Atos named on CDP ‘A List’ for leading effort against climate change
December 10 2020 - 4:00AM
Atos named on CDP ‘A List’ for leading effort against climate
change
Paris, December 10, 2020 – Atos
today announced that it has been commended for its actions to
tackle global warming by global non-profit organization CDP, one of
the funding members of the Science Based Targets initiative, which
drives companies and governments to reduce their greenhouse gas
emissions. Atos has achieved a place on CDP's prestigious ‘A List’
for climate change for the 7th time, based on the Group’s climate
reporting in 2020. Atos is among the top 5% of 5,800+ companies
scored worldwide, representing half of the global market
capitalization.
Atos was recognized for its actions to mitigate
climate risk and to accelerate the transition towards a
decarbonized economy, focused on reducing the carbon footprint of
its business activities and embarking its ecosystem of clients,
partners and suppliers on this journey.
“The 5th anniversary of the Paris Climate
Agreement, taking place this week, reminds us of the urgency of
taking action to avoid global warming beyond the 1.5°C target. Atos
committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2035 and we are on
track,” said Philippe Mareine, Chief Digital &
Transformation Officer, Head of CSR at Atos. “CDP’s
recognition and our rank in the ‘A-list’ reflect our impactful
actions to reduce our environmental footprint and engage our
ecosystem in a virtuous circle of decarbonization,” he added.
As leader in secure and decarbonized digital,
Atos strengthened its environmental strategy in 2020 by committing
to decrease by half its global carbon emissions (scopes 1,2 and 3
in totality) in the next 10 years and achieve net-zero carbon
emissions by 2035, a date which is 15 years
ahead of the ambitious aim of the UN
Paris Agreement on Climate Change to limit
the global warming of the planet to 1.5°C compared to
pre-industrial levels (net-zero by 2050). Some of Atos’ significant
achievements include:
- Decreasing its operational carbon intensity (tons CO2 / M€ ER1)
down to 21 tCO2 / M€ ER (2019) and therefore achieving the first
milestone of the SBTi 2oC ten years in advance;
- Reaching carbon neutrality for the emissions under its control
since 2018;
- Reducing the energy consumption of our datacenters by 27% since
2015;
- Achieving the ISO 14001 certification in 89% of our main sites
(offices and data centers);
- Introducing in 2020 an internal carbon pricing (80 € / tons
CO2) to drive business decisions towards decarbonization;
- Introducing binding contractual Decarbonization Level
Agreements (DLAs) for its customers;
- Leading the European supercomputing market by developing the
most power efficient product line of supercomputers in the world,
BullSequana X. Moreover, Atos built the #1 energy-efficient machine
in the Top 100 largest supercomputers in the world, owned by the
Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany;
- Engaging its suppliers and partners through ambitious
decarbonization progress plans to halve its Scope 3 emissions by
50% by 2030 (2019 base line);
- Reinforcing its decarbonization expertise through EcoAct
acquisition and specialized startups (Tier One, Greenspector, Plan
A) in its Scaler program.
Atos was amongst the signatories of the
“Business Ambition for 1.5°C” pledge, launched in
mid-2015 in the run-up to the Paris Climate Change Conference. Atos
has, among other rankings, topped the DJSI index in its industry
since 2018 and was awarded “Platinum” by EcoVadis in 2020.
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CDP MethodologyA detailed and
independent methodology is used by CDP to assess these companies,
allocating a score of A to D based on the comprehensiveness of
disclosure, awareness and management of environmental risks and
demonstration of best practices associated with environmental
leadership, such as setting ambitious and meaningful targets. Those
that don’t disclose or provided insufficient information are marked
with an F.
The full list of companies that made this year’s
CDP A List is available here, along with other publicly available
company scores:
https://www.cdp.net/en/companies/companies-scores
About Atos Atos is a global
leader in digital transformation with 110,000 employees in 73
countries and annual revenue of € 12 billion. European number one
in Cloud, Cybersecurity and High-Performance Computing, the Group
provides end-to-end Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Data, Business
Applications and Digital Workplace solutions. The Group is the
Worldwide Information Technology Partner for the Olympic &
Paralympic Games and operates under the brands Atos, Atos|Syntel,
and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), listed on the CAC40
Paris stock index.
The purpose of Atos is to help design the future
of the information space. Its expertise and services support the
development of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural
approach and contribute to the development of scientific and
technological excellence. Across the world, the Group enables its
customers and employees, and members of societies at large to live,
work and develop sustainably, in a safe and secure information
space.
Press contact:Marion Delmas |
marion.delmas@atos.net | +33 6 37 63 91 99
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