{"id":68806,"date":"2026-06-12T19:19:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T11:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/?p=68806"},"modified":"2026-06-29T17:48:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T09:48:08","slug":"nvidias-fy2026-sustainability-report-reveals-scope-3-emissions-have-nearly-tripled-since-2024-greenpeace-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/eastasia\/press\/68806\/nvidias-fy2026-sustainability-report-reveals-scope-3-emissions-have-nearly-tripled-since-2024-greenpeace-response\/","title":{"rendered":"NVIDIA\u2019s FY2026 Sustainability Report Reveals Scope 3 Emissions Have Nearly Tripled Since 2024: Greenpeace Response"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

HONG KONG \u2013<\/strong> NVIDIA today released its Fiscal Year 2026 Sustainability Report<\/a>, reporting that its Scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions nearly tripled<\/strong>, from 3,638,432 metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (MT CO2<\/sub>e) in FY2024 to 10,700,940 MT CO2<\/sub>e in FY2026\u2014almost equal to the annual emissions of a medium-sized country like Lebanon [1]. <\/p>\n\n

The increase was primarily driven by upstream emissions from producing the components, materials, and manufacturing services required for its GPUs and AI systems, meaning that the fabless tech giant is increasingly shifting the emissions burden to its manufacturing hubs in Taiwan and South Korea, where hundreds of NVIDIA\u2019s ecosystem partners operate [2]. The sustainability report also shows that Scope 3 emissions account for more than 99% of NVIDIA\u2019’s total carbon emissions.<\/p>\n\n

Rachel Yu, Greenpeace East Asia Climate and Energy Campaigner, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

\u201cJensen Huang reiterated in the sustainability report that AI is a \u2018five-layer cake\u2019 with energy being the foundation. He admitted that \u2018the energy challenge is real. It\u2019s solvable,\u2019 and pointed to renewable energy as a key part of the solution. However, NVIDIA\u2019s foundry suppliers in East Asia are heavily relying on fossil fuels. From what the company has reported to date, we have yet to find any evidence of NVIDIA making renewable energy investments in its supply chain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n

In the sustainability report, the company did not disclose any details about concrete efforts to support its suppliers in their renewable energy transitions, such as power purchase agreements (PPAs) or direct investments in renewable electricity infrastructure. Meanwhile, based on Greenpeace\u2019s previous research<\/a>, NVIDIA was found to be lagging behind its industrial peers on cleaning up its supply chain, while other major tech companies like Google<\/a> are taking action to support their East Asian suppliers\u2019 renewable energy transitions. A recent study on NVIDIA\u2019s supply chain decarbonization progress<\/a> by Greenpeace East Asia also shows that only about a quarter of the electricity consumed by the company\u2019s top suppliers in East Asia was from renewable energy [3]. <\/p>\n\n

\u201cWhen <\/em>confronted by Greenpeace East Asia activists<\/em><\/a> <\/em>in Taipei last month, Jensen Huang acknowledged the importance of investing in renewable energy with its suppliers. With NVIDIA\u2019s supply chain emissions almost tripling, the case for immediate, concrete action to decarbonize its manufacturing supply chain is urgent. It needs to start with setting clear, time-bound renewable energy targets for its supply chain in East Asia,\u201d <\/em>said Yu.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Greenpeace East Asia demands that NVIDIA:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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  1. Expand its 100% renewable energy target from its own corporate operations to cover its entire manufacturing supply chain by 2030<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Direct NVIDIA\u2019s capital into supplier-led renewable energy infrastructure across East Asian manufacturing hubs.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n

    END<\/p>\n\n

    Notes<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n

    [1] Based on Worldometer\u2019s CO\u2082 emissions by country data<\/a>, Lebanon\u2019s annual GHG emissions in 2024 were 11,004,120 tons.<\/p>\n\n

    [2] Taiwan hosts more than 500<\/a> NVIDIA ecosystem partners and produces more than 1 million rack components for the NVIDIA Vera Rubin infrastructure. In South Korea, SK Hynix<\/a> and Samsung Electronics<\/a> are NVIDIA\u2019s primary memory chip suppliers. <\/p>\n\n

    [3] According to the analysis by Greenpeace East Asia<\/a>, the renewable electricity ratio among the top 20 manufacturing suppliers in East Asia was only 24.09% based on the latest Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) questionnaire responses as of March 2026.<\/p>\n\n

    Media Contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

    Yujie Xue, International Communications Officer, Greenpeace East Asia, +852 5127 3416, yujie.xue@greenpeace.org<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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