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Protecting our planet

Iron Mountain, winner of RE100 Leadership Awards’ Most Impactful Pioneer
The award recognizes Iron Mountain’s outstanding commitments and innovations in bringing clean alternatives...

Iron Mountain cuts GHG emissions by 52% in 2019 and met science-based target six years early
Iron Mountain's annual Corporate Social Responsibility for 2019 showed...

Iron Mountain achieved Better Building Initiatives Goal and sets a second goal in a live virtual event with the U.S. Department of Energy
Iron Mountain’s data centers operate on 100% renewable energy...

Iron Mountain achieves Renewable Energy milestones in Europe
UK, Ireland and Benelux operations are first company regions to hit RE100, 100% green power goals.

Iron Mountain Commits to the RE100 and Science-Based Targets
On June 4, 2018, Iron Mountain committed to 100 percent renewable energy and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to help meet the Paris Climate Accord.

A “Net Positive” Solar Milestone at Iron Mountain:
Since our first system installation in Windsor Connecticut in 2013, solar and other renewable energy sourcing has become an import part of our plans f...

Iron Mountain Makes Public Greenhouse Gas Emissions Disclosure to CDP
With the US administration’s announcement of new EPA carbon pollution rules and the build-up to the United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP21...
Strengthening Our Communities

Stonewall Inn Project: Preserving LGBTQ+ History
Together with CyArk, Iron Mountain digitally preserved the Stonewall Inn and Stonewall National Monument in recognition…

Cornelius Ryan Collection at Ohio University
In 2019, the 75th anniversary of D-Day, Iron
Mountain partnered with the Ohio University
library to preserve the primary source…

Iron Mountain Commemorates 100th Anniversary of Women’s Right to Vote
Iron Mountain partnered with CyArk to digitally
preserve three properties at the Women’s…
preserve three properties at the Women’s…

First Living Legacy Partnership in South America
Through our partnership with CyArk—the non-profit which aims to digitally record, safeguard, and archive world heritage sites—Iron Mountain helped preserve the moai of Rapa Nui (more commonly known as Easter Island) in Chile.

International Holocaust Remembrance Day
Iron Mountain and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Partner to
Preserve the Nuremberg Trials Archival Collection

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum and Days of Remembrance
In honor of the “Days of Remembrance,” Iron Mountain participated in the annual event on April 28-29, 2019 in Washington, DC.

America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century
Iron Mountain announces our partnership with the Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center for their exhibition America Transformed: Mapping the 19th Century, which will be accessible from May 2019-May 2020.

Paying Homage to Women this Women’s History Month
Iron Mountain is thrilled to announce our partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation with the Oatlands Historic House and Gardens project.

President Lincoln’s Written Word & Digital Library
Iron Mountain is proud to pledge our support to the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library Foundation on behalf of the Papers of Abraham Lincoln project.

The WWII Museum’s Liberation Pavilion – the Post-War Era
Iron Mountain announces its continued support of the National World War II Museum in New Orleans, LA.

Iron Mountain Presents at the Out & Equal Conference
Iron Mountain recently presented at the Out & Equal Workplace Summit in Seattle, Washington in October.

Canada’s 150th Anniversary: Fort York Digital Transformation
Canada celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2017. To commemorate Canada’s sesquicentennial, CyArk and Iron Mountain selected the historic site of Fort York in Toronto to be digitally preserved.

Iron Mountain and CyArk Digitally Preserve the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico
Iron Mountain and its longstanding partner CyArk announce the digital preservation of the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

Supporting the Oral Histories at The National WWII Museum’s Newest Exhibit
Iron Mountain continues its partnership with The National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana with its support of their newest permanent exhibit...

A Continued Effort to Preserve Pauli Murray’s Legacy
Iron Mountain is proud to announce our continued support of the Pauli Murray Center for History and Social Justice.

