Thousands of AMDers Unite To Create a More Sustainable Future

Celebrated by more than a billion people, Earth Day is the largest global environmental event, inspiring more and more AMDers to take part in activities to help protect the planet.

This year, AMDers across the globe with a shared interest in helping protect the planet joined forces to work towards a more sustainable future. Throughout March and April, AMD Community Impact Volunteer Liaisons, with help from the Go Green Employee Resource Group (ERG), organized activities at 24 global sites to promote environmental preservation and raise awareness about sustainability issues.

More than 2,000 employees in North America, Europe, the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Asia volunteered their time to participate in over 40 company-sponsored events, casting a wide net for collective action across geographies with even more events planned for May.

Employees in 15 North American sites received tree saplings and plants from the nonprofit Neighborhood Forest, resulting in 2,500 plants being donated to children through the organization’s annual Earth Day educational program.

Teams in Armenia, Bellevue, Iasi, Markham, Shanghai and Suzhou planted 740 trees and 70 plants to green up their local communities. Sites in the U.K. also helped support local gardens by creating flower beds, removing weeds and planting seedlings helping to ensure that neglected spaces are primed for growth and ready to thrive.

AMDers from several locations also joined forces to clean up local parks, shorelines and waterways. With events ranging from removal of litter and debris in Austin, Fishkill, Ottawa, Rochester, Singapore and Shanghai, employees worked hard to preserve the natural beauty of their local environments for future generations.

In line with the three Rs - reduce, reuse and recycle - AMD employees in Santa Clara and San Jose demonstrated their resourcefulness by turning scraps of fabric into pull-toys for shelter dogs. AMDers in Singapore tackled food waste by partnering with the nonprofit Fridge Restock to sort and package rescued surplus food for distribution to community fridges across the country.

Lastly, employees engaged in mindfulness and educational activities helping ensure that Earth Day highlighted the importance of environmental stewardship. Employees participated in events that demonstrated how intentional minimalism can empower one to live in harmony with nature with simplicity and purpose and embraced nature therapy by creating pieces of art out of moss.

Through these activities, AMDers embraced our collective role in helping protect the planet, while also empowering ourselves and others to make more sustainable choices every day.

“We are incredibly proud of our AMD employees for their dedication to making a positive impact on the planet through collective action and we look forward to ongoing efforts in promoting environmental stewardship across our global sites,” said Anne Fertitta, senior manager, community impact, AMD.

For more information on AMD environmental sustainability, please read Director of Corporate Responsibility Justin Murrill's Earth Day blog.

For more information on community involvement at AMD, please see the AMD Corporate Responsibility Report.