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For 25 years, Fortinet has helped secure people, devices, and data everywhere. As digital infrastructure becomes essential to society, cybersecurity plays a critical role in enabling resilience, trust, and sustainable growth. At Fortinet, we integrate innovation, sustainability, and responsibility into everything we do—helping organizations operate securely while advancing their environmental and social goals.

Our Approach

We embed sustainability across our business through four strategic priorities:

We work to advance the cybersecurity industry by continuously innovating to protect organizations against evolving cyberthreats.  Through collaboration with public and private organizations worldwide, we help combat cybercrime and support customer resilience, contributing to a safer ecosystem for all.

We address the impacts of climate change by minimizing the environmental footprint of our solutions, operations, and broader value chain. Our products drive most of our environmental impacts, so we focus on improving energy efficiency, developing sustainable packaging, and advancing circular solutions that extend product life and reduce waste.

We foster an inclusive workforce within Fortinet and across the industry. By empowering individuals from all backgrounds to reach their full potential and expanding access to cybersecurity education, we help bridge the global cybersecurity talent gap and build a safer, more resilient digital future for all.

We conduct business ethically across our value chain, including respecting human rights, complying with all laws, and ensuring our employees, partners and others follow our standards. We safeguard our systems and data by embedding responsible AI alongside industry best practices in information security, data protection and privacy.

 
Focus areas:
  • Innovation and responsible technology
  • Cybercrime disruption
  • Customer success
 
Focus areas:
  • Climate action
  • Sustainable operations
  • Sustainable products
  • Sustainable supply chain
 
Focus areas:
  • Our people
  • Cybersecurity skills gap
 
Focus areas:
  • Responsible AI
  • Information security and data privacy
  • Business ethics
  • Human rights

2025 Sustainability Report

  • Securing the digital world

    Securing the digital world

    We advance the industry through continuous cybersecurity innovation, collaborating globally to combat cybercrime, and engaging customers to support their success.

    Fortinet contributed to INTERPOL-led Operation Serengeti 2.0, which disrupted over 11,400 malicious infrastructures and arrested over 1,200 cybercriminals. Fortinet also launched the global cybercrime bounty program, made up of over 192,000 members of the Fortinet Community with over 15 years of experience applying AI.
  • Minimizing our environmental footprint

    Minimizing our environmental footprint

    We focus on addressing climate change impacts and minimizing the environmental footprint of our solutions, operations, and value chain.

    Fortinet products are up to 62% lower in product energy consumption, and we are the first cybersecurity company to publish Environmental Product Declarations. We completed a climate risk assessment in line with TCFD and removed around 91.6 metric tons of plastic from packaging.
  • Empowering people and communities

    Empowering people and communities

    We invest in developing cybersecurity talent, expand access to digital skills, and support initiatives that strengthen communities and build a more secure digital future.

    Fortinet has trained over 914,800 people in cybersecurity since 2022 and achieved 91% of our five-year goal. 890+ colleges and universities participate in the Fortinet Academic Partner Program across over 100 countries, and our training program has received 7 external employer and workplace recognitions.
  • Demonstrating integrity

    Demonstrating integrity

    We conduct business ethically across our value chain, respecting human rights and ensuring information security and data privacy.

    Fortinet established the AI Governance Committee and published the Principles for Responsible AI Use and Development. Fortinet's compliance and business ethics training was completed by 100% of our distributors and 100% of our top contract manufacturers (representing more than 90% of spend).

Securing the digital world

We advance the industry through continuous cybersecurity innovation, collaborating globally to combat cybercrime, and engaging customers to support their success.

Fortinet contributed to INTERPOL-led Operation Serengeti 2.0, which disrupted over 11,400 malicious infrastructures and arrested over 1,200 cybercriminals. Fortinet also launched the global cybercrime bounty program, made up of over 192,000 members of the Fortinet Community with over 15 years of experience applying AI.

Minimizing our environmental footprint

We focus on addressing climate change impacts and minimizing the environmental footprint of our solutions, operations, and value chain.

Fortinet products are up to 62% lower in product energy consumption, and we are the first cybersecurity company to publish Environmental Product Declarations. We completed a climate risk assessment in line with TCFD and removed around 91.6 metric tons of plastic from packaging.

Empowering people and communities

We invest in developing cybersecurity talent, expand access to digital skills, and support initiatives that strengthen communities and build a more secure digital future.

Fortinet has trained over 914,800 people in cybersecurity since 2022 and achieved 91% of our five-year goal. 890+ colleges and universities participate in the Fortinet Academic Partner Program across over 100 countries, and our training program has received 7 external employer and workplace recognitions.

Demonstrating integrity

We conduct business ethically across our value chain, respecting human rights and ensuring information security and data privacy.

Fortinet established the AI Governance Committee and published the Principles for Responsible AI Use and Development. Fortinet's compliance and business ethics training was completed by 100% of our distributors and 100% of our top contract manufacturers (representing more than 90% of spend).

Customer Validation

Sustainability Performance

CDP

Received a B score for climate and B- for water security in 2025

Publication date: Jan 8, 2026

Ecovadis

Awarded a Committed EcoVadis sustainability badge in 2025 with a score of 57 (out of 100), ranked in the 51st percentile of all companies

Publication date: Oct 9, 2025

MSCI

Received a rating of AAA in the MSCI ESG ratings assessment in 2025

Publication date: Nov 18, 2025

Sustainalytics

As of November 2025, Fortinet received an ESG Risk Rating of 16 from Sustainalytics and assessed to have a low risk of experiencing material financial impacts from ESG factors

Publication date: Nov 9, 2025

Dow Jones Best-in-Class Indices

In 2025, Fortinet was named in the Dow Jones Best-in-Class World and North America indices for the fourth consecutive year.

Publication date: May 1, 2026

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