Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Equinix Inc. operates data centers and provides digital infrastructure services, and is not a financial institution offering lending, insurance, or deposit services to consumers. Consequently, most KPIs under the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value are not applicable to its core business. The company does not offer consumer credit products, manage customer finance data, or operate financial service access points, leading to a score of 0 for `underserved_client_share`, `pricing_fairness`, `exploitative_fee_exposure`, `inclusion_initiatives`, `data_accessibility`, `fair_lending_compliance`, `wealth_building_outcome`, `debt_burden_ratio`, `geographic_inclusion`, and `product_simplicity`. While Equinix has established the Equinix Foundation with a $50 million commitment

and provides financial literacy training for employees and students , the rubric's quantitative thresholds for `profit_reinvestment` (percentage of pre-tax profit) and `financial_literacy_initiatives` (percentage of customer reach) cannot be met with the provided evidence, leading to their omission.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

The provided articles describe Equinix's commitment to fair pay, equal opportunity, and worker respect through various policies and initiatives. These include a Code of Business Conduct, 100% completion for ethics and compliance trainings as of December 31, 2023,

and an Ethics and Compliance Helpline . The company also has a rigorous governance framework for compensation , uses external market benchmarks , and implements a Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging strategy with a DIB Council . However, the articles do not provide specific quantitative data points for any of the KPIs in the rubric, such as the share of the workforce paid a living wage, CEO to median pay ratio, collective bargaining coverage, safety incident rates, pay equity ratios, worker engagement scores, employee turnover rates, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage for its own workforce. Information regarding supplier ESG performance and human rights assessments is not applicable to the company's own workforce KPIs for this value.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Equinix ensures robust ethical sourcing through its contractual agreements, with every supplier contract requiring compliance with its Business Partner Code of Conduct.

These contracts, in place since June 2015, obligate suppliers to adhere to anti-slavery, human trafficking, and child/forced labor laws, granting Equinix the right to request evidence of compliance and terminate agreements for non-compliance. For the 2023 reporting period, zero incidents of forced labor or child labor were identified in Equinix's supply chains, supported by a 'Know Your Supplier' risk management program and a triennial Human Rights Impact Assessment conducted in 2023. In 2023, Equinix directed over 6% of its qualified U.S. spend to certified, diversely owned businesses, with a stated goal to increase this to 15% by 2026.

Honest & Fair Business

Equinix is currently undergoing an independent investigation by the U.S. Attorney's Office following allegations from Hindenburg Research that the company inflated financial metrics.

Equinix has received a subpoena and pledged full cooperation. The company provides a confidential ethics helpline for employees to report Code of Business Conduct violations and maintains a zero-tolerance, non-retaliation policy. For over a decade, Equinix has achieved 100% completion of annual compliance training for its employees, which includes essential courses on the Code of Business Conduct and Anti-Bribery and Corruption. New employees must complete this training within 180 days , and sessions are tailored to regional needs.

Kind to Animals

Equinix Inc. operates as a digital infrastructure company, providing data center and interconnection services. Due to the nature of its business, the majority of animal welfare-related KPIs, including those concerning cruelty-free certification, animal testing, animal-derived ingredients, animal agriculture, and animal-related suppliers, are not applicable. While the company has identified biodiversity as a key area of focus

and committed to allocating 7.5% of site area in new build or expansion projects to green spaces designed to support local ecosystems , the provided articles do not offer measurable biodiversity impact or specific habitat restoration metrics required by the rubric to assign a score for wildlife conservation impact.

No War, No Weapons

Equinix Inc. operates as a global data center and digital infrastructure provider.

The company's participation in the DoD SkillBridge program focuses on career development for veterans without engagement in military operations. This indicates no revenue from arms or defense contracts, no exposure to controversial weapons, and no defense assets to divest.

Planet-Friendly Business

In 2024, Equinix's total Scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG emissions were 1,747,700 tCO2e, with Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduced by 10% since 2019.

The company achieved 96% global renewable energy coverage in 2024, marking the seventh consecutive year above 90%. Equinix has SBTi-verified net-zero GHG emissions targets across its value chain by 2040, with interim targets to reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% and Scope 3 emissions from fuel and energy-related activities by 50% by 2030 from a 2019 baseline. As of 2024, 22% of its portfolio has LEED certification, and all new build sites are required to pursue LEED or equivalent certification since 2021. Additionally, 29% of suppliers by qualified emissions have set their own science-based GHG reduction targets as of 2024. In 2024, Equinix received no significant or material fines or nonmonetary sanctions for noncompliance with laws and regulations.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

Equinix supported 63 grant partners and 41 different organizations through its WeAreEquinix programs in 2024.

The company reported that 100% of its employees completed annual ethics and compliance training in 2024, which includes anti-discrimination policies. However, only over 7.8% of qualified U.S. procurement spend went to certified businesses in 2024. The Board of Directors for the Equinix Foundation is composed of employees, not community representatives. No specific data was provided regarding cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, community grievance mechanisms, average complaint resolution times, FPIC participation rates, cultural preservation investments, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving to cultural heritage organizations, community fund allocation from non-core revenue, language inclusivity assessment scores, or cultural incident response frameworks.

Safe & Smart Tech

In 2023, 99% of employees completed the annual Global Information Security Awareness training, with phishing training leading to a 16% reduction in click rates.

The company also conducts regular employee training to spot suspicious activity, runs periodic cyber incident simulations, and offers a role-based security certification for software engineers. Equinix's cybersecurity program is globally ISO 27001 certified. Furthermore, Equinix established a Global Regulatory, Public Policy, Privacy, and Compliance Office, which includes Data & Privacy and Ethics and Compliance, reporting to a Senior Vice President, to enhance regulatory management and is supported by external partnerships.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Equinix has implemented heat recovery initiatives across its operations. In Helsinki, heat is recovered from two data centers, heating thousands of homes and businesses

. The PA10 data center in Paris transfers recovered heat to an urban heating network, warming a local community swimming pool . Additionally, there are plans in Frankfurt to supply approximately 1,000 households with recovered heat from data centers by 2025 .