Better Health for All

Supermicro demonstrates a strategic focus on health-positive impact, with its server and AI solutions extensively used in healthcare for drug discovery, diagnostics, patient care, and optimizing hospital operations.

The company exhibits industry-leading practices in healthcare data responsibility, holding ISO 27001 certification for five years, complying with GDPR and NIST 800-171, offering a data deletion portal, and engaging external cybersecurity counsel. Its operations also generate significant positive health externalities through energy-efficient designs, liquid cooling solutions, and sustainable manufacturing practices, which are documented to enhance public health outcomes by reducing environmental degradation, including up to a 40% reduction in data center electricity costs and a 55% reduction in server noise. Several other health-related KPIs are not applicable to the company's business model or lack specific quantitative data for scoring.

Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

Super Micro Computer Inc. is a technology company that designs, develops, manufactures, and sells server solutions

. Its core business activities do not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers. The company does not offer financial products or services such as consumer credit, loans, or deposit accounts. Therefore, all KPIs related to fair money and economic opportunity for consumers are not applicable to its operations.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

Super Micro Computer Inc. reported a CEO to median employee pay ratio of 0.1556:1 for Fiscal Year 2025, with CEO compensation at $13,518 and median employee pay at $86,832.

The company achieved a Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) of 0.28, with zero employee fatalities and zero nonfatal occupational injuries and illnesses. As of June 30, 2025, the company had 6,238 employees. Employees are not represented by any collective bargaining organization. The company maintains a policy of equal employment opportunity and adheres to global standards for fair and ethical treatment of workers, including preventing excessive working hours and unfair wages, and prohibiting child labor and human trafficking. A Safety Committee is in place to promote health and safety.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

Supermicro conducts quarterly business reviews for its contract manufacturing partners

and performs regular onsite security audits for suppliers . Suppliers not in compliance with the Supplier Code of Conduct are required to develop corrective action plans . The company adheres to Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) guidelines and requires all critical suppliers to maintain ISO 9000 certification . Supermicro is committed to responsible mineral sourcing , reporting sourcing conflict minerals from the DRC and CAHRAs in 2024 , and conducted due diligence on 157 suppliers in 2023 , identifying 335 smelters and refiners , with 227 verified by the RMI .

Honest & Fair Business

Super Micro Computer Inc. demonstrates significant weaknesses in complaint resolution and anti-corruption policies. Former employees and channel partners reported that the company's after-sales service is "horrible" and consistently fails to meet service level agreements, indicating a systemic failure in resolving customer complaints.

Regarding anti-corruption, as of mid-August 2024, Super Micro's export control policy had not been updated since 2020 and did not include Russia or China in its list of countries under U.S. sanctions or heightened scrutiny, despite fast-changing regulations. While the company has a policy for confidential and anonymous submission of accounting and auditing concerns, a former Head of Global Services allegedly attempted to blow the whistle and was subsequently fired, according to an ongoing complaint.

No War, No Weapons

Super Micro Computer Inc. has a history of violating embargoes and sanctions. In 2006, the company pleaded guilty to a felony charge for selling computer systems to Iran, paying a $150,000 fine and implementing an export-control program.

More recently, between February 2022 and June 2024, the company's exports to Russia totaled $210 million. These exports reportedly spiked threefold after U.S. export restrictions were imposed, potentially violating U.S. export bans and suggesting sanctions evasion. At least 46 companies handling their products to Russia are now under OFAC sanctions or on watchlists.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

The provided articles do not contain specific, concrete data points or actions related to Super Micro Computer Inc.'s engagement with local communities, protection of indigenous rights, cultural heritage, or any related incidents or protocols. While the company's CSR initiatives and commitment to ethical practices are mentioned

, and responsible mineral sourcing is discussed , these do not provide explicit evidence to score any of the KPIs under 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' as defined, which explicitly excludes supply chain sourcing and internal labor conditions.

Safe & Smart Tech

Super Micro Computer Inc. faces significant governance and compliance challenges. In October 2024, Ernst & Young resigned as the company's auditor, citing concerns about governance, transparency, and internal controls.

This followed a U.S. Department of Justice investigation initiated in September 2024 into potential accounting violations and export control breaches , which were also alleged in an August 2024 Hindenburg Research report. Despite these issues, the company states adherence to various regulatory frameworks, including GDPR, HIPAA, NIST 800-171, DFARS, and ErP. On other fronts, Super Micro is ISO/IEC 27001:2015 certified for its Information Security Management System at Taiwan and U.S. facilities for five years. Its products incorporate advanced encryption methods like AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME), AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV), and Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX), with cryptographically signed firmware and TLS v1.2/v1.3 support for its Secure Redfish API. The company provides mandatory annual cybersecurity training for employees and contractors, including periodic phishing tests. Customers can request data deletion via a Data Subject Rights Report portal , and a formal vulnerability disclosure process is in place for reporting product security issues. Super Micro enforces strong passwords for its products and respects international human rights principles.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

Supermicro demonstrates strong performance in packaging sustainability, with all packaging made from 100% recycled materials

and strict guidelines for suppliers to use only 100% recyclable carton, paper, or wood packing material . The company has achieved 92% product recyclability. Supermicro integrates circular design principles through its Disaggregated Server Architecture and Resource-Saving Architecture, which feature modular designs, component sharing, and enable subsystem upgrades to extend product lifespan and reduce e-waste by up to 90%. The company implements at least six waste reduction initiatives, including various cooling designs (liquid, direct liquid, free-air), component sharing, and minimizing packaging by shipping racks with installed servers. Supermicro provides product disassembly instructions for numerous server products, facilitating repair and recycling. For customer education, it offers a recycling page, a sustainable packaging website, and server disassembly instructions. In hazardous waste management, Supermicro follows the IEC 62474 Material Declaration Standard for reporting and compliance and partners with waste management companies for proper e-waste recycling and disposal. The company also has strict guidelines for suppliers to use 100% recyclable packaging materials.