Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Good corporate governance
• Social and economic development
• Good corporate citizenship
• Environment, health and public safety
• Stakeholder relationships
• Labour and employment
• BBBEE and transformation
• Climate change

Environmental Achievements

• Moved to completely renewable energy from its energy suppliers
• Replaced lighting with low wattage, energy saving lighting solutions
• Initiatives for reducing power and water usage and monitoring waste reduction in its offices
• Promoting remote working and video conferencing to minimise car or air transportation and reduce its carbon footprint

Social Achievements

• Launched new CSR programme in Germany supporting six social initiatives
• Logicalis US donated over US$92,000 to 76 community causes
• Westcon International sponsored the rebuilding of the Diepsloot Combined School Computer Laboratory
• Datatec Educational and Technology Foundation supported various educational initiatives, including teacher and learner development, ICT infrastructure provision, and skills development for unemployed youth
• Westcon Group SA achieved a Level 1 BBBEE status
• Logicalis SA achieved a Level 4 BBBEE status

Governance Achievements

• Improved corporate governance through governance structures
• Comprehensive programme of shareholder consultation covering governance matters
• Changes made to the Company’s remuneration policy and implementation thereof
• Established an international leadership development programme for senior leaders in Logicalis
• Introduced a high-potential development programme across Europe in Logicalis

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Technological market disruption
• Internal technological risks
• Risk of mismanagement of payment discounts, product rebates and allowances
• Dependence on key vendors
• Risk of failure to fund working capital needs sufficiently
• Execution risk of major projects
• Risk of overdependence on key personnel
• Dependence on key customers
• Emerging market currency volatility (especially in Latin America)
• Slowdown in the Brazilian economy
• Demand from customers to access public cloud as part of a hybrid cloud strategy
• Credit and currency exposures in Africa

Mitigation Strategies

• Careful partner selection in terms of vendors and working closely with vendor partners
• Pre-empting market changes resulting from new technology
• Significant resources deployed on information security defenses
• Enhanced data privacy policies and procedures
• Technological and educational/awareness campaigns to counter financial crime
• Maintaining close relationships with key customers
• Rigorous credit assessment and control procedures
• Careful planning of phased introduction of major new systems
• Extensive due diligence of potential acquisitions, including detailed integration planning
• International leadership development programme
• High-potential development programme
• Improved inventory control and effective accounts receivable management
• Cost reduction programmes
• Renewal of debt facilities
• Deleveraging to strengthen balance sheet

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Introduced supplier on-boarding guidelines
• Requiring suppliers to comply with the Datatec Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: King IV™ Report on Corporate Governance in South Africa, Companies Act 71 of 2008, JSE Listings Requirements, The International Integrated Reporting Framework, International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”)

Certifications: ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001

Third-party Assurance: Deloitte & Touche

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environmental
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Baseline of carbon emissions established
• Completion of Group-wide scope 3 assessment
• Officially committed to the SBTi Corporate Zero Standard
• Launch of phase one of Datatec’s waste management strategy

Social Achievements

• Positively impacted more than 10,000 people through community support interventions
• Contributed ZAR8.7 million to education interventions in South Africa through the Datatec Foundation
• Invested close to US$3 million on employees’ career development, training, and accreditations
• Rebranding of the Datatec values to include "Inclusion"

Governance Achievements

• Officially a supporter of the TCFD
• Became a signatory to the United Nations Global Compact
• Completed a Group EcoVadis assessment
• Launch of global cloud-based ESG dashboard

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain disruptions
• Fluctuating exchange rates
• Global macroeconomic uncertainty
• Global semiconductor shortage

Mitigation Strategies

• Continue to collaborate with vendors
• Put mitigation actions in place until the situation normalises
• Constantly monitor supply routes and options
• Additional focus on non-device-based solutions
• Strong working capital management
• Reducing debt levels

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier sustainability requirements

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: King IV, Companies Act 71 of 2008, JSE Listings Requirements, International Framework

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Carbon neutrality
• Sustainability
• Diversity & Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Maintained a target of carbon neutral scope 1 and 2 by 2025
• Working with EcoVadis to provide a holistic ESG performance and improvement areas understanding

Social Achievements

• Not disclosed

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain shortages
• Geopolitical issues
• Cyber threat landscape
• Scarcity of qualified talent

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in assets, platforms, and solutions
• Providing managed lifecycle services across cloud, connectivity, collaboration and security
• Developing a managed digital fabric platform and scoring to provide customers with insight into their digital footprint and carbon emissions

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: Null

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

• Cisco 2022 Global Enterprise Networking & Meraki Partner of the Year
• TSIA 2022 Star Awards: Finalist in the Innovation in Managed Services
• CRN MSP 500
• CRN Solution Provider 500
• CRN Tech Elite 250
• Channel Asia Innovation Awards 2022: Tech Innovation – Singapore
• Cisco FY22 Performance Excellence Award: Hong Kong
• Cisco APJC Geographic Awards: Social Impact Partner of the Year
• Cisco PS22: Marketing Partner of the Year Award Winner – Logicalis Asia
• Microsoft Partner of the Year 2021: Rising Star Award – Singapore
• Cisco PS22: IoT/Industry Partner of the Year – Germany
• Tech Excellence Awards: Managed Security Service Provider of the Year – Logicalis UK&I
• Microsoft Partner of the Year 2022: Best Joint Sales Partner – Spain
• Microsoft Partner of the Year Finalist 2022: Azure Migration – Spain

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Carbon Neutrality
• Responsible Business
• Cybersecurity
• Diversity & Inclusion

Environmental Achievements

• Five of global operations achieved a switch to renewable energy
• Committed to target of carbon neutral scope 1 and 2 by 2025
• Working with EcoVadis to provide a holistic understanding of ESG performance and improvement areas
• Development of the Logicalis digital fabric platform to power digital managed services, providing customers with insight into their digital footprint and associated carbon emissions.

Social Achievements

• Maintained a consistently high net promoter score
• 25% female employees
• Numerous awards and recognition highlighting strategic focus on innovation and sustainability (Cisco Sustainability Partner of the Year, etc.)
• Participation in Cisco’s global initiative to responsibly repurpose and recycle end-of-use products.

Governance Achievements

• Not disclosed

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increased complexity in emerging technologies and expanding cyber threat landscape
• Clients struggling to keep up with requirements to detect new threats
• Prevalent skills gap and talent shortage in emerging technologies such as AI and 5G
• Global economic and political conditions, lower growth in the markets served, increased competition, risks related to new technologies such as AI, reliance on a limited number of strategic vendors and the scarcity of skills and available talent.

Mitigation Strategies

• Investing in assets, platforms, and solutions, building on current capabilities by providing managed lifecycle services across cloud, connectivity, collaboration and security.
• Developing capabilities within cloud, connectivity, security, software, and data management to provide full lifecycle solutions around IT infrastructure to its customers.
• Focusing on key sectors like Mining with unique propositions to meet customer requirements.

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: EcoVadis

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

• Logicalis digital fabric platform

Awards & Recognition

• Cisco 2023 Sustainability Partner of the Year
• Cisco 2023 Global Enterprise Networking and Meraki Partner of the Year
• Numerous other awards listed in the report