{"id":68382,"date":"2025-10-29T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/?p=68382"},"modified":"2025-11-05T10:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T02:07:08","slug":"nvidia-ranks-last-on-ai-supply-chain-decarbonization-greenpeace-report-finds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/68382\/nvidia-ranks-last-on-ai-supply-chain-decarbonization-greenpeace-report-finds\/","title":{"rendered":"Nvidia Ranks Last on AI Supply Chain Decarbonization, Greenpeace Report Finds"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HONG KONG \u2013\u00a0Nvidia, the world’s first US$4 trillion firm and a leader in AI chip design, is falling significantly behind other AI giants in cutting emissions and transitioning to renewable energy, especially across its AI hardware manufacturing supply chain, according to a new report<\/a> released by Greenpeace East Asia.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n

“Supply Change: Tracking AI Giants\u2019 Decarbonization Progress,<\/em>” evaluates the decarbonization progress of the world\u2019s 10 largest AI companies [1] \u2014 including global technology and cloud computing giants such as Amazon, Apple, Google, Microsoft, and Meta, plus leaders in semiconductor design, namely AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Nvidia, and Qualcomm. It found that most industry leaders have made slow progress \u2014 particularly in tackling supply chain emissions, which can account for as much as 98% of total emissions for certain companies.<\/p>\n\n

Katrin Wu, Greenpeace East Asia Supply Chain Project Lead, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201c<\/em>Companies like Nvidia, which ride the AI wave, have gained billions of dollars in revenue and become some of the richest companies in the world. They claim their innovative products can save the world from climate crises. However, the innovation is built on dumping supply chain emissions on other parts of the world, especially in East Asia, which faces its own challenges in energy transition and is extremely vulnerable to climate change.<\/em>\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

Findings reveal that few of the ranked companies have set ambitious supply chain renewable energy targets and concrete actions to transition to renewable energy across supply chains, posing a significant challenge to the global decarbonization progress. In addition, while many ranked companies are based in the United States, most AI hardware manufacturing \u2013 an energy-intensive process \u2013 is highly concentrated in East Asia. This is particularly alarming given that fossil fuels still dominate in the region. With East Asia producing approximately 75% of global semiconductors and nearly 60% of the world\u2019s electronics, the weak supply chain decarbonization strategies of the companies also exacerbate climate inequity in the region. <\/p>\n\n

The report is the first in-depth assessment [2] of supply chain decarbonization in the context of the ongoing global AI boom, which has fueled enormous energy demands and raised urgent environmental concerns. It is a follow-up to Greenpeace East Asia’s groundbreaking analysis<\/a> released in April, which examined global electricity consumption and emissions related to AI semiconductor manufacturing. <\/p>\n\n

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