Hitachi Vantara: Renewable Energy & Sustainable Facilities
Hitachi Vantara, which is a subsidiary of Hitachi, provides intelligent data platforms, infrastructure systems and digital solutions.
It is working on embedding sustainability into its operations, while navigating the complex and evolving landscape of global challenges and external factors.
Hitachi Vantara has published its 2025 Sustainability Report, Looking Ahead to the Future, which explores its progress against its targets.
Hitachi Vantara’s targets
Hitachi Vantara aims to achieve carbon neutrality throughout its value chain by FY2050, with a near-term target to become carbon neutral in Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by FY2030.
In FY2025, it reduced its emissions by 43% in Scope 1 and 2, which was largely driven by its progress in renewable energy.
Hitachi Vantara offers dashboards and analytics for its customers, to help them optimise their environmental performance.
This involves sustainable software design, with a CO₂ Estimator tool for organisations to measure the carbon footprint of its data centres or storage solutions, helping them to reduce their energy consumption.
Akinobu Shimada, CEO of Hitachi Vantara, says: “At Hitachi Vantara, our purpose is clear: to help our customers and partners succeed by delivering innovative, high-performing solutions that are designed for a more resilient and responsible future.
“Sustainability is integral to how Hitachi Vantara operates and supports long-term growth for customers and the business.
“This sustainability report highlights how we continue to embed sustainability across our operations and solutions, with a clear focus on practical progress and customer outcomes.”
Environmental goals
In FY2025, Hitachi Vantara published an Environmental Policy, which commits it to climate action and stewardship across its operations and services.
Its facilities have been designed with sustainability in mind, with efficient operations to minimise environmental impact.
Its distribution centres are certified to the International Organisation for Standardisation’s ISO standards for quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management.
Courtney Hadden, Sustainability Director at Hitachi Vantara, says: “Our commitment to people, the planet and our communities is a reflection of our values and part of our DNA at Hitachi Vantara.
“We seek to turn the principles of sustainability and responsible business practices into meaningful action and we focus on the ESG elements that are most relevant to our long-term business success.
“We practice these principles in all aspects of our business, from how we innovate our products and solutions to meet evolving customer needs to how we power our facilities and ensure data quality in our reporting.”
Sourcing renewable energy
As part of its carbon neutrality target, Hitachi Vantara generates and procures renewable energy across many of its energy-intensive business sites.
In its European Distribution Centre in the Netherlands, it has installed solar panels which supply approximately one-third of the facility’s annual electricity demand.
The remaining electricity consumption is covered through the procurement of renewable grid electricity.
Across the company, Hitachi Vantara reached 50% of its total energy from renewable sources in FY2025.
Simon Ninan, Senior Vice President, Business Strategy at Hitachi Vantara, says: “At Hitachi Vantara, we see innovation and building sustainability-focused products and solutions as an imperative for competitiveness, financial performance and long-term business adaptability.
“With the growth of AI usage, we’re seeing the market search for opportunities to manage energy use in data centres and infrastructure through higher efficiency and lower energy solutions.
“With AI data centre needs for power growing exponentially, we recognise an opportunity to create innovative products that minimise environmental impact without sacrificing performance.”
