-sponsored accolades to sell their management. Doesn't seem as though the financial sectorare buying it, doesn't seem that AMD employeesbuy it, and it doesn't seem that hardware shoppers buy it...that leaves AMD cheerleaders and people waiting for the stock to bottom out...doesn't it?
Icing on the cake? The company that AMD have engaged to oversee the employee "restructuring"- McKinsey and Company. Couldn't be better.Stop trolling moron.
Anti-AMD's BoD =/= Nvidia
You want to start bashing- go start a thread.
:nutkick:Since you're either too lazy to follow the link, or can't work out how to open a pdf, here's Wikipedia'sentry level take:Of course, I'm only supplying factual analysis with accompanying documentation, whereas your all encompassing view comes from.....you :toast:
Also they didn't over pay 100% of what ATI was worth. :laugh: Nevermind the GPU division posts profits quarter after quarter.
Sorry to intrude on your private reality.How many years did it take for the GPU division to make back the $3bn in profit ?
:willywonkalistens:
I think this speculation that AMD is on it's way out is completely false. Despite the poor earnings and the stock drops, AMD is still a performing company. They most certainly need some upper management changes, but like all companies feeling financial woes, they adjust and try different things.
I also disagree with people segregating AMD's chip and gpu chip departments. It's all AMD now. Has been since 2006 whether the ATI name was there or not. AMD makes decent and powerful top end graphics cards. Personally i switched from Nvidia because the cards i got either died or just seemed sub par. I own 7970's now, and love them, and i've gone toe to toe with many a friends 680 and 680 sli setups, and still haven't seen a competitor come out on top. AMD makes decent mid to low end cpu's, decent APU's and stellar graphics. That's AMD in a nutshell.
Why don't we as techies, nerds, geeks, celler dwellers, sys admins, programers, graphic artists, and all the other various genre's stand behind these companies and hope for the best, because you all know that no competition is never good for business and if AMD goes by the wayside.. We'll all be paying more, intel, amd, nvdia, alike
Do you work for Nvidia or on there Board of Directors ?
If you follow there trades they made out like bandits since last year selling there stock.
Brooke Seawell
50,000 shares sold almost half her shares.
William Miller
330,000 shares sold
Jay Puri
541,717 shares sold
Harvey Jones
204,795 shares sold
James Gaither
315,000 shares sold
Tench Coxe
162,338 shares sold
Mark Perry
175,000 shares sold
Just to provide some perspective in shares sold by company members or board of directors in the last 12months
AMD
272,504
NVIDIA
3,678,235
If you want to make some money just keep track of stock dumps by people in the company that hold high positions.
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