Environmental,
Social and
Governance
Report
Dell Technologies FY24 ESG Report
At Dell Technologies, our purpose is to create technologies that drive human progress.
Our commitment to advance sustainability, cultivate inclusion, transform lives and uphold trust is core to who we are and how we deliver technology that propels business and society forward.
Our environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and this report are how we turn this commitment into action, holding ourselves accountable to drive greater impact for business, people and the planet.
Table of contents
INTRODUCTION | |
A message from our | 4 |
Chairman and CEO | |
A message from our VP, | 5 |
Corporate Sustainability and ESG | |
Our business | 6 |
Awards and recognition | 7 |
Goals dashboard | 8 |
ESG materiality | 11 |
Stakeholder engagement | 13 |
Reporting frameworks | 14 |
ENVIRONMENTAL | |||
CLIMATE ACTION | 15 | ||
Strategy | 16 | ||
Greenhouse gas inventory | 18 | ||
Product carbon footprint | 21 | ||
Innovation | 23 | ||
Supply chain environmental | 24 | ||
management | |||
CIRCULAR ECONOMY | 28 | ||
Product lifecycle | 30 | ||
Circular design | 31 | ||
Product materials | 33 | ||
Sustainable packaging | 35 | ||
Recovery and recycling | 37 |
SOCIAL | ||
DIGITAL INCLUSION | 39 | |
Community engagement | 41 | |
Global partnerships | 43 | |
Technology innovation | 45 | |
Future-ready skills | 46 | |
INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | 47 | |
Workplace | 48 | |
Workforce | 51 | |
Accountability | 53 | |
Marketplace | 54 | |
HUMAN RIGHTS | 55 | |
Salient risks | 56 | |
Supply chain responsibility | 58 | |
Continuous improvement model | 59 | |
Responsible labor practices | 62 | |
Health, safety and worker rights | 63 | |
Responsible minerals sourcing | 65 | |
Supplier diversity | 66 |
GOVERNANCE | ||
TRUST | 67 | |
Security | 68 | |
Privacy | 71 | |
Ethics | 72 | |
Corporate governance | 75 | |
Board and ESG governance | 75 | |
Risk assessment | 77 | |
Public policy | 79 |
BY THE NUMBERS | 80 | |
Performance metrics | 81 | |
Supply chain audit results | 96 | |
APPENDIX | 99 | |
About this report | 100 | |
ESG goals and key drivers | 102 | |
methodology | ||
Reporting frameworks index | 106 | |
Glossary | 111 | |
Endnotes | 115 |
A message from our Chairman and CEO
A lot has changed in the 40 years since I first launched Dell from a University of Texas dorm room, but what hasn't changed is our commitment to creating technology that drives human progress. In fact, our mission is more powerful and important than ever.
From the PC to the internet to the cloud, we've helped customers put their data to work to drive incredible outcomes. Now, with generative AI it feels like the last few decades have just been the pregame show. AI will revolutionize how we live and work, and it will drive unprecedented advances across every domain of human endeavor. From education to healthcare to physics, AI will help deliver radical progress and productivity.
We need to work together to ensure AI lives up to its potential by encouraging responsible use and ensuring its application is as beneficial to people and our planet as possible. The evolving regulatory environment is on the minds of our customers, partners, suppliers and investors.
Sustainability and ESG commitments are now widely recognized as business imperatives that impact everything from supplier decisions to business strategy. At Dell, we are both meeting our goals and helping customers meet theirs.
In the following report, we hold ourselves accountable and share progress against our commitment to create positive business, social and environmental impact.
Dell Technologies is rooted in innovation and progress, and this brings exciting opportunities for collaboration across our ecosystem of customers, partners and team members. Together, we can realize our greatest ambitions and do it responsibly.
We're here to support you and are grateful for the opportunity to partner with you.
Michael Dell
Chairman and CEO
Dell Technologies
"We need to work together to ensure AI lives up to its potential by encouraging responsible use and ensuring its application is as beneficial to people and"our planet as possible.
