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Driving Real-World Impact: Inside Akamai’s 2025 Sustainability Report

Owen Mattison is a Senior Corporate Sustainability Strategist focused on customer enablement.

Key takeaways

Our company is actively decoupling growth from our carbon footprint by scaling global cloud and AI computing while using software optimizations to shrink its environmental footprint.

We rely on emissionality-first procurement to target renewable investments in high-carbon grids to maximize real-world emissions displacement.

To move beyond basic compliance accounting, we launched the publicly available CLIMATE-2026 framework to measure the actual consequences of business decisions.

We’re actively engaging with stakeholders across the Asia-Pacific region and helping to launch cross-industry initiatives like the Media Climate Accord.

The final standalone 2025 Sustainability Report marks our transition to digital-first reporting as we redirect administrative resources into active grid impact and real-time…