Vertiv has released its 2023 Responsible Business Report, which details progress in focus areas, and introduces the company’s “One Vertiv, One World” plan for advancing the principles of environmental stewardship, fostering a safe, inclusive, and engaged workplace, and conducting business in a responsible way.
In 2023, Vertiv continued to advance its vision to create a more responsible future by focusing on efficient products and systems, responsible operations, its people, its neighbors, supply chain integrity, and governance. In recognition of the critical role the tech and data center industries play in the global energy landscape, the “One Vertiv, One World” plan will help guide the company’s next steps in pursuit of creating long-term value for its shareholders, customers, and the communities it serves.
“We continue to advance our efforts to be a responsible global and corporate citizen while simultaneously providing products and services that help our customers achieve their own environmental sustainability goals,” said Giordano Albertazzi, Vertiv CEO. “With demand for AI growing rapidly across the world, we at Vertiv are providing infrastructure products, systems and services that enable our customers to advance their AI initiatives with high performance and a lower environmental impact.”
“As part of Vertiv’s global commitment to responsible business, we are thrilled to introduce the ‘One Vertiv, One World’ plan in India,” said Subhasis Majumder, Managing Director, Vertiv India. “With IT infrastructure now vital for business continuity across sectors, Vertiv remains dedicated to innovating efficient and environmentally friendly solutions. We are committed to helping our customers meet their sustainability objectives while also continuing our path toward a safe and more inclusive workplace for our employees.”
Some of the efforts and initiatives highlighted in the 2023 report include:
- An expanded offering of both high efficiency liquid cooling solutions and low-global warming potential (GWP) refrigerants to help Vertiv customers advance their AI initiatives and help enable performance with a lower environmental impact.
- The acquisition of CoolTera Ltd. (CoolTera), a designer and manufacturer of highly efficient liquid cooling solutions, bringing additional advanced cooling expertise, controls and systems to Vertiv’s already robust thermal management portfolio
- The rollout of a new battery energy storage system (BESS) with lithium-ion batteries that provides utility-scale energy storage that can be used as an always-on power supply, helping customers support operational resilience, avoid peak demand charges, and rely more on alternative distributed energy resources such as solar panels, wind turbines, and hydrogen fuel cells to help reduce carbon emissions and maintain reliability.
- The introduction of the Vertiv™ TimberMod™, featuring mass timber as a key structural component instead of steel for prefabricated modular (PFM) data center solutions, providing the potential to minimize resource depletion and lower the product’s carbon footprint as compared to steel alternatives.
- A refreshed Guide to Data Center Sustainability with updated statistics and other relevant information to aid Vertiv’s customers and other stakeholders.
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Featured photograph shows Vertiv™ TimberMod™, featuring mass timber as a key structural component instead of steel for prefabricated modular (PFM) data center solutions.