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | ||
Messages from our leadership | Our business | Awards | Goals dashboard | ESG materiality | Stakeholder engagement | Reporting frameworks |
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A message from our VP, Corporate Sustainability and ESG
We actively support our customers and partners in achieving their goals while making a lasting impact for business, people and the planet.
Our approach includes embedding Sustainability and Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) throughout our value chain and technology stack. We engage our supply chain to drive emissions reductions, use innovative materials and takeback programs to advance the circular economy and collaborate with nonprofits with the aim to bring everyone access to the benefits of technology.
Our FY24 ESG Report is one way we're holding ourselves accountable against our ambitious goals for 2030 and beyond, and we continue to invest in initiatives that apply our technology, scale and talented workforce to address complex challenges like climate change, accelerating the circular economy, creating inclusive workplaces and addressing the digital divide.
Our FY24 highlights include:
- Closing in on our packaging goal, with 96.4% of packaging across our entire product portfolio made with recycled or renewable materials.
- 949,000 hours of volunteer work logged by our team members, spanning community projects such as park cleanups to skill-based work through the Pro Bono program.
- Over 396 million people benefiting from our digital inclusion programs, partnerships and innovation since FY20. These efforts provide access to technology, connectivity, digital skills and support for under- resourced communities around the world.
- Receipt of a platinum EcoVadis 2023 medal for scoring in the top 1% of companies assessed across four major themes: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
- Launched more products featuring recycled, renewable and reduced carbon emissions materials. In FY24, we used over 43 million kg (95 million lbs) of sustainable materials in our products and were the first in the industry to ship certified 50% recycled content steel in our displays.
Underpinning all these highlights are our continued partnerships and collaboration inside and outside our organization. And as we explore the opportunities and address the environmental and social impacts that come with AI, we will continue to work alongside and support our customers, partners and communities.
The next phase of how we use technology to create meaningful impact, build trust and create a more sustainable and inclusive world for everyone is a phase unlike any before, and one we're excited to embark on together.
Cassandra Garber
Vice President, Corporate
Sustainability and ESG
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | ||
Messages from our leadership | Our business | Awards | Goals dashboard | ESG materiality | Stakeholder engagement | Reporting frameworks |
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Our business
Dell Technologies' integrated solutions help customers modernize their IT infrastructure, manage and operate in a multicloud world, address workforce transformation, and provide critical solutions that keep people and organizations connected.
99%
of Fortune 500 served as of FY24
$88.4B | $2.8B |
in FY24 revenue | invested in R&D in FY24 |
170+
approximate number of countries Dell operates in globally
No. 1
in client business, high-end gaming, purpose- built backup appliance, workstations, server, storage software, PC monitors, external storage, hyperconverged and converged systems*
*Client PC & upsell revenue statistic calculated by Dell Technologies primarily by utilizing other PC OEMs' financial public filings, as of Q4 FY24; Workstations (Units) - IDC WW Quarterly Workstation Tracker CY23Q4; PC Monitors (Units)
- IDC WW Quarterly Monitor Tracker CY23Q4; High-end Gaming (Units) - IDC Quarterly Gaming Tracker, CY23Q4, $1,500+ price band; Server (Units) - IDC WW Quarterly Server Tracker CY23Q4; External Storage (Revenue) - IDC WW Quarterly Enterprise Storage Systems Tracker CY23Q4; Storage Software - IDC WW Storage Software and Cloud Services Tracker CY23Q4 and includes archiving software, data replication and protection software, software-defined storage controller software, and storage infrastructure and device management software; PBBA - IDC WW Purpose-Built Backup Appliance (PBBA) (Revenue) CY23Q4; Hyperconverged Systems (HCI) (Revenue) - IDC WW Quarterly Converged Systems Tracker CY23Q4.
No. 34
on Fortune 500
2,000+
patents issued to Dell Technologies in 2023
120,000
approximate Dell Technologies team members as of FY24
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | ||
Messages from our leadership | Our business | Awards | Goals dashboard | ESG materiality | Stakeholder engagement | Reporting frameworks |
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Awards and recognition
Dell Technologies is investing in initiatives across our ESG impact areas and receiving recognition across the globe. The following FY24 awards highlight areas of excellence and represent our commitment to drive impact. Explore more of our awards and recognition.
