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Corporate Responsibility
D.1 Extra financial performance inAtos 2019 Ambition
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Strive for exemplary business within all of Atos’ spheres of influence
Challenge Material issues Areas of action and objectives
The Group has to comply with an
increasingly regulatory framework.
This also means ensuring that business
across the value chain is done in an
ethical and responsible way.
With its offers, Atos contributes to
developing local economies; therefore,
involving communities is critical.
The material issues for Atos in relation
to its chain and local communities are:
Compliance and ethics; •
Supply chain management; •
Local impact. •
Regarding G4 aspects, these main issues
correspond to:
Economic Performance; •
Market Presence; •
Indirect Economic Impact; •
Procurement Practices; •
Anti-corruption; •
Compliance. •
For more information on G4 aspects,
see section D.6.1.
Our objective is to always be compliant
and to act as a fair player in business.
Compliance and ethics: At Atos, high
ethical standards supported by a
Group-wide strategy, policy and training
procedures underpin the delivery of
excellent business technology solutions.
objective in 2016 is to carry out
assessments on key new suppliers from
Bull, Xerox ITO and other planned
acquisitions.
Supply chain: Atos has developed a
permanent dialogue with its suppliers to
enforce strong and fair relationships and to
ensure the respect of its values and rules.
Working together in these conditions is a
pre-requisite for building trust and
long-term relationships. By assessing its
suppliers, Atos aims at monitoring and
ensuring the respect of its values. Atos
to improve social links and impact at local
level.
Local impact: With the development of
innovative ICT solutions that help reduce
the digital divide, Atos contributes to
improving the Company’s social impact in
the community. The Group also supports
volunteer programs, university relations
and corporate citizenship actions in order
Take part in the transition toward a low carbon economy
Challenge Material issues Areas of action and objectives
Operational excellence and environmental
efficiency, including the reduction of energy
consumption, associated with carbon
emissions, and reduction of travel impacts
on pollution by developing new ways of
working are key, not only to limiting the
impacts of the Group activities, but also
to improving efficiency and developing
the trust and confidence of clients,
investors and financial analysts.
One of the main material challenges in
relation to broader society is its
environmental impact.
Regarding G4 aspects, these main issues
correspond to:
Energy; •
Emission; •
Product Responsibility compliance. •
see D.6.1.
For more information on G4 aspects,
Atos deploys its environmental policy to
develop, promote, share and consolidate
green initiatives while measuring,
monitoring and reducing the Group’s
impact on the environment (carbon,
energy efficiency, renewable energy,
waste, purchasing, travel, etc.).
Effectiveness (PUE) of its datacenters.
Improving the energy efficiency: Atos
aims to improve the average Power Usage
Supporting the energy transition: Atos,
wherever possible, aims to consume 100%
of decarbonized electricity in its strategic
datacenters (owned and operated by Atos,
co-location excluded).
Reducing carbon emissions: Atos
pursues carbon intensity reduction targets
(tons of CO2/M€ revenue) in line with the
world effort of limiting climate change and
the rise in temperatures below 2°C.
Offsetting carbon emissions: Atos aims
to compensate 100% of its datacenters
energy and travel residual CO2 emissions.
Deploying the ISO 14001 certification:
Atos has set a global ongoing objective for
the ISO 14001 certification of all its
strategic datacenters (operated by Atos
plus targeted co-located sites) and main
office sites with more than 500 employees.