Infosys has joined the Climate Pledge, a commitment co-founded by Internet giant Amazon and environment firm Global Optimism to meet the Paris Agreement 10 years early.
Infosys committed to become net-zero carbon and will power its operations fully with renewable energy well ahead of 2040, in an effort to protect the planet.
The Climate Pledge calls on signatories to be net-zero carbon across their businesses by 2040 - a decade ahead of the Paris Accord’s goal of 2050.
“Infosys is showing bold leadership by signing up to The Climate Pledge and committing to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement ten years early,” said Jeff Bezos, Amazon founder and CEO. “When significant companies like Infosys join The Climate Pledge, they send an important signal to the market that it’s time to invest in low carbon products and services.”
Infosys and other companies that sign The Climate Pledge agree to measure and report greenhouse gas emissions on a regular basis; implement decarbonization strategies in line with the Paris Agreement through real business changes and innovations, including efficiency improvements, renewable energy, materials reductions, and other carbon emission elimination strategies.
It will also neutralize any remaining emissions with additional, quantifiable, real, permanent, and socially-beneficial offsets to achieve net-zero annual carbon emissions by 2040.
“At Infosys, we recognized climate change as a serious threat to our planet early on, and realized our responsibility as a corporate institution to mitigate its impact by taking concrete steps,” said Salil Parekh, CEO and MD, Infosys. “We believe that the way in which global organizations responded to this crisis would play a big role in defining how the rest of the world takes up the cause.”
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