Infosys reduces carbon emissions by 46% in FY21

BENGALURU: Infosys Ltd has cut its carbon emissions by nearly 46% in FY21 mainly through the successful enablement of work-from-home, the company said in its Environmental Social and Governance (ESG) report 2020-21.

“Enabling work from home effectively has helped bring down our overall Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions by about 46%, while paving the way for a hybrid workplace of the future. With most employees working from home, we moved towards a revenue-based intensity tracking for our environmental KPIs (key performance indicators) as opposed to the conventional employee-based intensity,” Infosys said.

Of the total carbon emissions of 290,865 tonnes in FY21, Infosys attributed 41.4% to capital goods, 23.5% to global energy consumption, and 22.1% to work-from-home.