How is Oracle Using Sustainable Tech to Act on ESG Data?

Oracle has turned its own transformation into a sustainability blueprint. 

Through sustainable tech, the company consolidated systems on Oracle Cloud, embedded environmental data into daily operations and hard-wired circular principles into IT. 

Alongside this, Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability helps organisations capture, govern and act on ESG data at enterprise scale.

Cloud first for lower impact

By moving to Oracle Cloud, Oracle cut required computing hardware by 50% and shifted to an elastic model that avoids idle capacity. 

Cloud workloads are typically far more efficient than on-premise estates and Oracle reuses or recycles more than 99% of retired equipment. 

Materiality assessments steer priorities across operations and sourcing, while Oracle Cloud ERP and Oracle Analytics Cloud provide timely metrics to track emissions, water and waste performance against targets including net zero by 2050.

“Consolidating our data and systems on Oracle Cloud gives us invaluable insights into our supplier’s environmental performance as well as a means to use a compliant approach for quantifying spend-based supply chain greenhouse gas emissions,” says Sam Mitchell, Global Sustainability Director at Oracle.

Oracle has been awarded 38th place in Sustainability Magazine’s Top 250 World’s Most Sustainable Companies 2025.

Clean cloud and circular operations

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure is being built around renewable power, efficiency and circularity. 

“The Oracle Cloud IoT solutions empower real estate facilities professionals to embrace innovation, adapt to change and use a data-driven approach to operations, space design and a workplace experience that’s sustainable,” says Francisco Ruiz, Infrastructure Strategist and Director of IoT, Global Engineering Center, Real Estate and Facilities at Oracle.

In 2023, 86% of global OCI energy use was renewable, with 100% renewable support across data centres in Europe and Latin America. 

Take-back and remanufacturing programmes extend hardware life and prevent e-waste, with 99.8% of processed hardware recycled or reused and technology recycling partners certified to ISO 14001. 

Oracle’s 2025 goals include 100% renewable energy across operations, a 33% cut in potable water use per square foot and a 33% reduction in waste to landfill intensity.

Supply chain alignment at scale

Using Oracle Fusion Cloud Supply Chain Management, Oracle engages suppliers to reduce logistics emissions and strengthen planning. 

Emissions from logistics have fallen by more than 40% from a 2015 baseline. 

In the direct supply chain 72% of key suppliers now have emissions reduction targets, while in the indirect supply chain that spans more than 30,000 suppliers the figure is 63%.

Spend-based analytics help prioritise engagement, mitigate risk and focus effort where it drives the greatest impact.

Oracle Fusion Cloud Sustainability integrates ESG data from Fusion Applications to automate reporting, improve traceability and align with regional rules. 

Financial and non-financial metrics can be connected through Oracle Cloud EPM, with scenario modelling to test pathways and predictive planning to manage performance. 

Facilities teams use an environmental accounting and reporting platform to unify utility and building data, surfacing greenhouse gas, energy, water and waste insights that keep targets on track. 

Combined with IoT and AI in the built environment, Oracle turns operational data into continuous improvement.