At Meta, our mission is to help people build community and bring the world closer together. Operating sustainably and addressing climate change through bold, meaningful action are paramount to our mission and essential to help the world avoid the worst effects of climate change. Since 2020, we have maintained net zero emissions in our global operations, and have set a goal to reach net zero emissions across our entire value chain in 2030. Our emissions reduction strategy entails three main approaches, in order of priority:
- Prioritizing decarbonization in our business decisions
- Engaging with our suppliers to reduce their emissions
- Investing in value chain emissions reduction projects
Request for Information
The scope of this RFI is specific to our efforts to invest in value chain emissions reduction projects. As such, we are initiating an RFI for value chain emissions reduction projects so that we can directly connect with entities outside of our direct supplier network that are positioned to originate, host, and/or support a pilot/demonstration-scale value chain emissions reduction project or the increased offtake of low-carbon solutions or materials. This RFI is focused on the hard-to-abate sectors within which our value chain partners operate. Hard-to-abate sectors and activities that are applicable to this RFI include the following:
- Trucking and lighter duty road transportation of durable goods
- Maritime shipping
- Aviation shipping
- Increasing the production or offtake of low-carbon cement and concrete
- Increasing the production or offtake of low-carbon copper
- Increasing the production or offtake of low-carbon steel
- Abating fluorinated greenhouse gasses in electronics manufacturing
- Heating and cooling of commercial and industrial facilities
- Increasing production and offtake of green hydrogen
In order to receive the RFI, we require organizations to have an executed NDA in Meta’s mutual NDA template, which we will send to organizations directly if they wish to proceed. If your organization would like to receive the RFI, please complete this NDA intake request. As soon as the NDA is executed, you will receive the RFI.
Key Milestones
| Deadline to execute Meta’s mutual NDA *Meta will distribute the RFI to each respondent as soon as the mutual NDA is executed | September 14, 2023 |
| Last day that Meta will distribute the RFI | September 15, 2023 |
| Deadline to submit RFI response | November 10, 2023, 12pm Pacific Time |
| Diligence on proposals received *During this period, firms that don’t meet Meta’s due diligence criteria will be notified via email | November – December 2023 |
| Expected outreach to firms with responses that Meta intends to explore further | January 2024 |
News
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Introducing Meta’s 2023 Sustainability Report
For over a decade, Meta has been focused on reporting on its environmental impact. Our efforts to accurately understand our impact helps us more efficiently chart a course of action to minimize our emissions, as well as the energy and water used to power our business, products and workplaces—while protecting workers and the environment in our supply chain.
July 25, 2023
Mapping our Path to Net Zero
Rapid decarbonization across our business is our best chance to limit the worst impacts of climate change, which is critical to sustain healthy and equitable communities we are a part of.
July 25, 2023
Joining the ZEROgrid initiative
We’re proud to partner with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and other leading companies to broaden the scope of that ambition to help create the clean, reliable, and affordable grid of the future.
July 18, 2023
2023 Sustainability Report
We envision a just and equitable transition to a zero-carbon economy and are working to scale inclusive solutions that help create a healthier planet for all.