Western Digital | Sustainability Performance
Designs and manufactures data storage devices, including hard drives and solid-state drives.
1970
United States
10,001+ employees
Computer Hardware
$1B - 10B in revenue
$1B - 10B in profitability
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Sustainability Ranking & Industry Benchmark
#12223
Overallⓘ#2808
in United Statesⓘ#52
in Computer HardwareⓘSustainability Maturity
ⓘSustainability Intent
ⓘOverview
Environmental
Carbon emissionsEnergy consumptionWaste ManagementWater ManagementNature and biodiversitySocial
Diversity and InclusionPay GapsHealth and SafetyExternalitiesGovernance
TargetsSDG ImpactFinancial Data
Business performanceCapital & innovationAnalyst projections
Laggard
Laggard
Critical
Aligned
Intensity
Greenhouse gas intensity (Scope 1, 2, 3)(tCO₂e /$M)
Waste generation intensity (tonnes /$M)
Industry Benchmark
866.1
B/M 311.3
1.9
B/M 0.4
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Controversy level
- Western Digital Corporation, US major storage (HDD, NAND flash), has faced multiple US class actions over the contested 20232024 sustained share price volatility amid disclosed material customer demand changes including the contested 2024 SanDisk flash memory business demerger creating Western Digital/SanDisk split, plus periodic SEC enforcement scrutiny on alleged inadequate disclosure affecting US institutional shareholders.
Sustainability employees
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11+
ⓘThis value represents the estimated number of employees in a company with sustainability-related roles or job titles, as determined by Illuminem using publicly available data.