The first conclusion dervied when analyzing the Digital Stars is that there is a discrepancy in what each company reports regarding their respective environmental performance.
While every company discloses its carbon footrprint accroding to each scope, only 40% disclose their wasteland diversion rate and 30% do not disclose their water impact. The 70% that discloses their water impact shift between metrics, disclosing its water withdrawal or water consumption or both.
This shows the Digital Stars’ prioritize tackling its carbon footprint, while other environmental factor are put aside.
Here you can see a table detailing the Digital Stars’ resource reporting:
Envrionmental Impact | Proportion | Companies |
CO2e emissions | 100% | all |
Water impact | 70% | Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Adobe, Oracle Salesforce |
Water withdrawal | 60% | Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Adobe, Oracle |
Water consumption | 50% | Apple, Microsoft, Google, Facebook, Salesforce |
Wasteland diversion rate | 40% | Apple, Microsoft, Google, Adobe |