environmental sustainability

Dimension Data acknowledges that climate change is a serious issue and we are committed to minimising our contribution to its causes. In particular, we are conscious that the IT industry, in which we operate, is a significant contributor to the world’s climate change challenge.

As a member of the global business community, Dimension Data is highly concerned about the impact of climate change on this and future generations. Although we are not a manufacturer of goods, we recognise that our operations have a part to play in addressing the causes of climate change (the emission of greenhouse gases) and we take this responsibility very seriously.

With this in mind, our company has initiated a programme to integrate improvements to our own environmental performance with the four components of our business strategy, i.e. “driving profitable growth; offering a world class experience to our clients; delivering operational excellence to our clients and investing in our people and culture”. Our environmental sustainability programme is based on three pillars:

• Licence to Operate - our reputation and environmental sustainability credentials in the market;
• What We Offer Our Clients – the solutions and services we offer; and
• Our Environment – the engagement of our employees.

In 2009, we completed our second submission to the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), ranking amongst the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI) for the second consecutive year.

 In 2009, Dimension Data also commenced the deployment of our Environmental Management System (EMS). The EMS will be launched first in three pilot countries (United Kingdom, South Africa and Australia) which were selected as their collective GHG emissions contribute to over 67% of our FY07 GHG inventory and they collectively represent a broad suite of the group’s business models, and consequently, our environmental risk.

Our EMS will be developed based on the ISO14001 framework, an accreditation which have already been achieved by two Dimension Data subsidiaries, Express Data and Plessey, in October 2009.

Dimension Data has established a dedicated sustainability team to complete the reporting requirements of the CDP submission program each year, and to implement our EMS and wider sustainability strategy globally.