Step Inside a Buddhist Temple with Virtual Reality
CyArk and Iron Mountain Provide Virtual Reality Access to 18th Century Buddhist Temple in Taiwan...

Cyark's Project ANQA Aims at Saving History in Syria and Iraq
CyArk, one of Iron Mountain’s most significant charitable partners, is a non-profit organization that has digitally preserved scores of the world’s mo...

Honoring a Hero at the National World War II Museum
The National World War II Museum tells the story of the American Experience in the war that changed the world – why it was fought, how it was won, and...

Preserving the Maggie L. Walker Collection
Maggie L. Walker, the first African American woman to charter a bank in the United States, was an inspiring and powerful. With support from the National Collaborative for Women’s History Sites...

Partnership Will Transform Historic Home of Human Rights Leader
The designation of Murray’s childhood home in Durham, North Carolina as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation is the fir...

Iron Mountain and the National WWII Museum Partner to Preserve WWII Veteran
In the oral history of Roy Boreen, a US Navy veteran who served on the USS Oklahoma, Boreen recalls the infamous attack at Pearl Harbor: “When I looke...

Capturing the Rise of Women in Sports since Title IX
In honor of Women's History Month, yesterday The Sports Museum unveiled a new exhibit: "TEAMMATES: Voices From Title IX." Iron Mountain customers and...

Safeguarding and Sharing President Lincolns Words and Written Record
President Lincoln saved the Union, ended slavery and wrote some of the country’s most beloved narratives including the Gettysburg Address and his Seco...

Iron Mountain Celebrates Shakespeare: “This Is the Short and Long of It”
Many of the most quoted and celebrated lines in the vernacular language come from Shakespeare. “To be or not to be, that is the question” (Hamlet); “...

Washington Monument Digitally Preserved by Cyark and Iron Mountain
The Washington Monument reaches a height of 555 feet, weighs 100,000 tons and consists of 36,000 stones. Yet despite its mass, the Monument was severe...

Our Partnership with the Sports Museum
The Sports Museum holds uniforms, rare items such as vintage field gear; books, programs and other publications; news photos, team pictures and rare i...

First International Partnership in France Will Help Preserve its Country’s History
Iron Mountain is thrilled to announce our first bi-continental partnership with The French Heritage Society (FHS)...

Partnering to Preserve Musical History in Perfect Harmony
Iron Mountain’s Living Legacy Initiative is pleased to add the GRAMMY Foundation® to its list of esteemed partners to help preserve cultural and histo...

Preserving an Iconic "Gateway" Of German Unity
The “Brandenburger Tor” is an iconic, 18th century neoclassical, triumphal arch and one of the most recognized monuments across Europe. Berlin’s iconi...

Unearthing NYC's past in Archaeological Discovery
Our charitable partnership offers digitization and artifact storage as well as support of a digital archive dedicated to archaeological collections in...

May is Preservation Month
According to the National Trust for Historic Preservation, May is recognized as Preservation Month. Iron Mountain’s charitable focus is on preservatio...

Discovering WWII Civilian Stories from the Home Front
Iron Mountain partners with Washington College to share the experiences of wartime civilians...
Empowering Our People

Iron Mountain Earns a Perfect Score on Corporate Equality Index
Iron Mountain has earned this perfect score for four consecutive years and proudly joins the ranks of 767 other major U.S. businesses...

More Than a Moment: Standing Up to Racism
In September of 2020, with the help of our employees, we put together guiding principles for standing up to racism, today and every day…

Juneteeth: Reflecting, Listening, and Learning
On June 19, 2020, Iron Mountain’s Black
Colleagues Employee Resource Group hosted
an education and dialogue on Juneteenth and
its significance to our society…
Colleagues Employee Resource Group hosted
an education and dialogue on Juneteenth and
its significance to our society…

March is Women's History Month
Women’s history month is celebrated in March. This is a time to celebrate the achievements and contributions of women throughout history and in contemporary society.