Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) was formed as a multi-stakeholder collaborative initiative to produce significant environmental improvement and resource conservation in Silicon Valley through the development and implementation of a regional environmental management system (EMS).

Formed in 2001 as a project of California EPA, Santa Clara Valley Water District (SCVWD), Silicon Valley Leadership Group (SVLG) and Silicon Valley Environmental Partnership (SVEP), SSV became independent in 2004. We use a systematic ‘plan-do-check-adjust’ environmental management approach to accelerate CO2 emissions, water reduction goals and economic returns.