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TD SYNNEX is committed to driving sustainability throughout the technology industry.
Here at TD SYNNEX, we recognise that a healthy and sustainable environment is critical to our society, economy, business and people.
That’s why we’ve committed to being net zero by 2045, and why we’re focused on being the leader in developing best practices in this area for the technology distribution market.
Why is sustainability important and what are the biggest players doing about it?
The IT market is a significant contributor to global emissions, partly due to the manufacturing and logistical implications frequently replaced devices and the water and electricity use of data centres.
Studies have even claimed the IT industry’s a bigger carbon emitter than the airline industry, leading to governments placing stringent conditions on public cloud providers.
The robust response from large IT vendors indicates how seriously they’re taking this, with huge investments in solar, wind and even forward contracts on nuclear fusion.
has committed to carbon negativity and zero waste by 2030. In 2026, Microsoft has matched 100% of its annual global electricity consumption with renewable energy and successfully replenished more water than it withdraw globally, for the first time. Achieved a 92% reuse and reycle rate for decommissioned components. They aim to remove all historic emissions from the environment by 2050.
aims to reach net-zero carbon by 2040 as part of Amazon’s commitment to the Climate Pledge. AWS pledged to use 100% renewable energy by 2025. Initially set for 2030, accelerated to 2025, and ultimately achieved in 2023 (seven years early). AWS continues to maintain this target year-on-year. 22B+ litres of water expected to be returned each year to local communities.
is carbon neutral for current operations with a goal to use carbon-free energy in all operations by 2030. Google replenished 78% of the total freshwater consumption and diverted 88% of data centre waste in 2025. In 2025, initiatives like hardware efficiencies, software and compute efficiencies and clean energy procurement collectively avoided over 58 million tCO2₂e.
All three promise to be water positive by 2030, with Google stating a figure of 120%.
It’s good to know the large vendors have plans in place, but what can we do to measure and manage our own emissions? Here’s our recommended four-step process:
We suggest starting with an industry recognised framework for measuring and managing your sustainability targets. The greenhouse gas protocol (GHG) is a good one.
GHG breaks down emissions into three focus areas or scopes:
Agree within your business what your sustainability goals are. This is likely to be a target date for net zero carbon emissions and a target for water use. These should be mapped against the framework you established in step one.
With your goals set, you’ll need to communicate them within the business to ensure all staff are on-board and that your goals are reflected in your marketing, website content, etc.
While it’s tempting to focus on Scope 1 and 2, Scope 3 is increasingly recognised as the greatest driver of total emissions.
For most organisations, Scope 3 turns out to be far higher than Scope 1 and 2 combined. In fact, it’s not uncommon for companies to have 80%+ of their emissions within Scope 3.
We suggest that you put your emissions into three buckets:
Once you’ve done this, it helps to focus on the low hanging fruit, accepting that some other items might take years to fix.
At TD SYNNEX, we’re not just talking about sustainability – we’re living it. These are some of the steps we’ve taken in the UK to address our own sustainability and the results we’ve seen so far:
We’ve developed a range of services and solutions to help you and your customers to become more sustainable and embrace the new circular economy.
These include circular IT services, configuration and integration services and financing services.