Climate Change Data

WiseTech Global Limited

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2020-07 to 2021-06, 2021-07 to 2022-06, 2022-07 to 2023-06, 2023-07 to 2024-06)

Reporting Period: 2020-07 to 2021-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:8,537.04 tCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:119.24 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:8,417.80 tCO2e
Total Energy Consumption:13,115.92 MWh
Waste Generated:207.84 tons

ESG Focus Areas

  • Our People
  • Community
  • Environment
  • Marketplace

Environmental Achievements

  • 207.84kg of used electronic equipment recycled in FY21
  • GHG emissions inventory completed for the first time
  • Data centre efficiencies implemented in FY21 to reduce energy consumption

Social Achievements

  • Launched Emerging Leaders Program in FY21
  • Amplifying our Culture sessions introduced bi-weekly in FY21
  • 95%+ of our global workforce has transitioned to a hybrid working model
  • 7,100+ external course commencements in WiseTech Academy up 325% on FY20

Governance Achievements

  • Established a Sustainability working group
  • Consolidated ESG data and established a sustainability framework broadly guided by the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Sustainability Reporting Standards (Core option)
  • Undertook a pay equity analysis as part of our remuneration review process

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Commitment to Net-zero emissions

Environmental Challenges

  • Supply chain disruption, capacity constraints, and the outbreak of new COVID-19 strains in key markets impacting global trade
  • Increasing regulation, margin pressure, geo-political tensions, and demand for faster throughput
Mitigation Strategies
  • Organisation-wide efficiency and acquisition synergy extraction program to streamline processes and teams, maximise operating leverage, and ensure appropriate allocation of resources
  • Accelerated native customs and cross-border compliance builds in key markets
  • Continued investment in R&D and product innovation

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • CargoWise software updates that streamline logistics routes

Reporting Period: 2021-07 to 2022-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 1 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 2 Emissions:Not disclosed
Scope 3 Emissions:Not disclosed
Renewable Energy Share:Not disclosed
Total Energy Consumption:10.84 MWh / $M revenue (AUD)
Water Consumption:Not disclosed
Waste Generated:Not disclosed
Carbon Intensity:5.26 tCO2e / $M revenue (AUD)

ESG Focus Areas

  • Energy Consumption
  • Greenhouse Gas Emissions
  • Waste Management
  • Employment
  • Training and Education
  • Diversity and Equal Opportunity
  • Customer Privacy
  • Data Security

Environmental Achievements

  • Reduced energy consumption (details not quantified in provided text)
  • Reduced GHG emissions (details not quantified in provided text)

Social Achievements

  • 33 men and 28 women took parental leave, representing 3% of the workforce.
  • Global employee survey conducted and program underway to address feedback.

Governance Achievements

  • No material non-compliance with laws and regulations; no material fines or sanctions.

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Medium-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed
Short-term Goals:
  • Not disclosed

Environmental Challenges

  • Not disclosed
Mitigation Strategies
  • Not disclosed

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: GRI Standards, SASB Software & IT Services Standard

Certifications: Null

Third-party Assurance: Not disclosed

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • Not disclosed

Awards & Recognition

  • Not disclosed

Reporting Period: 2022-07 to 2023-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:3,381 tCO2e/year (Scope 1 & 2)
Scope 1 Emissions:234 tCO2e/year
Scope 2 Emissions:3,146 tCO2e/year
Scope 3 Emissions:4,585 tCO2e/year
Renewable Energy Share:10%
Total Energy Consumption:7,542 MWh/year
Waste Generated:~6,000 kg e-waste recycled/year
Carbon Intensity:4.14 tCO2e per $M AUD revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Tech education
  • People & culture
  • Net zero carbon

Environmental Achievements

  • Offset 100% of Scope 1 and 2 emissions
  • Completed first Scope 3 emissions inventory
  • Recycled ~6,000kg of e-waste

