Strategic Report ESG: sustainability and corporate responsibility continued Zero Impact Workspaces carbon neutrality by 2024. To strengthen this As an international company experiencing commitment, we signed the Climate Pledge in continual growth around the globe, we need 2021 – a cross-sector community of companies to mitigate our impact. We aim to create a and organisations working together to crack climate neutral and environmentally conscious the climate crisis with a mission of reaching business through tangible efforts in our daily net zero carbon emissions by 2040. This is operations. We want to build zero impact challenging, as digital companies like us are workspaces and contribute to increasing the big consumers of energy, especially electricity. share of renewable energy (SDG 7), reducing Therefore, we track our sustainability waste generation, and promoting sustainable performance and continue to make progress procurement practices (SDG 12) by: when it comes to our workspaces. 4 • Broadening the renewable energy share in S Forest 4 our own energy mix by covering our roofs In 2021, we launched S Forest, partnering with solar panels or procuring green energy. with Tree-Nation, a non-profit organisation that • Increasing the share of electric cars in our enables companies to plant trees all around the own and leased cars. world to offset CO2 emissions. • Moderating our travel expectations (from Through this partnership, we contributed pre-covid-19 levels), using environmentally- to Eden Projects in Madagascar, a project friendly travel options, and continuing to initiated in response to the large-scale loss of offset our carbon emissions. mangroves and upland forests in Madagascar. In 2021 we planted more than 265,000 trees, • Reducing our waste production per FTE and thereby reforesting 88.48 hectares and increasing our recycling percentages. capturing 10,617.95 tonnes of CO2. This means that we have captured three times more CO • Aligning our procurement with sustainability 2 standards and engaging with suppliers emissions than our own 2020 CO2 emissions (2,800.80 tonnes of CO ). Our 2021 emissions on sustainability. 2 will be offset through a certified programme We also want to reduce our CO2 footprint aimed at the conservation of trees and we (SDG 13). In response to the World Economic will continue to plant trees for every new Forum 2020 Davos Manifesto, Media.Monks Monk joining us. We plan to offer clients the announced its commitment to achieve opportunity to offset the emissions caused by the production of their digital solution in our 4 S Forest as well. S4Capital 600.00 emissions per category 500.00 per FTE (in kg CO ) 400.00 2 300.00 200.00 100.00 0.00 Natural Company District Electricity Electricity Business Employee Employee Business Servers Waste Water gas cars heating – grey – green flights commute commute travel on by car by public land 2021 2020 transport Note: Averages per FTE are based on the average number of FTE throughout the year. Also note that we did not include data from the home-workspaces of our employees (e.g. gas use, energy consumption, wastage). Therefore, the actual CO emissions are most 2 likely higher than we can report here. 18 S4Capital Annual Report and Accounts 2021