INFOSYS LIMITED ESG DATABOOK 2020˜21 Shar ing an Equ ...

1 INFOSYS LIMITED . ESG DATABOOK 2020-21. Shar ing an Equ itable and Susta inable Dig ital Future index . Annexure Topic Page Number 1 Reporting boundary 2. 2 Data center management Strategy 3. 3 Climate change risk and opportunities assessment and management 4. 4 Key Performance Indicators 17. 5 Data computational methods 24. 6 Emissions factors used for GHG calculations 27. 7 GRI content index 29. 8 SASB Disclosure 35. 9 Independent Assurance Statement 36. INFOSYS | E S G D A T A B O O K 2 0 2 1 2. External Document 2021 INFOSYS LIMITED ANNEXURE 1.

2 Reporting boundary The reporting boundary for all our environmental, social and governance disclosures, unless otherwise stated, covers the operations of INFOSYS LIMITED and its subsidiaries. INFOSYS is an IT company and has company-owned offices, leased offices and employees working in client offices. INFOSYS has defined topic boundary based on the significance of the impacts and the potential for reductions that could be undertaken/influenced by the organization. Boundary for environment data disclosure 1. Disclosure boundary for water, energy and waste The topic boundary for each environmental aspect has been Reporting on the following Country of operation defined at a country level, taking into account the impacts Energy Water Waste and reduction potential.

3 All countries with over 1% of INFOSYS India (all offices) Yes Yes Yes employee strength were taken for further consideration. Amongst these countries, all offices with a seating capacity of China (Dalian, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzen) Yes Yes Yes 500+ have been considered as significant locations Australia (Melbourne) Yes Yes Yes Philippines (Manila) Yes Yes Yes Poland (Lodz) Yes No Yes USA (Atlanta, Austin, Raleigh, Richardson) Yes Yes Yes Additionally, as an IT company, INFOSYS has chosen to monitor and report all locations with data centers.

4 This includes additional offices in Quincy, Plano, London. 2. Disclosure boundary for GHG emissions In line with the principles of GHG protocol, INFOSYS has chosen the Operational Control' approach for consideration of GHG emissions. The topic boundary for GHG emissions therefore includes all our owned offices and only those leased offices with operational control. Therefore, the disclosure boundary for GHG emissions for fiscal 2021 includes all offices in India, owned offices in Shanghai, and leased offices in Dalian, Hangzhou and Shenzen, China.

5 In addition, given that it is an IT company, INFOSYS has chosen to monitor and report power and emissions data for all locations with data centers, viz.: London (UK), Quincy and Plano (USA). INFOSYS | E S G D A T A B O O K 2 0 2 1 2. External Document 2021 INFOSYS LIMITED ANNEXURE 2. Data center management strategy Data centers have been key to powering our shared digital Data centers at INFOSYS campuses account for 5 7% of the The PUE of our data centers across India locations ranges IT infrastructure core, helping business, our employees, total power consumption of our global operations annually.

6 From to , with a weighted average PUE of partners and clients to connect, collaborate and accelerate In fiscal 2021, the total power consumption of operations has Data center PUE: business-led innovations and digital business initiatives reduced due to employees working from home. However, the across the world. With the advent of cloud and microservice- power consumption of data centers remained almost similar Parameter Fiscal 2021 Fiscal 2020 Fiscal 2019. led design approaches, enterprise datacenters are moving to previous years.

7 Data center power consumption in fiscal to be the edge of the cloud and distributed architecture 2021 amounted to over 11% of total power consumption. PUE patterns of hybrid clouds are evolving to the next level. Over the years, we have implemented several measures to On the governance front, we have implemented security The direction and patterns of application access has shifted improve efficiency in our data centers. cadence and information security practices, heightened with users getting more mobile, demanding a hybrid New data centers are designed in a very efficient manner, vigilance in protecting the digital core and defending against workplace environment.

8 With employees working in hybrid including arrangement of racks, hot aisle / cold aisle emerging threats in the new era of remote working. workplace/cloud environments and developing innovative containment, efficient air conditioning strategies and platforms, services and digital experiences, a shared digital lighting, and Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) systems. infrastructure supported by an ecosystem of on-premise/. Use of passive cooling technologies are adopted in favorable We are also actively collaborating with industry bodies co-location data center facilities and Cloud Infrastructure is weather conditions.

9 Quintessential for powering and sustaining successful to develop a user guide for implementing an Energy digital journeys. Existing data centers are being retrofitted by rearrangement Sustainability is an inextricable part of how we design and and consolidation of server racks, replacing old air- Conservation Building Code (ECBC) for data centers for the conditioning, lighting systems and UPS systems with new operate our datacenter facilities and IT services. An enterprise strategic initiative has been undertaken to modernize the efficient ones.

10 Benefit of the larger industry eco-system. data centers helping us drive sustainable Total Cost of Implementing a Building management system with capability Ownership TCO reductions, increasing server density per to remotely monitor key operational parameters like rack rack by 12x and establishing a future-ready clean and green level temperature and real time PUE. datacenter managed at scale. (Power Usage Effectiveness) has helped in ensuring reliability and efficiency of our data centers. INFOSYS | E S G D A T A B O O K 2 0 2 1 3.