Atos completes the acquisition of EcoAct

Atos strengthens its decarbonized digital option portfolio and abilities with extremely specialised skills

Paris, Oct 1st, 2020

Atos, a world leader in digital transformation, today introduced that it has completed the acquisition of EcoAct, an internationally acknowledged local climate method consulting agency. EcoAct, with its crew of 160 local climate professionals, and Atos will condition a world Decarbonization Excellence Center with thorough shipping capabilities that assist organizations realize success in their local climate ambitions.

After getting introduced its motivation to travel decarbonized digital services, Atos proceeds to establish its sustainability consulting capabilities by welcoming EcoAct to the organization. The organization will operate less than the brand name “EcoAct, an Atos Company” and will continue on to be led by its founders – Thierry Fornas and Gérald Maradan.

Developing on Atos and EcoAct’s blended abilities, a Worldwide Decarbonization Excellence Center will be established. It will implement a thorough method to decarbonization, furnishing clients globally with a total assessment, figuring out pathways to achieving carbon neutrality and furnishing digital answers to decarbonize their digital and enterprise processes. For their remaining CO₂ emissions, and as section of the “Contribute to Zero” present, voluntary carbon offsetting will be available, therefore accompanying organizations to reach carbon neutrality.

“As section of Atos’ ambition to unlock the carbon neutral overall economy with digital technologies, we identify the require to establish a 360-degree method to assistance our clients at all stages of their decarbonization process,” explains Nourdine Bihmane, Head of Decarbonization Company Line and Head of Expanding Markets at Atos. “The integration of EcoAct now expands our decarbonization capabilities to broaden our consultancy and include offsetting services, enabling unparalleled enterprise benefit for our clients and reinforcing Atos’ posture as the leader in decarbonized digital enterprise know-how.”

“We are delighted to today formally grow to be section of the Atos Team, extending the reach of EcoAct’s crucial get the job done on local climate alter and decarbonisation. As the relevance of the internet zero agenda proceeds to obtain momentum with corporates and community institutions, we are seeking ahead to expanding our scope and introducing our abilities to Atos’ present gives.” say Thierry Fornas and Gérald Maradan, Controlling Administrators, EcoAct.

“Climate alter continues to be a major concentration spot for organizations in the context of ESG, and decarbonization-associated offerings will see additional expansion in demand. Atos’ method of ingraining sustainability into its digital transformation offerings will assist its clientele shift in the direction of a sustainable enterprise method, which usually means seeking at sustainability from a enterprise possibility and hazard standpoint,” mentioned Bjoern Stengel, senior research analyst, Company Consulting and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Company Products and services at IDC.

The newly formed enterprise device will travel digital sustainability operations across the Team and help its clientele at all concentrations of their journeys in the direction of prolonged-time period business resilience. The acquisition will also fortify the company’s leadership in the increasing decarbonization market place.

Atos’ world Decarbonization Excellence Center is planned to be released in H1 2021.

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About Atos

Atos is a world leader in digital transformation with 110,000 employees in seventy three countries and once-a-year income of € twelve billion. European quantity one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and Superior-Effectiveness Computing, the Team gives close-to-close Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Big Knowledge, Company Applications and Electronic Place of work answers. The Team is the Throughout the world Information Engineering Partner for the Olympic & Paralympic Online games and operates less than the models Atos, Atos|Syntel, and Unify. Atos is a SE (Societas Europaea), mentioned on the CAC40 Paris inventory index.

The goal of Atos is to assist design and style the foreseeable future of the info house. Its abilities and services assistance the enhancement of awareness, education and research in a multicultural method and add to the enhancement of scientific and technological excellence. Throughout the globe, the Team permits its clients and employees, and associates of societies at substantial to live, get the job done and establish sustainably, in a harmless and safe info house.

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