TCS Recognized as a Leader in Climate Change efforts by CDP

Report Recognizes Tata Consultancy Services for having meaningful targets, emissions reduction activities, verified and assured emissions data

MUMBAI, October 30, 2017: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, has been accorded a Leadership level score among the 2,418 companies that reported to CDP’s Climate Change program in 2017^[1].

The high score recognizes TCS’ leadership in carbon management as part of its long-standing commitment to environmental stewardship, and continual efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and shrink the organization’s environmental footprint by driving greater efficiency in resource consumption and adopting renewable sources of energy.

Towards greater energy efficiency, TCS has been investing in green infrastructure, with all its new buildings designed to green building standards for energy and resource efficiency. Of the total TCS-owned real estate, 78% is IGBC/LEED certified.

Further, the company has been an advocate of green IT, promoting energy-efficient design of data centers, procurement of energy-efficient assets, operational energy management, and eco-friendly disposal of end-of-life IT equipment.

TCS has also brought to bear its technological prowess and intellectual property to drive greater energy efficiency for itself and its customers. TCS’ cloud-based platform for remote energy-management-as-a-service is deployed across 150 of its facilities in India, housing 280,000 employees. It uses TCS’ own IoT platform, machine learning and predictive analytics to monitor energy consumption on a real time basis, detect anomalies and identify ways to reduce consumption. Using this, TCS saved 26.6 million kwh of power in FY 2017, and kept electricity spend flat year on year across the connected facilities, despite a 15% increase in seating capacity.

Such focused initiatives and the growing adoption of renewable energy sources have delivered significant outcomes. At the end of FY 2017, TCS’ specific carbon footprint and specific energy consumption had reduced by 49% compared to levels in baseline year 2007-08, translating into an avoidance of 1.82 million metric tonnes of carbon emissions since then.

“TCS is committed to the path of low carbon growth, by decoupling business growth from its carbon footprint. Our adoption of green buildings, green IT, green procurement and the use of Digital technologies to optimize energy consumption presents a holistic, technology-led roadmap to all companies seeking to reduce their carbon footprint,” said Ajoy Mukherjee, EVP and Head, Global Human Resources.

[1] CDP, formerly the Carbon Disclosure Project, is a leading international not-for-profit organization independently assessing the environmental efforts of thousands of companies worldwide against its scoring methodology. More details available at https://www.cdp.net/en/climate

About Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that delivers real results to global business, ensuring a level of certainty no other firm can match. TCS offers a consulting-led, integrated portfolio of IT, BPS, infrastructure,engineering and assurance services. This is delivered through its unique Global Network Delivery Model™ (GNDM), recognized as the benchmark of excellence in software development. A part of the Tata group, India’s largest industrial conglomerate, TCS has over 389,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $17.6 billion for year ended March 31, 2017 and is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock Exchange) in India. For more information, visit us at www.tcs.com.

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