Infosys tops in climate initiatives

IT services company Infosys has been identified as one of the top 25 performers in Caring for Climate Initiative by the UN Global Compact and UN Environment Programme. As part of the top 25 performers group, Infosys achieved the greatest absolute emissions reductions percentage over the 2009 to 2010 reporting period, a press statement said. “Over the past four years, Infosys has saved 290 million units of electricity; by implementing energy efficiency measures across our development centers,” Mr Kris Gopalakrishnan, Executive Co-Chairman, Infosys, said in the statement. The statement said Infosys has committed to reduce its per capita electricity consumption by 50 per cent over 2007-2008 levels by the year 2018, and source its entire electricity requirement from renewable resources (by 2018).