Climate Change Data

Definitive Healthcare Corp. and its subsidiaries

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022, 2023)

Reporting Period: 2022

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:1168 tCO2e/year
Scope 1 Emissions:144 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:393 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:631 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:2112 MWh/year
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Recruiting and managing a global, diverse and skilled workforce
  • Privacy and data protection
  • Energy and emissions

Environmental Achievements

  • Closed two under-utilized offices, eliminating 46,101 square feet of office space
  • Consolidated headquarters employees into a new facility with lower GHG/square foot due to the use of heat pumps
  • Leverage cloud-native data centers, such as the AWS East Region Data Center, to host our data processing, which is 95% powered from renewable sources.

Social Achievements

  • Consistently received workplace accolades and have been a Top Place to Work in Massachusetts for six years running.
  • Donated 3,400 hours to volunteering and contributed close to $500,000 in charitable donations through DefinitiveCares.
  • Improved the racial diversity of new hires substantially, resulting in increased diversity of our employee base.

Governance Achievements

  • Increased the diversity and independence of our Board and its committees
  • Established a cross-functional management Sustainability Committee
  • Formalized the Board’s oversight of ESG issues with both regular engagement and clear committee assignments
  • Achieved full compliance with Committee Independence Requirements in 2022
  • Completed internal and external SOX controls evaluations and concluded controls operated effectively
  • Adopted a security and privacy framework based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls v8 standards
  • Completed SOC2 assessment and audit and received SOC2 Type I certification

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Cultivate understanding and allies among our diverse groups
  • File our first Communication on Progress under the UN Global Compact
  • Advance employee development through career pathing and coaching
  • Improve the representation of women and increase the racial diversity including at the managerial and executive levels
  • Expand our community outreach offerings
  • Close our least energy efficient office
  • Pursue SOC 2 Type II certification

Environmental Challenges

  • Recruiting and managing a global, diverse and skilled workforce
  • Data privacy and freedom of expression
  • Data security
  • Managing systemic risks from technology disruptions
  • Intellectual property protection and competitive behavior
  • Environmental footprint of hardware infrastructure
  • Managing the risks of concentrated ownership
Mitigation Strategies
  • Implemented new training resources on understanding the impact unconscious biases have during an interview process
  • Implemented anonymous surveys for candidates to better understand our candidate experience
  • Leveraging cloud-native data centers, such as the AWS East Region Data Center, to host our data processing, which is 95% powered from renewable sources.
  • Implemented cloud-native managed services, containerization, and virtualization technologies, which dramatically reduce power consumption needs.
  • Adopted a security and privacy framework based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls v8 standards
  • Completed SOC2 assessment and audit and received SOC2 Type I certification

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Not disclosed

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, GRI, UN Global Compact, TCFD

Certifications: SOC2 Type I

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 2: Zero Hunger
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 4: Quality Education
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities

DefinitiveCares program supports these goals

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • ISS ESG Prime rating

Reporting Period: 2023

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:1826 tCO2e/year (2023)
Scope 1 Emissions:16 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:218 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:1592 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:95% (cloud data centers)
Total Energy Consumption:868 MWh/year
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:Not disclosed

ESG Focus Areas

  • Recruiting and managing a global, diverse and skilled workforce where everyone feels included and feels like they belong
  • Privacy and data protection
  • Energy and emissions

Environmental Achievements

  • Closed our least energy efficient office, from a GHG/ square foot perspective.
  • Reduced Scope 1+2 emissions from 489 MT CO2-e in 2022 to 234 MT CO2-e in 2023
  • Leverage hyper-efficient cloud computing to operate our platform, with data centers powered at least 95% from renewable sources.

Social Achievements

  • Improved the representation of women and racial diversity at the executive level; racial diversity also improved among tech and non- tech employees.
  • Published our CEO pay ratio in our Proxy Statement for our 2024 Annual Meeting.
  • Expanded our community outreach offerings and made a more significant impact in our local communities around the world.
  • Donated 1,940 hours to volunteering and raised a total of over $300,000 in charitable donations both directly and through DefinitiveCares

Governance Achievements

  • Continued to mature and aligned our efforts with the major global frameworks and reported our progress annually.
  • Enhanced the cyber security and data privacy framework based on Center for Internet Security (CIS) Controls v8 standards and SOC2 guidelines.
  • Completed a SOC2 assessment and received an unqualified SOC2 Type II attestation across all five trust service criteria.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • File our first Communication on Progress under the UN Global Compact.
  • Advance team member development through career pathing and coaching.
  • Improve the representation of women and increase racial diversity, including at the managerial and executive levels.
  • Increase the impact of our community outreach offerings in all of our local communities around the world.
  • Repeat our SOC2 assessment, extend it to cover the 2023 acquisition of Populi, and receive another unqualified SOC2 Type II attestation across all five trust service criteria.

Environmental Challenges

  • Recruiting and managing a global, diverse and skilled workforce
  • Data privacy and freedom of expression
  • Data security
  • Managing systemic risks from technology disruptions
  • Intellectual property protection and competitive behavior
  • Environmental footprint of hardware infrastructure
  • Managing the risks of concentrated ownership
Mitigation Strategies
  • Enhanced hiring practices, flexible work environment, learning and development programs, and affinity groups to improve DE&I.
  • Rigorous processes to ensure data accuracy, security, and compliant processing.
  • SOC2 assessment and unqualified SOC2 Type II attestation across all five trust service criteria.
  • Multi-layer security framework, incident response plan, and annual security awareness training.
  • Leveraging cloud-native data centers powered by renewable energy and implementing energy-efficient practices.

Supply Chain Management

Supplier Audits: Not disclosed

Responsible Procurement
  • Promote sound environmental management practices among our vendors.

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Not disclosed
Transition Risks
  • Not disclosed
Opportunities
  • Not disclosed

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: SASB, GRI, UN Global Compact, TCFD (partially aligned)

Certifications: SOC 2 Type II

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 2: Zero Hunger
  • Goal 3: Good Health and Well-being
  • Goal 4: Quality Education
  • Goal 10: Reduced Inequalities
  • Goal 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities

Through DefinitiveCares program and community outreach.

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Prime status by ISS ESG