Climate Change Data

Camtek Ltd.

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:2832 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:301.92 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:2530.34 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:0%
Total Energy Consumption:3,883,419.21 kWh/year
Water Consumption:13,593.36 m3/year
Waste Generated:2.5-4 tons/month of cardboard packaging; 24 m3/week of mixed waste
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environment
  • Social
  • Governance

Environmental Achievements

  • Switched to LED lighting at facilities
  • Installing charging stations to transition fleet to hybrid/electric vehicles
  • Reduced energy consumption through optimization campaigns

Social Achievements

  • Maintained a safe working environment with no safety-related accidents or illnesses in 2022
  • Offered competitive salaries, performance-based bonuses, and social benefits
  • Provided on- and off-site wellbeing activities for employees
  • Supported employee career development through training and internal mobility

Governance Achievements

  • Maintained ISO 9001 certification
  • Preparing for ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 audits
  • Member of SEMI since 2009 and the Israeli Society for Quality (ISQ)

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Purchase of renewable energy once the Israeli market for green electricity supply opens in 2024
Short-term Goals:
  • Installation of solar panels on a new building under construction
  • Transitioning the entire fleet to hybrid and electric vehicles

Environmental Challenges

  • Calculating Scope 3 GHG emissions due to the vast number of suppliers
  • Gender imbalance in the semiconductor industry workforce
Mitigation Strategies
  • Gradually overcoming Scope 3 GHG emission calculation challenges in future reports
  • Investing in efforts to address gender imbalance, including equal pay strategy and promoting inclusion of minorities and women in the high-tech sector

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 4 main suppliers (49% of procurement budget) reviewed; on-site visit of one supplier location

Responsible Procurement
  • Commitment to supporting the aims and objectives of the Dodd-Frank Act concerning conflict minerals sourcing
  • Efforts to assess the social and environmental actions of suppliers
  • Procuring locally as much as possible (85% of procurement budget in 2022)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards 2021, SASB Semiconductors industry standard version 2018-10

Certifications: ISO 9001

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 4
  • Goal 8
  • Goal 9

Supporting technological literacy of high school students; providing local jobs and contributing to training the next generation; promoting manufacturing employment in Israel and investing in R&D.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Texas Instruments Supplier Excellence Award