Organizations increasingly need technology vendors to provide more than performance, reliability, and cost efficiency. They also need clear data on the environmental impact of the products they purchase and operate.
This need is increasingly important as organizations work to understand and report their greenhouse gas emissions in three categories:
For many organizations, Scope 3 is the largest and most difficult category to measure. Technology suppliers can significantly contribute here by offering clearer, more consistent, and more usable product-level data.
To address that need, Fortinet created the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) Calculator, which provides customers, partners, and stakeholders with greenhouse gas emissions estimates for more than 790 Fortinet products. The tool is publicly accessible, free to use, and based on internationally recognized methodologies and standards.
Deployed hardware makes up a significant and often unmeasured portion of an organization’s Scope 3 emissions. This is particularly true for cybersecurity infrastructure, which typically operates continuously and needs to maintain high performance, dependability, and efficiency over many years.
This is why having product-level carbon data matters. It allows organizations to more accurately assess the full impact of the technology’s lifecycle, make clearer comparisons between options, and include environmental factors in their planning, procurement, and reporting choices.
Fortinet has long prioritized product efficiency as a core element of its engineering approach. By integrating purpose-built hardware with efficient software and combining security and networking features, Fortinet enables customers to reduce complexity while ensuring high performance and energy efficiency. Offering customers tools to measure the product’s carbon footprint makes this advantage more tangible and valuable.
At the same time, regulations like the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive and other emerging disclosure rules are increasing demand for detailed supplier information. In practice, collecting product-specific environmental data has often been challenging. Such data may be missing, inconsistent, or too general to support meaningful analysis.
A product carbon footprint quantifies the total greenhouse gas emissions associated with a product across its entire lifecycle. Fortinet’s PCF methodology covers four stages:
The Fortinet PCF Calculator includes over 790 Fortinet products across more than 70 countries and includes country-specific emission factors that are periodically updated. It follows internationally recognized standards such as ISO 14040, ISO 14044, ISO 14067, ISO 14025, and EN 50693, along with relevant product category rules where applicable, to measure greenhouse gas emissions throughout the entire product lifecycle, from manufacturing to end of life.
The methodology incorporates independently verified use-phase emissions data, and Fortinet’s overall lifecycle assessment has been strengthened through Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration processes. Users can evaluate impact by considering factors like product model, deployment quantity, lifespan, and country of operation.
The calculator is designed for stakeholders requiring product-specific environmental data from a technology supplier, such as:
The introduction of the PCF Calculator further advances Fortinet’s overall sustainability efforts. On the product side, the company reports improvements in areas such as energy efficiency and reductions in packaging-related emissions.
Fortinet’s engineering teams continuously enhance energy efficiency with each new product generation. For instance, the 2025 FortiGate models use up to 62% less power than earlier versions. Additionally, around 91 metric tons of plastic were eliminated from packaging in 2025.
Fortinet was the first cybersecurity firm to release an Environmental Product Declaration, a third-party-verified environmental report based on LCA data. These efforts highlight our commitment to enhancing the transparency, measurability, and usefulness of environmental impact information for customers.
At the corporate level, Fortinet’s near-term climate goals have been approved by the Science-Based Targets initiative, and the company aspires to achieve net-zero emissions across its entire value chain by 2050.
As sustainability reporting matures, product-level carbon data will become increasingly critical for organizations assessing their technology investments. Organizations are looking for technology that is effective, secure, and efficient in operation while also supporting their environmental and sustainability objectives.
Fortinet’s PCF Calculator provides customers, partners, and stakeholders with a clearer understanding of the lifecycle impact of selected products, helping them make more informed procurement decisions, incorporate environmental considerations into purchasing processes, and support sustainability reporting efforts.
The Fortinet Product Carbon Footprint Calculator is available on our website, with additional product coverage expected over time. Fortinet’s 2025 Sustainability Report provides additional detail on our environmental commitments and progress.
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