Atos completes the acquisition of EcoAct

Atos strengthens its decarbonized digital remedy portfolio and skills with really specialized techniques

Paris, October 1st, 2020

Atos, a worldwide chief in digital transformation, now introduced that it has finished the acquisition of EcoAct, an internationally identified local climate strategy consulting business. EcoAct, with its staff of 160 local climate experts, and Atos will shape a worldwide Decarbonization Excellence Centre with in depth shipping and delivery abilities that assist businesses succeed in their local climate ambitions.

After possessing introduced its dedication to push decarbonized digital expert services, Atos carries on to develop its sustainability consulting abilities by welcoming EcoAct to the firm. The business will work beneath the model “EcoAct, an Atos Company” and will continue to be led by its founders – Thierry Fornas and Gérald Maradan.

Constructing on Atos and EcoAct’s mixed skills, a World-wide Decarbonization Excellence Centre will be established. It will use a in depth solution to decarbonization, delivering customers globally with a comprehensive assessment, figuring out pathways to reaching carbon neutrality and delivering digital methods to decarbonize their digital and company processes. For their remaining CO_two emissions, and as section of the “Contribute to Zero” offer, voluntary carbon offsetting will be available, thereby accompanying businesses to attain carbon neutrality.

“As section of Atos’ ambition to unlock the carbon neutral financial system with digital systems, we understand the need to have to develop a 360-diploma solution to assist our customers at all stages of their decarbonization process,” points out Nourdine Bihmane, Head of Decarbonization Business Line and Head of Developing Markets at Atos. “The integration of EcoAct now expands our decarbonization abilities to broaden our consultancy and involve offsetting expert services, enabling unparalleled company benefit for our customers and reinforcing Atos’ place as the chief in decarbonized digital company know-how.”

“We are delighted to now officially turn into section of the Atos Team, extending the attain of EcoAct’s crucial work on local climate modify and decarbonisation. As the great importance of the net zero agenda carries on to gain momentum with corporates and community institutions, we are looking ahead to expanding our scope and incorporating our skills to Atos’ present presents.” say Thierry Fornas and Gérald Maradan, Controlling Administrators, EcoAct.

“Climate modify stays a significant concentration place for businesses in the context of ESG, and decarbonization-relevant choices will see more advancement in demand from customers. Atos’ solution of ingraining sustainability into its digital transformation choices will assist its clientele shift towards a sustainable company strategy, which suggests looking at sustainability from a company opportunity and chance standpoint,” mentioned Bjoern Stengel, senior research analyst, Business Consulting and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Business Services at IDC.

The freshly formed company device will push digital sustainability operations throughout the Team and help its clientele at all ranges of their journeys towards prolonged-term professional resilience. The acquisition will also enhance the company’s management in the developing decarbonization marketplace.

Atos’ worldwide Decarbonization Excellence Centre is planned to be introduced in H1 2021.

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About Atos

Atos is a worldwide chief in digital transformation with one hundred ten,000 staff members in seventy three nations and yearly profits of € 12 billion. European range just one in Cloud, Cybersecurity and Higher-Effectiveness Computing, the Team offers conclusion-to-conclusion Orchestrated Hybrid Cloud, Large Knowledge, Business Programs and Digital Place of work methods. The Team is the Around the globe Info Engineering Companion for the Olympic & Paralympic Online games and operates beneath the brands 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 upcoming of the details area. Its skills and expert services assist the growth of knowledge, education and research in a multicultural solution and lead to the growth of scientific and technological excellence. Across the globe, the Team permits its customers and staff members, and members of societies at substantial to reside, work and develop sustainably, in a secure and secure details area.

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