ESG AT SNOWFLAKE
ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE AT SNOWFLAKE
Snowflake’s mission is to enable every organization to mobilize its data with Snowflake’s Data Cloud. In carrying out this mission, we take our role as stewards of our investors’ capital seriously. We aren’t just focused on our short-term financial performance, but care deeply about creating long-term growth and value and making an impact through our technology and people. Many of our long-term building blocks are focused on environmental sustainability, an equal-opportunity and inclusive work environment for our diverse workforce, and governance. Keep reading to check out some of the things we’re doing.
Environmental
We work to minimize our own environmental footprint, but for Snowflake, that’s not enough. Snowflake’s core architecture processes data more efficiently than legacy solutions, which helps reduce the carbon impact.
Social
Embracing each other’s differences is a core value of our organization. We believe that creating an equal opportunity, performance-based work environment that welcomes diverse perspectives allows our workforce to bring new ideas to the table, challenge the status quo, and fuel innovation.
Governance
We are committed to building strong corporate governance that supports long-term value creation.
environmental
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Sustainability Statement and Sustainable Business Operations
Sustainability Statement and Sustainable Business Operations
Snowflake is focused on minimizing our environmental footprint. Many of our offices are LEEDs certified with energy saving technology and we target office locations accessible by public transportation. We have a food waste reduction program and donate edible food to local organizations in need. We have a recycling and composting program, energy efficient appliances, and water saving fixtures. Finally, we are reducing business travel by scheduling more virtual meetings and events.
LEARN MORE about our Sustainability Policy.
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Net Zero Data
Net Zero Data
Snowflake’s Data Cloud is designed to optimize for the efficient use of data storage and computing resources. We believe that Snowflake allows customers to mobilize their data using much less energy than legacy data platform architectures designed for fixed-capacity environments.
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E-Waste Donations
E-Waste Donations
We recycle our used technology, and donate proceeds to charities such as Revolution Robotics Foundation, Techbridge Girls, The Marcy Lab School, and CSforALL.
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ESG Data Sets
ESG Data Sets
The Snowflake Data Marketplace features a range of ESG-related data sets. Data Marketplace users can use these data sets to understand more about their business partners’ ESG risk profiles, and make smart decisions about their own partnerships.
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Data Collaboration for the Climate
Data Collaboration for the Climate
As a data analyst or data scientist, you’ve got unique skills that can make a huge impact. The data is out there, but deriving the insights that inspire action are often hidden. At Snowflake, we want to enable you to make a positive influence in the climate areas you are most passionate about. Share environmental insights you discover using the Snowflake Data Marketplace on Twitter using #DataCollab4Climate.
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Snowstore
Snowstore
We are committed to reducing our impact on our planet without compromising future generations’ needs. To minimize our environmental footprint, we use eco-friendly, recycled, and organic materials in most of our merchandise, all of our inks are soy-based, and we ship with sustainable packaging.
Check out our Snowstore
environmental
Sustainability Statement and Sustainable Business Operations
Snowflake is focused on minimizing our environmental footprint. Many of our offices are LEEDs certified with energy saving technology and we target office locations accessible by public transportation. We have a food waste reduction program and donate edible food to local organizations in need. We have a recycling and composting program, energy efficient appliances, and water saving fixtures. Finally, we are reducing business travel by scheduling more virtual meetings and events.
LEARN MORE about our Sustainability Policy.
Net Zero Data
Snowflake’s Data Cloud is designed to optimize for the efficient use of data storage and computing resources. We believe that Snowflake allows customers to mobilize their data using much less energy than legacy data platform architectures designed for fixed-capacity environments.
E-Waste Donations
We recycle our used technology, and donate proceeds to charities such as Revolution Robotics Foundation, Techbridge Girls, The Marcy Lab School, and CSforALL.
ESG Data Sets
The Snowflake Data Marketplace features a range of ESG-related data sets. Data Marketplace users can use these data sets to understand more about their business partners’ ESG risk profiles, and make smart decisions about their own partnerships.
Data Collaboration for the Climate
As a data analyst or data scientist, you’ve got unique skills that can make a huge impact. The data is out there, but deriving the insights that inspire action are often hidden. At Snowflake, we want to enable you to make a positive influence in the climate areas you are most passionate about. Share environmental insights you discover using the Snowflake Data Marketplace on Twitter using #DataCollab4Climate.
Snowstore
We are committed to reducing our impact on our planet without compromising future generations’ needs. To minimize our environmental footprint, we use eco-friendly, recycled, and organic materials in most of our merchandise, all of our inks are soy-based, and we ship with sustainable packaging.
Check out our Snowstore
SOCIAL
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Diversity and Inclusion
Diversity and Inclusion
We foster a culture of inclusion across a workforce that is diverse in many ways, including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, ability, identity, and experience. Combined with our performance-based culture of individual accountability, we believe this will fuel innovation, encourage authenticity, and serve our customers as we enable every organization to become data-driven. Our goal is always to bring people together rather than apart and encourage grassroots initiatives. We offer a variety of employee training, including skills training, management training, and diversity training. We also care about the community outside Snowflake, and are building relationships with nonprofits and educational institutions that invest in building career skills and opportunities for under-represented groups.
