Tieto's Corporate Responsibility Report 2011 has been published
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Tieto Corporation PRESS RELEASE 25 May 2012 at 12.00 am EET
Tieto's third Corporate Responsibility (CR) report based on Global Reporting
Initiative's (GRI) framework has been published. This year, the report qualifies
for an A+ application level. The report presents the main objectives and
achievements related to corporate responsibility and management approach to
issues that are considered to be most material to Tieto's stakeholders. Among
the main achievements in 2011 are the reduction of CO2 equivalent emissions from
Tieto's own operations (-13%) compared to the previous year, but also the
increased number of sustainable IT services, which reduced customers' CO2
equivalent emissions by 168 481 tonnes (162 705).
"We strongly believe in information technologies as a driver for sustainable
development, and are happy to see the impact of our IT services on our
customer's sustainability performance," says Carl-Harald Andersson, Senior Vice
President and Head of Corporate Responsibility in Tieto.
Other highlights in the report are the external recognitions given to Tieto in
regards to the company's activities to prevent climate change, coming from
Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) among others. Tieto is the only company in the
Nordics to be included in the Carbon Performance Leadership Index, and also got
very high scores (96 points) in the Carbon Disclosure Leadership Index (CDP
Nordic 260 Report 2011).
Apart from the environmental achievements the CR report 2011 also describes
Tieto's sustainability work in the economic and social areas, such as the
increased level of activities in the supply chain, the company's internal
quality work and social engagement.
Tieto's Corporate Responsibility Report 2011 is assured in accordance with the
AA1000 Assurance Standard (2008) by an external auditor to level A+. It is also
the annual Communication on Progress in accordance with UN Global Compact (GC)
requirements, qualifying for the GC Advanced level.The full report is available
at www.tieto.com/about-us/corporate-responsibility/reporting.
For further information, please contact:
Carl-Harald Andersson, Senior Vice President, Corporate Responsibility, Tieto
Corporation
Phone:+46 10 481 45 03, Mobile: +46 70 535 3601, e-mail: carl-harald.andersson
(at) tieto.com
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