NEWBURY,
U.K., Nov. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Micro
Focus (LSE: MCRO; NYSE: MFGP) today announced its commitment to
reducing the company's global carbon emissions to "net zero" by
2050, aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative's emission
reduction pathway to keep global warming within 1.5 degrees
Celsius, the most ambitious goal of the Paris Agreement.
Micro Focus today announced its commitment
to reducing the company's global carbon emissions to "net zero" by
2050.
The company's net zero action plan will reduce at least 90
percent of its absolute scope 1 and 2 emissions, which relates to
direct business activities that it controls and owns, with carbon
removals used to neutralise any remaining amount. This commitment,
part of Micro Focus' journey to reduce its environmental footprint
and transition to a zero-carbon business, will be met through the
following measures:
- 80 percent of energy for sites to come from renewable sources
by 2025, and 100 percent by 2030 for Micro Focus controlled or
influenced supplies.
- 100 percent of company owned and leased vehicles will be
electric by 2031.
- By 2041, all offices using gas will have moved to non-fossil
fuel energy supplies for heating by 2041.
- By 2041, all offices that do not have a renewable energy tariff
will achieve a 50-percent reduction in emissions associated with
energy.
Initiatives are currently underway to identify carbon emissions
in the company's supply chain, the carbon footprint of the
lifecycle of its products and solutions, and to equip employees to
make climate-smart travel decisions.
Stephen Murdoch, CEO at Micro
Focus, said, "Climate change is one of the most urgent challenges
facing our world today. Severe climate disruption impacts everyone
and everything, disproportionately affecting the most vulnerable
communities and amplifying global inequality. Through Micro Focus
INSPIRE, our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) programme,
we are committed to playing our part in addressing climate change –
from embedding sustainable actions into the core of how we operate,
to encouraging our employees to live and work more sustainably.
Steps we are taking to reduce our environmental impact underpin our
support of several of the United Nations Sustainable Development
Goals, which aim to achieve a sustainable future for all."
For More
Information
Please visit Micro Focus INSPIRE for further information on
Micro Focus' approach to Environmental, Social and Governance
(ESG).
Download the latest Micro Focus Sustainability report.
Join Micro Focus on LinkedIn and follow @MicroFocus on
Twitter.
About Micro Focus
Micro Focus is one of the world's largest enterprise software
providers, focused on solving the IT dilemma—how to balance today's
needs with tomorrow's opportunities. We deliver mission-critical
technology that helps tens of thousands of customers worldwide
manage core IT elements of their business. Strengthened by our
strategic services and support organizations, and an extensive
partner network, our broad set of technologies for security, IT
operations, application delivery, governance, modernization, and
analytics provides the innovative solutions organizations need to
run and transform— at the same time.
Contact: microfocus@pancomm.com
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