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ECOVADIS
Platinum medal
Awarded a platinum EcoVadis medal in 2023 for scoring in the top 1% of companies assessed across four major themes: environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.
BEST PLACE TO WORK
Score: 100%
The Disability Equality Index (DEI) serves as a benchmark that helps companies build a road map of measurable, tangible actions to achieve disability inclusion and equality.
GARTNER'S POWER OF THE PROFESSION™ SUPPLY CHAIN & PEOPLE BREAKTHROUGH OF THE YEAR
Ranked among the 2024 winners
The Gartner Power of the Profession™ Supply Chain Awards are an annual community-driven recognition program that inspires supply chain transformation around the globe.*
INSTITUTIONAL SHAREHOLDER SERVICES ESG
Score: Prime status
Achieved prime status by fulfilling ISS' ESG requirements regarding sustainability performance in our sector.
FAST COMPANY'S WORLD CHANGING IDEAS AWARDS
Score: 2023 Company of the Year
Selected as Fast Company's World Changing Company of the Year and winner of Corporate Social Responsibility category in recognition of Dell's efforts to address the digital divide and climate change.
FORTUNE AMERICA'S MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANIES
10th out of 200 companies
Recognized in the top 10 of America's Most Innovative Companies, transforming industries from the inside out.
WORLD'S MOST ETHICAL COMPANIES®
Score: 12-time honoree
Recognized in 2024 as one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® by Ethisphere for the 12th time, affirming Dell's robust programs and commitment to integrity.
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN CORPORATE EQUALITY INDEX
Top score of 100 points
Recognized as a leader in LGBTQ+ inclusion by meeting all criteria to earn a score of 100. This index is the national benchmark for LGBTQ+ related corporate policies, benefits and practices.
WORLD BENCHMARKING ALLIANCE'S DIGITAL INCLUSION BENCHMARK
8th out of 200 companies
Recognized in the top 10 of the world's 200 most influential digital technology companies, helping to advance a more inclusive digital society.
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | |||||||||
Messages from our leadership | Our business | Awards | Goals dashboard | ESG materiality | Stakeholder engagement | Reporting frameworks | |||||||||||
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Goals dashboard
Our ESG plan lays out ambitious goals for the decade* and beyond. We believe how we track our progress is critical. We organize our goals across four pillars: Advancing Sustainability, Cultivating Inclusion, Transforming Lives and Upholding Trust. Our pillars help us organize our ESG work and track progress against our goals.
Read about our progress in By the Numbers. Learn more about the methodologies that we use to calculate progress toward each of our goals and key drivers in the Appendix.
Material topic | Environmental Goal | Our status | SDGs1 | |||||||||||||
Advancing sustainability | ||||||||||||||||
Climate action | By 2050, we will achieve net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across scopes 1, 2 and 3 | 7, 12, 13 | ||||||||||||||
Key Driver: By 2030, we will reduce scopes 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% | ||||||||||||||||
FY24 | 40.6% | 50% | 7, 13 | |||||||||||||
Percentage reduction in GHG emissions | ||||||||||||||||
Key Driver: By 2030, we will source 75% of electricity from renewable sources across | ||||||||||||||||
FY24 | 61.5% | 75% | 7, 13 | |||||||||||||
all Dell Technologies facilities - and 100% by 2040 | Percentage of electricity generated from renewable sources | |||||||||||||||
Key Driver: By 2030, we will reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions from purchased | FY23: 18,238,800 MT CO2e.** We are in the process of restating our | 12, 13 | ||||||||||||||
goods and services by 45% | emissions for this category to make each year comparable and to | |||||||||||||||
provide a cumulative comparison to our FY20 baseline. | ||||||||||||||||
Key Driver: By 2030, we will reduce absolute scope 3 GHG emissions associated with | FY24 | |||||||||||||||
22.9% | 30% | 12, 13 | ||||||||||||||
the use of sold products by 30% | ||||||||||||||||
Percentage reduction in GHG emissions | ||||||||||||||||
Circular economy | By 2030, more than half of our product content will be made from recycled, renewable or | |||||||||||||||
