Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Energy, Emissions and Climate Resilience
• Data Security and Privacy
• Ethical Business Practices
• Talent Acquisition, Retention & Development
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Up to 80% reduction in direct carbon usage versus competitive all-flash systems
• FlashArray//C60: Reduces GHG emissions and energy consumption by 75% when compared to a competitive hybrid array.
• FlashArray//X70: Reduces GHG emissions and energy consumption by over 84% when compared to a competitive all-flash array.
• FlashArray//XL170: Reduces GHG emissions and energy consumption by over 80% when compared to a competitive all-flash array.

Social Achievements

• 95 out of 100 score in Pure’s first Human Rights Campaign’s 2022 Best Places to Work Corporate Equality Index.
• Pure trains 100% of employees every six months on data security and privacy protocols.

Governance Achievements

• Completed first SOC 2 audit and certification; plans to obtain ISO 27001 certification in 2022.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing Scope 3 emissions

Mitigation Strategies

• Commitment to further reducing sold products emissions by 66% per petabyte.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Purchasing Code of Conduct for all non-manufacturing suppliers (planned for 2022)
• Supplier Code of Conduct for manufacturing suppliers (follows Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct)
• Commitment to conflict-free minerals

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, SASB Hardware Industry Standards

Certifications: SOC 2

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• FlashArray//X70
• FlashArray//C60
• FlashArray//XL170

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Ethical Business Practices
• Corporate Governance
• Environmental Sustainability
• Sustainable Supply Chain

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced Scope 1 emissions to 273 metric tons CO2e
• Complies with all European Union waste regulations from the Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive

Social Achievements

• 95% of employees agreed or strongly agreed that Pure “acts on a clear set of core values.”
• 96% of employees agreed or strongly agreed that executive management sets clear expectations about the need to comply with the Code of Conduct.
• 93% of employees agreed or strongly agreed that “Pure demonstrates our core values through our transactions with third parties, including partners and customers.”
• No confirmed incidents of bribery or corruption in 2020 and 2021.

Governance Achievements

• Established a Speak Up hotline for anonymous reporting of concerns.
• Implemented annual mandatory training on Code of Conduct, anti-discrimination and harassment, and privacy.
• Annual supplemental business integrity and anti-bribery and anti-corruption training for Sales and Finance teams.
• Chief Legal Officer oversees ethics and reports directly to the CEO and provides quarterly presentations to the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Minimizing environmental impact from operations and supply chain.
• Building resilience to the physical risks of climate change.

Mitigation Strategies

• Proactive approach toward climate-related risk mitigation embedded into enterprise risk management and business continuity planning.
• All Pure contract manufacturers are required to have business continuity plans (BCPs) that Pure reviews on a quarterly basis.
• Multi-site, multi-continent strategy to enhance resilience at manufacturing sites.
• Flexible supply chain to mitigate shortages from natural disasters and pandemics.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Responsible Business Alliance framework for manufacturing suppliers
• Purchasing Code of Conduct for non-manufacturing suppliers (planned for 2022)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Hurricanes, floods, extreme weather

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Data Security and Privacy
• Energy, Emissions, and Climate Resilience
• Talent Acquisition, Retention, and Development
• Ethical Business Practices
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced emissions per effective petabyte by 25% since setting a 2030 target to reduce them by 66% against a FY20 baseline.
• Leased 74% of office space in certified green buildings.
• Diverted 97% of data center waste from landfill.

Social Achievements

• Grew headcount by approximately 22%.
• Employee engagement score of 85% (a 2% point increase YoY).
• Launched Inclusive Leadership Index (ILI) holding VPs accountable for DEI objectives.
• Advanced diversity representation, including 31.5% women in director roles and 11.4% under-represented group (URG).

Governance Achievements

• Integrated ESG governance into the company’s overall governance structure, including board oversight of ESG-related topics.
• Codified ethics and compliance expectations for employees, partners, and suppliers in our Code of Conduct.
• Obtained ISO/IEC: 27001:2013 certification for Portworx.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Scope 3 emissions, particularly use of sold products, represent the largest portion of the GHG footprint.
• Varying renewable energy mix across data center providers.

