Atos named on CDP ‘A List’ for leading effort against climate change
Paris, December 10, 2020
Atos nowadays declared that it has been commended for its steps to tackle world wide warming by world wide non-gain business CDP, a single of the funding members of the Science Centered Targets initiative, which drives firms and governments to lower their greenhouse gas emissions. Atos has achieved a area on CDP’s prestigious ‘A List’ for local climate transform for the 7th time, primarily based on the Group’s local climate reporting in 2020. Atos is among the the top 5% of 5,800+ firms scored globally, symbolizing 50 % of the world wide marketplace capitalization.
Atos was recognized for its steps to mitigate local climate chance and to speed up the transition in direction of a decarbonized economy, centered on lowering the carbon footprint of its business things to do and embarking its ecosystem of clients, companions and suppliers on this journey.
“The 5th anniversary of the Paris Local climate Settlement, using area this week, reminds us of the urgency of using action to avoid world wide warming over and above the 1.5°C concentrate on. Atos committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2035 and we are on track,” mentioned Philippe Mareine, Main Electronic & Transformation Officer, Head of CSR at Atos. “CDP’s recognition and our rank in the ‘A-list’ reflect our impactful steps to lower our environmental footprint and engage our ecosystem in a virtuous circle of decarbonization,” he added.
As chief in safe and decarbonized electronic, Atos strengthened its environmental system in 2020 by committing to lessen by 50 % its world wide carbon emissions (scopes 1,two and three in totality) in the subsequent 10 decades and achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2035, a date which is 15 years ahead of the ambitious intention of the UN Paris Agreement on Climate Change to restrict the global warming of the world to 1.5°C when compared to pre-industrial stages (net-zero by 2050). Some of Atos’ considerable achievements consist of:
- Lowering its operational carbon depth (tons CO2 / M€ ER[1]) down to 21 tCO2 / M€ ER (2019) and thus obtaining the 1st milestone of the SBTi twooC 10 decades in progress
- Reaching carbon neutrality for the emissions underneath its handle because 2018
- Reducing the vitality usage of our datacenters by 27% because 2015
- Achieving the ISO 14001 certification in 89% of our main web pages (offices and knowledge centers)
- Introducing in 2020 an internal carbon pricing (80 € / tons CO2) to generate business conclusions in direction of decarbonization
- Introducing binding contractual Decarbonization Amount Agreements (DLAs) for its shoppers
- Primary the European supercomputing marketplace by creating the most electric power productive solution line of supercomputers in the entire world, BullSequana X. Also, Atos built the #1 vitality-productive device in the Major 100 most significant supercomputers in the entire world, owned by the Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany
- Engaging its suppliers and companions by means of bold decarbonization development options to halve its Scope three emissions by 50% by 2030 (2019 base line)
- Reinforcing its decarbonization knowledge by means of EcoAct acquisition and specialised startups (Tier Just one, Greenspector, System A) in its Scaler software.
Atos was amongst the signatories of the “Business Ambition for 1.5°C” pledge, released in mid-2015 in the run-up to the Paris Local climate Change Conference. Atos has, among the other rankings, topped the DJSI index in its business because 2018 and was awarded “Platinum” by EcoVadis in 2020.
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CDP Methodology
A in-depth and unbiased methodology is used by CDP to evaluate these firms, allocating a rating of A to D primarily based on the comprehensiveness of disclosure, recognition and management of environmental risks and demonstration of finest techniques involved with environmental leadership, these types of as placing bold and significant targets. People that really don’t disclose or offered inadequate details are marked with an F.
The comprehensive record of firms that produced this year’s CDP A Listing is readily available in this article, together with other publicly readily available company scores: https://www.cdp.net/en/firms/firms-scores
About Atos
Atos is a world wide chief in electronic transformation with one hundred ten,000 staff members in 73 international locations and annual earnings of € 12 billion. European variety a single in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Team presents close-to-close Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Large Info, Small business Apps and Electronic Office options. The Team is the Around the globe Information Technologies Associate for the Olympic & Paralympic Video games and operates underneath the brands Atos, Atos|Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), shown on the CAC40 Paris inventory index.
The objective of Atos is to assistance layout the long term of the details room. Its knowledge and providers guidance the advancement of expertise, instruction and analysis in a multicultural strategy and lead to the advancement of scientific and technological excellence. Across the entire world, the Team enables its shoppers and staff members, and members of societies at big to stay, get the job done and produce sustainably, in a harmless and safe details room.
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[1] Exterior earnings