Our approach (continued) Waste Table 1 Working towards our target to divert 90 percent of operational solid waste from landfills and incinerators across our owned datacenters and campuses In FY21, our diversion rate remained nearly flat from FY20, and we diverted more than 12,600 metric tons of waste from being landfilled or incinerated. Employees working from home was one of the main drivers of the decrease of over 44.4 percent in total waste generated. a. Waste generation values and classifications have been updated for FY19 and FY20 to be consistent with data collection and estimation methodology improvements established in FY21. As we continue improving our waste accounting, our reported values may change. Waste Table 2 Ensuring 90 percent of servers and components for all cloud hardware will be reused by 2025 The main driver s of our reuse percentage are the functional equipment that is remarketed (either whole or parted-out), or materials that could be reused after the recycling process. In FY21, a reduction in the volume of decommissioned assets and increase in the volume of recyclable material in the mix contributed to the overall reduction in the reuse percentage. Expansion of our Circular Centers program and investments in systems and policy changes will further enable us to achieve our 90 percent reuse target of servers and components by 2025. 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Tar get 90% Reuse rate Base year Current year FY19 85% 87% 76% FY21 FY20 Diversion rate 77.7% 79.4% 78.4% FY19 0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100% Tar get 90% FY21 FY20 Base year Current year A B C E A B C D E A B C D E D Diverted: Not diverted: Reused A Recycled Composted Landfilled Incinerated D B C E Reused a. Our program and supplier data quality has consistently improved over the years. Access to more accurate data has helped us update our methodology for percentage reuse calculation. For consistency, previously reported years have been updated to reflect latest methodology applied to FY21. 64
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