Broadcom Inc.
Hardware ManufacturerLegal name: Broadcom Inc. · HQ: US · Public (AVGO) · Founded 1991
Designer of custom AI accelerators (including Google's TPUs) and the networking silicon underpinning AI clusters. Among the weakest environmental disclosers of the large AI hardware firms — no dedicated sustainability report; figures here are modeled.
Disclosure Quality
Score
12/100
Transparency Grade
T-5
near-total opacity
Grades run T-1 (most transparent) to T-5 (least transparent).
Red flags identified (4)
- RF-01 · Total energy consumption not disclosed
- RF-02 · A greenhouse-gas emissions scope not disclosed
- RF-06 · Supply-chain environmental impact not disclosed
- RF-03 · Water withdrawal not disclosed
See the disclosure audit below for details.
Fiscal year 2026. Score computed from OpenButterfly T1–T6 disclosure framework audit. Confidence tier: C (Estimated, Documented Method).
Environmental Metrics
Fiscal year 2026. Each metric is shown at its most recent available year; rows from a different year are marked.
Confidence tiers: A measured and verified · B company-reported · C documented estimate · D uncertain estimate · E modeled · ND not disclosed.
Total Energy Consumption
372 GWh
≈ the annual electricity use of 35,000 US homes
method: known_capacity_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 1 Emissions
6,813 tCO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 1,481 passenger cars
method: scope1_ratio_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 2 Emissions (market-based)
109 kt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 24,000 passenger cars
method: grid_carbon_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Scope 3 Emissions
1.43 Mt CO₂e
≈ the annual emissions of 311,000 passenger cars
method: scope3_ratio_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Water Withdrawal
298 ML
≈ 119 Olympic swimming pools of water
method: wue_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Property-Line Noise (estimated)
~53.2 dBA at property line
method: cooling_load_noise_model
Source: OpenButterfly pipeline
Disclosure Audit
Show 5 disclosure checks (T1–T6 framework)
Total electricity consumption disclosed
No dedicated sustainability report; energy not disclosed outside limited CDP/10-K mentions.
RF-01 (Total energy consumption not disclosed)
Scope 3 GHG emissions (manufacturing) disclosed
Custom AI accelerator manufacturing emissions (TSMC) not disclosed or attributed.
RF-02 (A greenhouse-gas emissions scope not disclosed), RF-06 (Supply-chain environmental impact not disclosed)
Total water withdrawal disclosed
Water withdrawal not disclosed.
RF-03 (Water withdrawal not disclosed)
Semiconductor manufacturing environmental impact disclosed
No supply-chain environmental data disclosed.
RF-06 (Supply-chain environmental impact not disclosed)
GHG accounting methodology documented
No GHG methodology published.
Sources
- Broadcom FY2025 Form 10-K· sec filing · trust: high · accessed 2026-07-18
FY2025 revenue $63.9B; no dedicated sustainability report.