1、FOR A BETTER REALITYFor a better reality2024 SUSTAINABILITY REPORTTable of contents3 Leadership messages 3 Rachel Peterson 5 Blair Swedeen and Leslie Collins 7 Executive summary 8 About Meta 9 About this report 11 Sustainability vision 17 Goals and commitments19 How we operate 20 Path to net zero 26
2、 Energy 39 Data centers 45 Climate risks and resilience 47 Water 52 Offices 54 Responsible supply chain 2024 Sustainability Report66 What we create 67 Responsible AI 68 AI for climate 73 Climate insightsA Data index B Forward-looking statements C Environmental metrics O Environmental methodologyIn e
3、arly 2024,we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the launch of Facebook,coming off a year focused on efficiency and artificial intelligence(AI)in 2023.We challenged ourselves to uncover new opportunities to streamline our processes and deliver the additional data center capacity to support the AI dem
4、and,while keeping our eye on our sustainability progress.Since 2020,we have maintained net zero emissions in our global operations.To get there we reduced our emissions by 94%from a 2017 baseline,primarily by matching 100%of the electricity use of our data centers and offices with renewable energy a
5、nd addressing the remaining emissions with projects that remove carbon from the atmosphere.Meeting our goal to achieve net zero value chain emissions in 2030 will be significantly harder.The challenge of reaching our sustainability goals given the increased demand for energy and resources driven by
6、AI is not unique to Meta.And it will require major shifts in how companies like ours operate.Since breaking ground on our first data center back in 2010,weve built a global infrastructure that serves as the engine for the more than three billion people who use our technologies and programs every day