TCS Saudi Arabia Wins King Khalid Sustainability Award 2021

Tata Consultancy Services Recognized Among the Top Three Winners for Exemplary Sustainability Practices Implemented at its All-Women Center in Riyadh

RIYADH, November 22, 2021: Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) (BSE: 532540, NSE: TCS), a leading global IT services, consulting, and business solutions organization, has won the Bronze Trophy at the King Khalid Sustainability Award 2021 for its All-Women Center in Riyadh. The award was presented by Riyadh’s Acting Governor Prince Muhammad bin Abdulrahman bin Abdulaziz at an event held in Riyadh.

TCS Saudi Arabia won this coveted award for the second consecutive time. TCS was recognized for its efforts in ensuring global sustainability standards and practices across ethics, diversity, health and safety, responsible supply chain, talent development, quality, innovation, and business resilience.

Winners were identified based on a comprehensive evaluation by an independent advisory body working on behalf of King Khalid Foundation. TCS received a 90 percent overall score, based on a positive year-on-year trend on key performance indicators like greenhouse gas reduction.

“Our purpose-driven world view, deep roots in the community, and innovation efforts help us drive our sustainability agenda as well as help customers, partners and governments create a more sustainable future,” said Sumanta Roy, Head, TCS Middle East & Africa. “We are delighted that our All-Women Center has won this award for its sustainability practices. It encourages and inspires us even further to achieve zero emissions as a company by 2030.”

The All-Women Center is a venture by TCS with a unique business model developed to serve customer needs and help local communities. It harnesses the best of TCS’ expertise to train and develop professional capabilities in Saudi women to support them in pursuing fulfilling careers and realizing their potential in the Kingdom.

The center provides long term career opportunities in the fields of finance and accounting, human resource operations, supply chain management, IT and digital related services and helps customers across the globe.

TCS was named the Top Employer in the Middle East region by the Top Employers Institute for six consecutive years. Earlier this year, TCS won the Best Operational Excellence Award at the World Quality Congress. In the past, TCS had won eight significant awards at the Oman World Quality Congress.

The King Khalid Sustainability Award, led by the King Khalid Foundation under the patronage of King Salman aims to honor and support multi-industry private sector organizations/enterprises that adopt sustainability and social responsibility practices, and initiatives by integrating them into their core business strategies. The King Khalid Foundation has been recognizing private companies, NGOs, and entrepreneurs since 2008, with the goal of driving Saudi Arabia’s social, economic, and environmental progress.

About Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)

Tata Consultancy Services is an IT services, consulting and business solutions organization that has been partnering with many of the world’s largest businesses in their transformation journeys for over 50 years. TCS offers a consulting-led, cognitive powered, integrated portfolio of business, technology and engineering services and solutions. This is delivered through its unique Location Independent Agile™ delivery model, recognized as a benchmark of excellence in software development.

A part of the Tata group, India's largest multinational business group, TCS has over 528,000 of the world’s best-trained consultants in 46 countries. The company generated consolidated revenues of US $22.2 billion in the fiscal year ended March 31, 2021, and is listed on the BSE (formerly Bombay Stock Exchange) and the NSE (National Stock Exchange) in India. TCS' proactive stance on climate change and award-winning work with communities across the world have earned it a place in leading sustainability indices such as the MSCI Global Sustainability Index and the FTSE4Good Emerging Index. For more information, visit www.tcs.com.