Atos at COP26: Global decarbonization leader underlines pivotal role of digital innovation in fight against climate change

Paris, Glasgow – November 4, 2021,

In its participation and engagement at Glasgow COP26 this 7 days Atos will emphasize expanding proof of the role that new and emerging electronic remedies engage in in encouraging organisations of every single description lessen emissions.

In demonstrating its main international decarbonization qualifications as a result of a dedication to offset residual emissions by 2028 along with introducing simple remedies for its shopper base as effectively as important R&D financial investment in potential electronic technologies aimed at reducing emissions in new and productive methods, Atos is pressing the circumstance for accelerated progress to net-zero through its delegation of senior electronic authorities attending the summit.

Talking at a panel arranged by the United Nations Framework Convention on Local climate Alter (UNFCCC) tomorrow, Nourdine Bihmane, World wide Chief Shipping and delivery Officer and Head of Net-Zero Transformation at Atos, will make the circumstance for electronic, not only as an enabler of the changeover to net-zero but as a crucial accelerator of this process.

Forward of the panel event, Nourdine Bihmane stated: “I believe that a net-zero potential is probable, but we ought to acquire bold motion on a international scale. On this journey that we need to have to speed up, electronic is a lever to guidance both of those non-public and public sectors. Facts is at the heart of this, to make exact and timely decisions to evaluate, lessen and then eliminate excess CO2 from the atmosphere. At Atos, we have made an finish-to-finish portfolio leveraging both of those engineering and nature-dependent remedies to guidance this critical changeover for our clients.”

Around the course of COP26, Atos will:

• Engage with international business leaders from the engineering sector, public sector, and other industries to boost awareness of the scale of the sustainability challenge and talk about how they can work collaboratively to deal with it. This work is supported by a recent once-a-year report from EcoAct, an Atos firm, which contains Local climate Reporting General performance analysis rating the leading twenty businesses in the FTSE a hundred, DOW thirty and EURO STOXX 50 for local weather disclosure, encouraging corporations in the decarbonization house recognize how they are carrying out versus their local weather ambitions.
• Take a central role in the DEFRA Tech for Local climate Action to study and suggest technologies and innovations for building resilience, mitigating emissions, and attaining net-zero by 2050 in alignment with the IPCC suggestions, as effectively as the critical role safe electronic equipment engage in in cutting carbon emissions.
• Suggest concrete motion as a result of innovation these as Terra² a pioneering mobile application that presents worthwhile local weather data enabling conclusion makers and influencers to make data-pushed decisions, supporting the COP26 ambition.

Atos presents a backdrop to COP26 motion with Digital Vision: COP26 – its recent opinion paper inspecting how corporations in every single sector can harness electronic engineering to speed up progress to net-zero targets and shape a sustainable potential, with contributions from Atos authorities and senior figures in business and politics.

Alongside this, an short article from Atos Uk and Northern Europe CEO Clay Van Doren – ‘Green Cloud: How collaboration is unlocking the green potential of cloud computing’ –has been revealed in techUK’s hottest report, Local climate Tech: The Innovators, launched at the organisation’s COP26 Reception at the Trades Corridor of Glasgow last night time.

Clay Van Doren, CEO, Uk & Ireland and Northern Europe at Atos, stated: “As a lead actor in the decarbonization house giving both of those actionable remedies now, and R&D financial investment for the lengthy-term, Atos phone calls on governments to seize this momentous option for urgent collective motion to supply long lasting improve. Obtaining dedicated to net-zero by 2028 and as a signatory of the Local climate Pledge ranked Variety one in the IT products and services sector by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes, we will lead the demand supporting governments and corporations to attain net-zero. That is why we are taking a complete and energetic role in COP26.”

Rated Variety one in the IT products and services sector by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indexes (DJSI) World and Europe, Atos offers an finish-to-finish electronic solution to allow decarbonization and supply important improve for clients and partners on their journey to net-zero. The firm has its personal dedication to lessen the international carbon emissions below its command and affect by 50% by 2025, and to offset its residual emissions by 2028 – 7 many years ahead of the 2035 focus on formerly established by the business.

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About Atos

Atos is a international leader in electronic transformation with 107,000 employees and once-a-year income of over € 11 billion. European selection a person in cybersecurity, cloud and substantial general performance computing, the Team presents personalized finish-to-finish remedies for all industries in 71 international locations. A pioneer in decarbonization products and services and merchandise, Atos is dedicated to a safe and decarbonized electronic for its clients. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), stated on Euronext Paris and involved on the CAC forty ESG and Future twenty Paris Inventory Indexes.

The purpose of Atos is to assist style and design the potential of the facts house. Its abilities and products and services guidance the improvement of awareness, instruction and exploration in a multicultural solution and add to the improvement of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the Team allows its clients and employees, and customers of societies at big to stay, work and build sustainably, in a safe and sound and safe facts house.

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