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Sustainability in the West: Planning for the Future

The high temperature in parts of the Seattle area last weekend was 89 degrees. That must mean two things: It’s summer It’s time to finalize plans for SEMICON West 2025 in July Wrong on both counts. It’s the first half of June and still technically spring even though the weather...

Supply chain

Sustainability 101: Let’s Talk Supply Chain

My blog post for November is about supply chains and sustainability. I’ll get to that, but first, I want to get a bit personal. I opened LinkedIn at 6 am Pacific time on November 6 and saw multiple posts from contacts around the world saying, “America, what have you done?”...

Materials and Sustainability

Materials and Sustainability: Building a Circular Future

I must admit, until I read Julia Freer Goldstein’s first book, Material Value, I hadn’t given much thought to the environmental impact of the man-made materials we’ve come to rely on every day. Not as much as I should have, anyway. But since that book opened my eyes, I’ve looked...

July Member News

July Member News: Progress in Sustainability, Industry Expansion, and Technology Innovation

July is always an exciting month for the semiconductor industry thanks to SEMICON West. July Member News reflects the significant progress our members made in sustainability, industry expansion, technology innovation, workforce development, and more. Achievements include but are not limited to advancements in emissions reduction targets and new technologies enhancing...

SCC

SEMI Kicks off Year Three of the SCC and Startups for Sustainability

It is popular for mainstream media to publicize different industry’s energy consumption and environmental habits. The semiconductor industry is not immune to this occasional finger-pointing concerning energy consumption, water consumption, and hazardous chemicals that are used to produce the chips that are ubiquitous in our daily lives. Major publications highlight...

DSV Launches Internal Carbon Fee to Fund New Sustainability Initiatives

Global transport and logistics company DSV has launched a global funding programme to invest in sustainability initiatives across the organisation. The internal carbon pricing fee is charged to all DSV subsidiaries, and their contributions will be based on the level of CO2 emissions within their operations. The funds generated are...

Chiplets and Sustainability

Advances in packaging can improve yield and reduce cost. Can they also reduce the environmental footprint of an electronic device? Let’s consider one example, the chiplet. Instead of large-monolithic CPUs with multiple functions integrated into one piece of silicon, the functions are divided between multiple smaller chiplets mounted on an...

SEMICON West 2022 Hybrid to Spotlight Sustainability, Smart Technologies, Talent  

MILPITAS, Calif. – June 7, 2022 – Sustainability, smart technologies and workforce development will take center stage at SEMICON West 2022 Hybrid, July 12-14 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, as more than 200 industry leaders, visionaries and technology experts convene to present insights into the latest trends, innovations and developments...

Veeco Releases Sustainability Report

PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Nov. 02, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Veeco Instruments Inc. (NASDAQ: VECO) today released its second Sustainability Report, highlighting activity related to Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) efforts and showcasing the Company’s commitment to improvements in these areas. Veeco’s inaugural Sustainability Report was issued in 2020. “We are proud...

Brussels, Belgium. 3rd Nov. 2018.Activists hold placards and chant slogans during a demonstration to demand immediate an action on climate change in front of European Parliament.

Sustainability: We Will Always Have Paris

On a trip home from Dresden, Germany, my plane was delayed by fog. A fellow analyst and I just missed our connection to San Francisco in Munich. Lufthansa was very accommodating and shipped us to Paris where we spent the night, and the next day caught our respective flights to...