FY24 | 14.1% | 50% | ||||||||||||||
reduced carbon emissions material | Percentage of product content made from recycled, | 12 | ||||||||||||||
renewable or reduced carbon emissions material | ||||||||||||||||
By 2030, 100% of our packaging will be made from recycled or renewable material, or | ||||||||||||||||
FY24 | 96.4% | 100% | ||||||||||||||
will utilize reused packaging | Percentage of recycled or renewable material | 12 | ||||||||||||||
content in packaging | ||||||||||||||||
By 2030, for every metric ton of our products a customer buys, one metric ton will be | ||||||||||||||||
FY24 | 30.1% | 100% | 12, 13 | |||||||||||||
reused or recycled | Percentage of products collected | |||||||||||||||
*The year presented within each goal statement refers to the calendar year that coincides with the majority of Dell's fiscal year. Our fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday nearest January 31. Our ESG activities, including goal progress, are primarily collected and reported by fiscal year, unless otherwise noted. The expected end date of each goal is the end of the associated fiscal year (e.g., "By 2030" refers to the end of Dell's Fiscal Year 2031).
**Due to the one-year lag in supplier emissions data, progress against the current year is not available.
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | Dell Technologies FY24 ESG Report 8 |
Messages from our leadership
Our business
Awards
Goals dashboard
ESG materiality
Stakeholder engagement
Reporting frameworks
Goals dashboard
Our ESG plan lays out ambitious goals for the decade* and beyond. We believe how we track our progress is critical. We organize our goals across four pillars: Advancing Sustainability, Cultivating Inclusion, Transforming Lives and Upholding Trust. Our pillars help us organize our ESG work and track progress against our goals.
Read about our progress in By the Numbers. Learn more about the methodologies that we use to calculate progress toward each of our goals and key drivers in the Appendix.
*The year presented within each goal statement refers to the calendar year that coincides with the majority of Dell's fiscal year. Our fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday nearest January 31. Our ESG activities, including goal progress, are primarily collected and reported by fiscal year, unless otherwise noted. The expected end date of each goal is the end of the associated fiscal year (e.g., "By 2030" refers to the end of Dell's Fiscal Year 2031).
Material topic | Social Goal | Our status | SDGs | ||||||||||
Transforming lives | |||||||||||||
Digital | By 2030, we will improve 1 billion lives through digital inclusion | FY24 | 1B | ||||||||||
396M | |||||||||||||
inclusion | Total number of people reached (cumulative, FY20 to | 4, 9 | |||||||||||
current reporting year) | |||||||||||||
Key Driver: Each year through 2030, 50% of the total people directly reached will be | 50% | ||||||||||||
those who identify as girls and women, or underrepresented groups | FY24 | ||||||||||||
51.5% | 5, 10 | ||||||||||||
Percentage of people reached directly who identify as girls | |||||||||||||
and women, or underrepresented groups (direct reach only) | |||||||||||||
Key Driver: Each year through 2030, we will deliver future-ready skills development for | FY24: Dell recorded 131,478 hours of future ready skills training at | 8 | |||||||||||
workers in our supply chain | supplier sites and in-house manufacturing locations. | ||||||||||||
By 2030, 75% of our team members will participate in giving or volunteerism in | |||||||||||||
FY24 | 48% | 75% | 17 | ||||||||||
their communities | Percentage of team members participating in giving or volunteering | ||||||||||||
Key Driver: By 2030, we will use our expertise and technology to support the digital | |||||||||||||
FY24 | 535 | 1,000 | |||||||||||
transformation of 1,000 nonprofit partners | Total number of nonprofit partners supported in their | 9, 17 | |||||||||||
digital transformation journey | |||||||||||||
Cultivating inclusion | |||||||||||||
Inclusive | By 2030, 50% of our global workforce and 40% of our global people leaders will be those | ||||||||||||
FY24 | 35.0% | 50% | |||||||||||
workforce | who identify as women | Percentage of our global workforce who identify as women | |||||||||||
5 | |||||||||||||
FY24 | 29.1% | 40% | |||||||||||