Mitigation Strategies

• Committed to setting science-based targets covering Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions through the Science Based Target Initiative (SBTi).
• Integrating renewable energy mix considerations in data center procurement decisions starting in FY24.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of Tier 1 supplier facilities audited in the RBA Validated Audit Process (VAP) or equivalent.

Responsible Procurement

• Responsible Minerals Initiative (RMI) alignment.
• Supplier Code of Conduct specifying working conditions and respect for human rights.
• Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) collaboration and tools.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Hurricanes
• Floods
• Extreme weather

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes
• Market shifts

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Universal Standards, SASB Hardware Industry Standards, SASB Software & IT Services Standards, UN Sustainable Development Goals (UN SDGs)

Certifications: LEED Gold, WELL Building, ISO/IEC: 27001:2013 (Portworx)

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 5
• Goal 8
• Goal 9
• Goal 12

Pure Storage's ESG strategy and initiatives align with these goals through various programs, policies, and charitable contributions.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Pure//E™ family (FlashBlade//E™ and FlashArray//E™)
• Latest generation of FlashArray//X™ and FlashArray//C™ products

Awards & Recognition

• Business Intelligence Group: 2022 Sustainability Award
• Fortune: Best Workplaces in Technology 2022
• Great Places to Work: Best Workplaces for Parents 2022
• Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index 2022
• Newsweek: Most Loved Workplaces 2022
• San Francisco Business Times: Top 100 Bay Area Corporate Philanthropists of 2022
• Silicon Valley Business Journal: Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2023: Largest Companies

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Climate Change
• Product Sustainability
• Corporate Governance
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
• Community Engagement
• Data Security and Privacy
• Health, Safety, and Well-being
• Waste
• Emissions and Energy
• Responsible Sourcing
• Talent Acquisition, Retention, and Development
• Water

Environmental Achievements

• Achieved third-party verification of both FY23 and FY24 GHG emissions.
• Purchased renewable energy to cover 100% of Pure Storage headquarters.
• Aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD).
• Updated supplier scorecard to include ESG (10% of score).
• 52.7% reduction in Scope 3, Category 11 Use of Sold Product GHG emissions intensity (MT per effective PB shipped) year-over-year.

Social Achievements

• Received an 8.1/10 Overall Employee Engagement Index score.
• Received a job candidate Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 89.
• Increased Talent Development Index from 78% to 82% year-over-year.
• Increased Inclusive Leadership Index for VP+ by 47% year-over-year.
• Achieved diverse supplier spend of 6%.
• $2.2M in charitable donations by the Pure Good Foundation and Pure Storage to nonprofits globally.

Governance Achievements

• Piloted impact accounting in partnership with the Value Balancing Alliance.
• Reduced ESG risk rating to 16.4 (Low Risk) on Sustainalytics.
• Expanded ethics and compliance expectations for employees, partners, and suppliers.
• Applied security processes to company operations as a whole.
• Launched Data Privacy Council.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Challenges in collecting precise operational water metrics due to leased facilities.
• Challenges in collecting precise data on operational waste metrics at co-leased or multi-tenant facilities.

Mitigation Strategies

• Established working groups for waste and water to enhance data collection and reporting.
• Contracted with a new waste services vendor guaranteeing 100% data center waste diversion from landfill.
• Initiated a targeted water survey at contract manufacturer facilities.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of Tier 1 supplier facilities audited in the RBA Validated Audit Process (VAP) or equivalent.

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct
• Sustainable Procurement Policy
• RBA membership

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Extreme weather, flooding

Transition Risks

• Regulatory changes, market shifts, evolving customer needs

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products, capturing market demand for sustainable solutions.

