Huawei

Hardware Manufacturer

Legal name: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. · HQ: CN · Private · Founded 1987

Designer of Ascend AI accelerators — the backbone of China's domestic AI chip push — and operator of Huawei Cloud. Publishes a GRI-aligned, third-party-verified sustainability addendum, but own-operations renewable share remains low on a coal-heavy grid.

Disclosure Quality

Score

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Transparency Grade

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Grades run T-1 (most transparent) to T-5 (least transparent).

Score computed from OpenButterfly T1–T6 disclosure framework audit. Confidence tier: C (Estimated, Documented Method).

Environmental Metrics

Fiscal year 2025. 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

7.4 TWh

≈ the annual electricity use of 709,000 US homes

method: known_capacity_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

C

Scope 1 Emissions

216 kt CO₂e

≈ the annual emissions of 47,000 passenger cars

method: scope1_ratio_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

E

Scope 2 Emissions (market-based)

3.45 Mt CO₂e

≈ the annual emissions of 751,000 passenger cars

method: grid_carbon_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

D

Scope 3 Emissions

45.35 Mt CO₂e

≈ the annual emissions of 9.9 million passenger cars

method: scope3_ratio_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

E

Water Withdrawal

6.0 GL

≈ 2,383 Olympic swimming pools of water

method: wue_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

D

Property-Line Noise (estimated)

~53.2 dBA at property line

method: cooling_load_noise_model

Source: OpenButterfly pipeline

E

Disclosure Audit

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