Percentage of our global people leaders who identify | |||||||||||||
as women | |||||||||||||
By 2030, 25% of our U.S. workforce and 15% of our U.S. people leaders will be those who | |||||||||||||
FY24 | 16.1% | 25% | |||||||||||
identify as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latino | |||||||||||||
Percentage of U.S. workforce who identify as Black/African | |||||||||||||
American or Hispanic/Latino | 10 | ||||||||||||
FY24 | 12.6% | 15% | |||||||||||
Percentage of people leaders in the U.S. workforce who | |||||||||||||
identify as Black/African American or Hispanic/Latino | |||||||||||||
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | Dell Technologies FY24 ESG Report 9 |
Messages from our leadership
Our business
Awards
Goals dashboard
ESG materiality
Stakeholder engagement
Reporting frameworks
Goals dashboard
Our ESG plan lays out ambitious goals for the decade* and beyond. We believe how we track our progress is critical. We organize our goals across four pillars: Advancing Sustainability, Cultivating Inclusion, Transforming Lives and Upholding Trust. Our pillars help us organize our ESG work and track progress against our goals.
Read about our progress in By the Numbers. Learn more about the methodologies that we use to calculate progress toward each of our goals and key drivers in the Appendix.
Material topic | Governance Goal | Our status | SDGs |
Upholding trust | |||
Trust | By 2030, our customers and partners will rate Dell Technologies as their most trusted | We announced this goal in FY23 and worked in FY24 to identify | |
technology partner | best practices for measuring trust among customers and partners. | ||
We aim to make progress against our key drivers for Trust and will | 9 | ||
continue to evolve how to best measure and communicate progress | |||
against this goal. | |||
Key Driver: By 2024, Dell will make available the first validated Zero Trust solution, | Dell's Zero Trust solution, Project Fort Zero, is awaiting a testing date | ||
accredited by the U.S. government and commercially available to targeted global | for validation from the U.S. Government. We anticipate publishing a | 16 | |
public and private sector organizations | general availability date shortly following the successful completion | ||
of the U.S. Government validation test. | |||
Key Driver: By 2025, 100% of actively sold Dell-designed and branded products and | We are working to determine the full scope of actively sold Dell- | ||
offerings will publish a software bill of materials (SBOM), providing transparency on | designed and branded products and offerings and to establish our | ||
third-party and open-source components | metric pipeline. At the close of FY24, we had generated SBOMs for | 9 | |
70 Dell-designed and branded products and are on track to meet this | |||
key driver by 2025. | |||
Key Driver: By 2030, all new Dell products and offerings that use authentication will | We are working to ensure our product architectures enable | ||
offer a password-less authentication mechanism | passwordless authentication, including certificate-based | 9 | |
management, and incorporation of hardware-bound authentication | |||
methods are being established and adopted into roadmaps. | |||
Key Driver: Each year through 2030, we will make it easier and faster for customers to | In FY24, Dell made customer choice and control over personal data | ||
exercise choice and control over their personal data | easier and faster through the expansion of our enhanced Privacy | 16 | |
Center, which is now available in 74 locations globally. | |||
*The year presented within each goal statement refers to the calendar year that coincides with the majority of Dell's fiscal year. Our fiscal year is the 52- or 53-week period ending on the Friday nearest January 31. Our ESG activities, including goal progress, are primarily collected and reported by fiscal year, unless otherwise noted. The expected end date of each goal is the end of the associated fiscal year (e.g., "By 2030" refers to the end of Dell's Fiscal Year 2031).
INTRODUCTION | CLIMATE ACTION | CIRCULAR ECONOMY | DIGITAL INCLUSION | INCLUSIVE WORKFORCE | HUMAN RIGHTS | TRUST | BY THE NUMBERS | APPENDIX | Dell Technologies FY24 ESG Report 10 |
Messages from our leadership
Our business
Awards
Goals dashboard
ESG materiality
Stakeholder engagement
Reporting frameworks
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