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Universal Standards, SASB Hardware Industry Standards, SASB Software & IT Services Standards, TCFD, UN SDGs

Certifications: ISO 27001, Energy Star, LEED, WELL

Third-party Assurance: Apex

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 5: Gender Equality
• Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
• Goal 9: Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
• Goal 12: Responsible Consumption and Production

Pure Storage's initiatives contribute to these goals through sustainable product design, diverse workforce, community engagement, and responsible supply chain practices.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Evergreen family of products, Pure//E family of products

Awards & Recognition

• Fortune: Best Workplaces in Technology 2023
• Fortune: Best Workplaces for Women 2023
• Fortune: Best Workplaces for Millennials 2023
• Great Places to Work: Best Workplaces for Parents 2023
• Human Rights Campaign: Corporate Equality Index 2023
• Newsweek: Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023
• Silicon Valley Business Journal: Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2023

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced carbon emissions from product use by up to 85%
• Products consume as little as 1/5th the energy and data center floor space as competitive solutions
• Avoided space consumption equivalent to 2.7 average US data centers
• Purchased renewable energy to cover 100% of Pure Storage headquarters

Social Achievements

• Received an 8.1/10 Overall Employee Engagement Index score
• Received a job candidate Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 89
• Increased Talent Development Index from 78% to 82% Y/Y
• Increased Inclusive Leadership Index for VP+ by 47% Y/Y
• $2.2M in charitable donations

Governance Achievements

• Reduced ESG risk rating to 16.4 (Low Risk)
• Expanded ethics and compliance expectations for employees, partners, and suppliers
• Aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure (TCFD)
• Achieved third-party verification of FY23 GHG emissions; FY24 verification is underway

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Exponential growth of data and AI predicted to push global data center energy consumption to four percent of all energy produced
• Data centers in the US expected to use nearly six percent of all US electricity by the end of the decade

Mitigation Strategies

• Developing energy-efficient products (up to 10 times less energy than HDDs and up to 5 times less than SSDs)
• Implementing impact accounting to quantify costs of activities like greenhouse gas emissions, material use, water, waste, and land use
• Piloting impact accounting in partnership with Sustainalytics

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Updated supplier scorecard to include ESG, representing 10% of the score

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Opportunities

• Development of energy-efficient products

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD

Certifications: ISO 14044

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Pure//E family of All-flash Storage
• FlashArray//X and FlashArray//C products

Awards & Recognition

• Fortune: Best Workplaces in Technology 2023
• Fortune: Best Workplaces for Women 2023
• Fortune: Best Workplaces for Millennials 2023
• Great Places to Work: Best Workplaces for Parents 2023
• Human Rights Campaign: Corporate Equality Index 2023
• Newsweek: Global Most Loved Workplaces 2023
• Silicon Valley Business Journal: Best Places to Work in the Bay Area 2023: Largest Companies

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Greenhouse Gas Emissions
• Human Capital
• Supply Chain Sustainability

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced GHG emissions intensity by FYE revenue from 1.22 mt CO2e/$ millions in FY20 to 1.09 mt CO2e/$ millions in FY22
• Reduced GHG emissions intensity per effective PB shipped from 65.94 mt CO2e/PBe in FY20 to 48.89 mt CO2e/PBe in FY22
• Reduced energy demand intensity per $ million in revenue from 6.22 MWh/$ million in FY20 to 4.04 MWh/$ million in FY22

Social Achievements

• 85% employee engagement in FY23 EVS survey
• Improved gender diversity across various levels of the organization from FY20 to FY23
• Initiatives to support workforce development through grant making and employee volunteerism/mentorship

Governance Achievements

• 100% of active employees completed annual acknowledgement of key policies for the last four years
• Annual Global Compliance Risk Assessment conducted by Legal Compliance
• No confirmed incidents of bribery in the last year

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Calculation oversight in FY20 scope 2 GHG emissions calculation
• Data limitations in DEI data for FY20 and FY21

Mitigation Strategies

• Restated FY20 GHG inventory data to correct errors
• Restated FY20 and FY21 human capital data to improve accuracy and align with fiscal year

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: 100% of Tier 1 supplier facilities audited in the RBA Validated Audit Process (VAP) or equivalent (FY23)

Responsible Procurement

• Commitment to the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Ethics

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks

• Not disclosed

Transition Risks

• Not disclosed

Opportunities

• Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, GRI, UN SDGs

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Plan to obtain third-party verification of GHG emissions data as of FY24 ESG Report

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Goal 5
• Goal 8
• Goal 9
• Goal 12

Pure Storage’s ESG strategy and initiatives align most closely to these four UN SDGs and six related targets.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Designing and building products that are far more sustainable and energy-efficient

Awards & Recognition

• Not disclosed