Oracle

Carbon per million dollars of revenue. The legacy industry-standard reference (CDP, MSCI). Useful for cross-sector context, but distorted by margin — high-margin firms appear artificially efficient. Read alongside the operational and asset intensities for the full picture.

OpEx (operating expenditure) is the running cost of the business — staff, services, energy, materials. This shows how carbon-intensive operations are per million dollars of spend. Removes the margin distortion that revenue-based ratios introduce.

EVIC (Enterprise Value Including Cash) is the firm's total capital footprint — equity + debt + cash + minority interest. The EU's standard intensity measure (SFDR PAI 3) — answers: how much carbon does each million of capital deployed in this business produce?

PP&E (Property, Plant & Equipment) plus leased real-estate assets is the firm's physical infrastructure on the balance sheet. This shows the carbon intensity of that physical footprint — uses Scope 1+2+3 for consistency with the other headline intensities. Surfaces stranded-asset risk for asset-heavy firms.

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) procures renewable energy through RECs, Guarantees of Origin (GOs), and green tariffs, alongside identifying virtual power purchase agreements (VPPAs) that create additional local renewable generation near Oracle data centres. In FY25, 91% of all Oracle electricity consumption was renewable (vs 83% in FY24); 90% of OCI electricity was renewable. Oracle is evaluating micro-grid solutions including on- and off-site renewable generation, battery energy storage (BESS), and CCUS. Estimated FY25 spend on renewable energy and RECs was ~USD 6.4M. Aligned with RE100 / Exponential Roadmap Initiative.

Oracle's net-zero plan states intent to neutralize any residual emissions with permanent carbon removals at end of target (2050). The firm explicitly does NOT plan to mitigate emissions beyond its value chain, and does NOT plan to purchase or cancel carbon credits for neutralization or BVCM. No project-based carbon credits were retired in the reporting year. Specific removal volumes, technologies, and milestones are listed as confidential.

• Data centre cooling, PUE and on-site efficiency

  New data centres being built use closed evaporative air cooling systems (only a few hundred gallons of water per day evaporated). Oracle deployed VEPO (Virtual Emergency Power Off) to shed load during cooling failures, and uses Infrawatch automated monitoring for power/cooling thresholds. Open Compute Project-based architecture, phase-shedding voltage regulators, and Energy Star-certified server products are deployed across OCI to reduce energy intensity. FY25 MEP setpoint optimisation pilot delivered 1,997 tCO2e of avoided emissions.

• Hardware design-for-environment + take-back / refurbishment

  Oracle's Design for the Environment (DfE) program guides engineers to prioritise recyclability, reuse and energy efficiency. Customer take-back programs collect end-of-life hardware for remanufacture by Oracle or responsible recycling by contracted recyclers — the resulting end-of-life emissions are deemed immaterial. Energy Star certification maintained for server products sold both on-premises and used in Oracle's Cloud Data Centers.

• Business travel reduction

  Scope 3 Category 6 business travel dropped from 82,056 tCO2e (FY24) to 58,338 tCO2e (FY25), a ~29% YoY decrease. Calculation uses distance-based method with UK DESNZ/BEIS 2025 emission factors (short/medium/long-haul; average passenger class; no radiative forcing adjustment).

• Data centre electricity decarbonisation via renewables

  OCI data-centre electricity is Oracle's largest operational footprint. The firm targets 100% renewable match across colocation and owned data centres by 2025 through RECs/GOs/PPAs. In FY25, 88% of all Oracle electricity consumption came from OCI; 90% of that OCI consumption was renewable. Renewable purchase growth from 83% to 91% YoY reduced market-based emissions by 123,474 tCO2e (41% of FY24 Scope 1+2).

• Hardware circularity: take-back, reuse, and recycling

  99.4% of all processed hardware recycled or reused. 7.5 million pounds of retired customer hardware assets collected for recycling or reuse in FY24. 100% of technology recycling partners are ISO 14001 certified. Oracle's Design for the Environment program assesses energy efficiency, dematerialization, serviceability, and recyclability at the hardware design stage. Used laptops are redeployed internally or recycled via third-party vendor.

• OCI data center electricity decarbonisation

  Electricity consumption across offices and OCI data centers is one of the largest contributors to Oracle's operational carbon footprint. OCI is positioned as a high-density, energy-efficient cloud platform with best-practice cooling and energy management. 100% of OCI data centers in Europe, US, and LatAm are supported by renewable energy; 92% renewable electricity in cloud overall.

• Office energy efficiency and building certifications

  Oracle manages facilities to industry standards with 33 ENERGY STAR-certified, 8 LEED-certified, and 28 BOMA-certified Oracle-owned buildings. Tools and resources include building automation, smart controls, and upgraded HVAC. 92 Oracle buildings globally run on 100% renewable energy.

• Business travel emissions reduction

  Oracle has a 2025 target to reduce employee air travel emissions by 25%. Collaborates with travel partners to reduce flight emissions, encourage public transportation use, and promote sustainable lodging.

• Supplier engagement on emissions reduction targets

  Oracle engages ~96% of direct supplier spend via annual RBA-aligned environmental surveys plus CDP disclosures. Targets: 100% of key suppliers with environmental programs (achieved FY25), 80% of key tier 1/2 suppliers with emissions reduction targets (FY25: 100% direct, 81% indirect — both achieved). EcoVadis used to score and prioritise suppliers. Supplier-specific emission factors used for Scope 3 Cat 2 capital goods (94% supplier-specific data).

• Use-of-sold cloud services enabling customer decarbonisation

  Oracle frames OCI and Fusion Cloud Applications (incl. EPM Sustainability, Fusion Cloud Sustainability) as low-carbon alternatives to on-prem IT. Combined, low-carbon cloud products represent ~42.8% of revenue (24.9% Fusion + 17.9% OCI). Oracle has not quantified avoided emissions but positions cloud migration as a Scope 3 reduction lever for customers, with Sustainability Planning capability inside EPM allowing customer KPI tracking and decarbonisation scenario modelling.

• Green logistics and eco-friendly transportation

  Oracle works with logistics partners to minimize shipments, maximize consolidation, and select sustainable transportation modes, including lower-emission options such as bio-liquefied natural gas.

• Supplier engagement on emissions and environmental programs

  Oracle engages tier 1 and strategic tier 2 suppliers on carbon, water, and waste footprints. 88% of key high-spend suppliers have an environmental program in place; 82% have emissions reduction targets in place. 2025 goals: 100% of key suppliers with environmental program, 80% with emissions reduction targets. 74 RBA Code of Conduct audits completed at direct hardware supplier factories in FY24.