Hitachi Vantara, a subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd, is putting sustainable innovation at the forefront with the launch of its first Sustainability Report. Billed as a milestone for the company, the document emphasizes Hitachi Vantara’s adherence to ESG (environmental, social and governance) principles and presents those ongoing initiatives that are capable of promoting responsible and sustainable business practices.
As highlighted in the report, Hitachi Vantara aims to transform not only its own activities and those of relationships with customers but extends the principles that inform its sustainability also to those of its customers through the adoption and implementation of innovative technologies. The company is committed to a more decarbonised society, aiming to become Carbon Neutral in its direct and indirect consumption by 2030, setting itself the goal of increasing diversity in leadership roles for a 30% female representation by the same year.
Reducing carbon emissions and improving the energy efficiency of its products such as the company’s data storage technology, for example, has been rethought with the aim of substantially decreasing the environmental impact, with solutions that reduce the energy consumption and CO2 emissions.
Sheila Rohra, CEO of Hitachi Vantarahe underlined: “For Hitachi Vantara, sustainability is not just the latest trend of the moment. We are seriously and concretely committed to environmental responsibility in all our activities and solutions, including our eco-friendly storage products, which integrate cutting-edge technology to reduce CO2 emissions. We are also expanding our commitments to decarbonization across our global operations and supply chain, ed we employ intelligent data lifecycle management with the aim of optimizing the contribution to sustainability for our customers too. Our first Sustainability Report provides an overview of all these initiatives and highlights Hitachi Vantara’s ongoing commitment to being responsible and socially innovative“.
Another fundamental point is the optimization of the product life cycle: Hitachi Vantara is committed to sustainable product design, end-of-life management and waste minimization, in line with the principles of the circular economy. The products of Virtual Storage Platform One data platform is ENERGY STAR certified and the company’s unique ‘automated switching’ process reduces energy consumption and CO2 emissions by 30-40%. This certification indicates an important contribution to environmental responsibility and substantial energy savings for consumers and companies.
In the desire to extend good governance practices to its customers, Hitachi Vantara has carried out the migration of the BMW Group storagean operation that led to a 70% reduction in overall dimensions and 80% lower energy demand compared to before the migrationmaking the system much more economical and environmentally friendly.
Turk Telekoma Turkish company also in the Information & Communications Technology sector, has seen the implementation of a new data architecture that is more sustainable from an environmental point of view, reducing the total carbon footprint from 23 to 9 cabinets and decreasing energy and cooling needs by approximately 60%.Mehmet Fatih Bekin, data center and cloud services director at Türk Telekomhe has declared: “We need to ensure that our storage systems do not contribute to bottlenecks that could impact performance and reliability for our customers. And just as importantly, the energy efficiency of our new VSP arrays is not only better for the environment, but also reduces our operating costs“.
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