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Recruiting
Recruiting
We are committed to investing in recruiting programs that help generate a diverse talent pool. For example, we have developed an internship program in partnership with Genesys Works, an organization that helps high school students in underserved communities pursue successful careers in tech. We have military veteran partnerships that give managers access to top veteran talent. We participate in recruiting events targeted at under represented groups. And we have implemented tools that help build a diverse candidate pipeline.
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Snowflake for Good
Snowflake for Good
One of Snowflake’s company values is to “Make each other the best.” We give back to our communities in meaningful ways and inspire others to do the same. From Snowflake’s early days, we have been involved in projects that make a difference. With a handful of employees or the entire company, we take time out to assist with humanitarian, environmental, educational, and many other efforts that deliver impact, locally and globally. Snowflake has developed a relationship with several organizations to promote and contribute to the enhanced equality of opportunity in technology, such as Women in Data, Techbridge Girls, Camelback Ventures, and Genesys Works. In addition, Snowflake employees have volunteered their time and donated money to a variety of organizations.
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COVID-19 Response
COVID-19 Response
The battle against the COVID-19 pandemic requires analytics-ready data to accelerate epidemiological research, inform public health safety initiatives, and shape business continuity responses related to the outbreak. By accessing COVID-19 data and curated data sets from Snowflake Data Marketplace, organizations can easily combine live, third-party data sets with their own data to assess the impact of the pandemic on their business, make informed data-driven decisions in real -time, and create effective contingency plans in response to this crisis. In addition, Snowflake provides the data backbone for California’s Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record, which gives California residents the option of a digital vaccine record and also enables California’s vaccine-incentive programs.
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Strong Benefits
Strong Benefits
Our competitive benefits programs include 26 weeks of paid parental leave, fertility benefits, and various options for taking time off work when our employees need it.
Diversity and Inclusion
We foster a culture of inclusion across a workforce that is diverse in many ways, including race, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, ability, identity, and experience. Combined with our performance-based culture of individual accountability, we believe this will fuel innovation, encourage authenticity, and serve our customers as we enable every organization to become data-driven. Our goal is always to bring people together rather than apart and encourage grassroots initiatives. We offer a variety of employee training, including skills training, management training, and diversity training. We also care about the community outside Snowflake, and are building relationships with nonprofits and educational institutions that invest in building career skills and opportunities for under-represented groups.
Recruiting
We are committed to investing in recruiting programs that help generate a diverse talent pool. For example, we have developed an internship program in partnership with Genesys Works, an organization that helps high school students in underserved communities pursue successful careers in tech. We have military veteran partnerships that give managers access to top veteran talent. We participate in recruiting events targeted at under represented groups. And we have implemented tools that help build a diverse candidate pipeline.
Snowflake for Good
One of Snowflake’s company values is to “Make each other the best.” We give back to our communities in meaningful ways and inspire others to do the same. From Snowflake’s early days, we have been involved in projects that make a difference. With a handful of employees or the entire company, we take time out to assist with humanitarian, environmental, educational, and many other efforts that deliver impact, locally and globally. Snowflake has developed a relationship with several organizations to promote and contribute to the enhanced equality of opportunity in technology, such as Women in Data, Techbridge Girls, Camelback Ventures, and Genesys Works. In addition, Snowflake employees have volunteered their time and donated money to a variety of organizations.
COVID-19 Response
The battle against the COVID-19 pandemic requires analytics-ready data to accelerate epidemiological research, inform public health safety initiatives, and shape business continuity responses related to the outbreak. By accessing COVID-19 data and curated data sets from Snowflake Data Marketplace, organizations can easily combine live, third-party data sets with their own data to assess the impact of the pandemic on their business, make informed data-driven decisions in real -time, and create effective contingency plans in response to this crisis. In addition, Snowflake provides the data backbone for California’s Digital COVID-19 Vaccine Record, which gives California residents the option of a digital vaccine record and also enables California’s vaccine-incentive programs.
Strong Benefits
Our competitive benefits programs include 26 weeks of paid parental leave, fertility benefits, and various options for taking time off work when our employees need it.
Governance
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Board Governance
Board Governance
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Ethics
Ethics
All employees are required to complete ethics and compliance training and certify our Global Code of Conduct Ethics, Anti-Corruption Policy, and Whistleblower Policy.
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Data Privacy and Security
Data Privacy and Security
Security was baked into Snowflake’s Data Cloud from the very beginning. Our many security features are core to Snowflake, so customers can focus on analyzing their data, not protecting it.
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ESG Oversight
ESG Oversight
Our Board of Directors oversees our ESG efforts.
Board Governance
For information about our Board governance structure, see our latest proxy statement.
Ethics
All employees are required to complete ethics and compliance training and certify our Global Code of Conduct Ethics, Anti-Corruption Policy, and Whistleblower Policy.
Data Privacy and Security
Security was baked into Snowflake’s Data Cloud from the very beginning. Our many security features are core to Snowflake, so customers can focus on analyzing their data, not protecting it.
ESG Oversight
Our Board of Directors oversees our ESG efforts.