Micron

The company partnered with Microsoft on the DigiGirlz programme, which provides digital skills training to girls to provide them opportunities for careers in tech. Further, it discloses statistics for its employment of people with disabilities in its US offices.

The Micron Foundation sponsors Chip Camp, a day camp where the company provides junior secondary students in the US with hands-on science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) exposure through various activities.

The company demonstrates senior-level oversight of cybersecurity and it discloses the data breaches experienced. Moreover, it follows best practice by having a privacy policy at the group level.

Micron Technology supports open innovation through open source projects and collaborations with universities on research and development (R&D). The company also supports the tech innovation ecosystem through the Micron Ventures Fund by making venture capital investments in start-ups focused on applied artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning. Additionally, the company discloses its R&D locations and the number of women employed in its tech teams.

Micron Technology reports its community investment but can further strengthen its performance by also reporting how it distributes the wealth it creates among its stakeholders, as well as the taxes it pays and its employment in its main markets.

While Micron has several programmes to introduce STEM topics to women and children, it can strengthen its disclosure by providing more details on the kind of digital skills the programmes cover as well as programme participation numbers and impacts.

The company can report how it monitors and responds to security incidents. Additionally, it can make its information security management certificate public.

The company can disclose the ethical principles it follows in its research and development (R&D) activities.

Micron Technology commits to respecting human rights in a publicly available policy document. However, the company’s commitment to respect the ILO core labour rights can be stronger. Furthermore, it does not disclose a process to identify, assess and act on salient human rights risks associated with its own operations and with its business relationships. The company does have a grievance mechanism accessible to both workers and external stakeholders to raise human rights concerns and complaints.

The company publicly commits to respecting worker health and safety and expects its business relationships to do the same. However, it lacks disclosure of quantitative information on health and safety for its workers. Its commitment to women’s empowerment and gender equality is evident in the 50% female representation on its board. However, its policy for regular and overtime working hours is not clear.

The company has a tax strategy, but its scope is limited to the UK. It also follows best practice by having a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption but lacks transparency on how it identifies its bribery and corruption risks and impacts in specific locations or activities covering its own operations. Furthermore, it can make its policy on lobbying and political engagement public.