An introductory pathway that builds a shared understanding of sustainability in the context of data centers, including key concepts, business drivers, environmental impacts, and the role suppliers play in supporting responsible design, construction, and operations.

This pathway covers the foundations of carbon management for sustainable data centers, including emissions sources, embodied and operational carbon, measurement and reporting, reduction strategies, and the actions suppliers can take to support decarbonization goals.

This pathway explores how material choices influence sustainability performance, including embodied impacts, sourcing, durability, circularity, and the selection of lower-impact products and construction approaches for data center delivery.

A pathway designed to help suppliers understand how data center projects interact with the natural environment, with a focus on biodiversity, habitat protection, land use, ecological risk, and opportunities to support nature-positive outcomes.

This pathway focuses on reducing waste across the data center lifecycle, covering topics such as waste prevention, reuse, recycling, circular economy principles, and responsible handling of construction, operational, and electronic waste.

A pathway focused on water stewardship in data center design and operation, including efficient cooling strategies, water use reduction, reuse opportunities, local water risk, and approaches that improve resilience in water-stressed locations.