Social Achievements

  • Launched Earn & Learn Scholarship Program with 30 students
  • 78% growth in number of students accessing Grok Academy
  • Spent $64,000 with social enterprises for office catering
  • Employee turnover rate decreased to 7.8% (from 11.8%)
  • Maintained ISO 27001 and achieved SOC 1 and SOC 2 attestations

Governance Achievements

  • Developed new Sustainability and ESG Principles
  • Maintained ISO 27001 Information Security Management

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net zero global operations

Environmental Challenges

  • Attracting and retaining key personnel
  • Execution of integration of acquired businesses
  • Regulatory and compliance complexities
  • Competition in the logistics software market
  • Retaining existing and attracting new customers
  • Decline in trade volumes and economic conditions
  • Impact of foreign currency on financial results
  • Disruption or failure of technology systems
  • Security breach and data privacy
  • Protecting intellectual property
Mitigation Strategies
  • Significant investment in workforce and systems
  • Three-phased integration framework
  • Continuous monitoring of regulatory requirements
  • Relentless investment in product development and acquisitions
  • Open access platform, innovation, and low customer attrition
  • Integrated logistics execution solution
  • Hedging currency risks
  • Separate data centers, global support, business continuity framework
  • Layered approach to data protection, ISO 27001 compliance
  • Active program of monitoring and registering intellectual property

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement
  • Social enterprise procurement

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, SASB Software and IT services Sector Standard

Certifications: ISO 27001

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Not disclosed

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • CargoWise platform (reduces emissions through efficiency)

Reporting Period: 2023-07 to 2024-06

Environmental Metrics

Total Carbon Emissions:3649 tCO2e
Scope 1 Emissions:348 tCO2e
Scope 2 Emissions:3301 tCO2e
Scope 3 Emissions:22557 tCO2e
Renewable Energy Share:13%
Total Energy Consumption:7658 MWh
Waste Generated:3833 kg e-waste recycled and refurbished
Carbon Intensity:3.50 tCO2e per AUD $m revenue

ESG Focus Areas

  • Education
  • People and culture
  • Net zero carbon

Environmental Achievements

  • Offset 100% of Scope 1 and 2 market-based emissions from global operations

Social Achievements

  • Expanded Earn & Learn program to 78 participants (31% women)
  • Increased employee training hours to over 57,000 (more than double FY23)
  • Reduced employee turnover to 7.5% (below industry average)

Governance Achievements

  • Increased female representation on the Board to 43%
  • Completed independent Board performance review

Climate Goals & Targets

Long-term Goals:
  • Net zero carbon emissions

Environmental Challenges

  • Attracting and retaining key personnel, especially software engineers
  • Integrating acquired businesses
  • Navigating regulatory and compliance complexities
  • Competition in the logistics software industry
  • Retaining existing and attracting new customers
  • Impact of foreign currency exchange rates
  • Disruption or failure of technology systems
  • Security breaches and data privacy
  • Protecting intellectual property
  • Decline in trade volumes and economic conditions
Mitigation Strategies
  • Significant investment in workforce and knowledge management systems
  • Three-phased integration framework
  • Continuous monitoring of regulatory requirements and ethical standards
  • Deeply integrated CargoWise platform and continued investment in R&D
  • Innovation and addition of modules and functionality to CargoWise
  • Foreign exchange contracts to hedge currency risks
  • Multiple data centers, global support centers, business continuity management framework
  • Layered approach to data protection, penetration testing, ISO 27001 compliance
  • Active program of monitoring and registering patents and intellectual property
  • Resilient business model and focus on efficiency gains for customers

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI Standards, SASB Software and IT services Sector Standard

Certifications: ISO 45001 (in progress)

Third-party Assurance: KPMG

UN Sustainable Development Goals

  • Goal 4 (Quality Education)
  • Goal 8 (Decent Work and Economic Growth)
  • Goal 9 (Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure)
  • Goal 13 (Climate Action)

Details available on WiseTech website

Sustainable Products & Innovation

  • CargoWise Next (includes GHG Emissions calculator)

Awards & Recognition

  • 2024 Global Equity Organization award for Best Plan Effectiveness