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Infosys Ltd. Environmental & Social Information 2021

Jan 27, 2021

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TO ALL STOCK EXCHANGES

BSE LIMITED NATIONAL STOCK EXCHANGE OF INDIA LIMITED NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE

January 27, 2021

Dear Sir/ Madam,

Sub: Webinar on ESG

This is to inform you that the Company’s management will participate in the following session hosted by IiAS (Institutional Investor Advisory Services). Attached presentation slides will be used during the session.

Date Event Participants Venue
January 28,
2021
Webinar on ESG -
Infosys on becoming
carbon neutral
Sandeep Mahindroo, Financial Controller
and Head - Investor Relations
Virtual

This will also be hosted on the company’s website at www.infosys.com

Thanking You

Yours Sincerely, For Infosys Limited

MANIKANTHA AGS

Digitally signed by MANIKANTHA AGS Date: 2021.01.27 17:30:23 +05'30'

A.G.S. Manikantha

Company Secretary

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Shape and share solutions that serve the development of businesses and communities

Safe harbor

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Certain statements in this presentation concerning our future growth prospects, financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2020. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.

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Being a Live Enterprise

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Being Resilient and Responsible rests on 5 key pillars

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Being a partner Being a Being a Being an to clients people corporate environmental company citizen steward

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Being an ethically strong organization

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Sustainability is a continuous journey

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2011 2011 2014 2014 2015 2015 2018 2018 2019 2019
• Committed to • First IT company • First Indian • Inducted into theDJSI • Launched theAarohan
carbon globally to publish company to join WorldandDJSI Emerging Social Innovation Awards
neutralitygoals
at the UN
aGRI G4
(comprehensive)
sustainability report
RE100 MarketIndices
• LaunchedInfosys Lex
employee learning platform
InfyTQ app launched for
engineering students in
India
2012 2013 2016 2017 2020
• Radiant cooling • One of the first • $250mn • Joined the CPLC • 2019UN Global Climate
technology - first
in a commercial
building in India
Indian companies
to publish a
Business
Responsibility
Report
Innovate in
India Fundto
support Indian
start-ups
• Infosys Pune Phase-2
became the largest
campus in the world to
getLEED Platinum
certification
Action Awards(category:
Climate Neutral Now)
• Recognized by theCDP
for leadership on climate
action for the fourth year in
a row

UN: United Nations; GRI: Global Reporting Initiative; RE100: A global platform for major companies committed to 100% renewable power; CPLC: Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition; LEED: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design; DJSI: Dow Jones Sustainability Indices; CDP: formerly Carbon Disclosure Project

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…and a shared priority for us

We engage with our stakeholders round the year to determine the issues material to our performance

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Clients Employees
Infosys
stakeholder
Suppliers
& alliance universe Investors
partners
Govt.
& regulatory
Community bodies
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Materiality Matrix

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Being a partner to clients

Accelerating their digital innovation journey

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INITIATIVES
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Infosys Innovation Framework

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PRODUCT & PLATFORM

Innovation related products, services and solutions

ORGANIC

(Thought Leadership)

iCETS IP & THOUGHT Infosys Center for LEADERSHIP Emerging Technological Power innovation with Solutions clients

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5G
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Innovation Hubs across US and EU

Global digital studios

lab at Melbourne

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ACCELERATOR

(Amplify & Scale)

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INORGANIC

(Nurture & Invest)

BE THE NAVIGATOR PROCESS HACKATHONS Democratizing the INNOVATION Solve complex culture Reimagining processes challenges of innovation using AI & Automation & business problems

AWARDS START-UP ECOSYSTEM PARTNERSHIPS Honoring research Engage with ecosystem, Collaborations for and innovation build network of startups, research & funding innovation

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| Being a partner to clients

Ensuring data privacy and information security

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INITIATIVES
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HIGHLIGHTS
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Strengthening a Culture of privacy & security

Privacy by design

Minimizing security risks – maximizing visibility to the security threat, impact and resolution

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Among the first companies globally to be certified with ISO 27701 standard

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4,500+
Cybersecurity experts
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Shaping national and global standards on data privacy

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Global Cyber defense centers

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| Being a partner to clients

Being a people company

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Creating a diverse, inclusive and equitable workplace

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INITIATIVES
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HIGHLIGHTS

Infosys is signatory to the UN Women’s Empowerment Principles

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Women in Technology

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Strengthening awareness

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Return to Work program

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Building accessible workplaces

89%

Women returned to work post maternity leave

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Signatory to UN Free & Equal

37.9% Women in a 240K+ global employee base Employees from 144 Nationalities

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Global and Regional Empowered Employee Resource Groups

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| Being a people company

Making sure careers never stand still

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OUR INITIATIVES INITIATIVES
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HIGHLIGHTS

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1,500
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Infosys Career Mosaic

Infosys Lex Digital learning platform – enabling learning access anywhere, from any device, at any time

Courses availed through Infosys Lex

‘Personalised’ paths to transition to new roles

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Interns from top global universities

Infosys Knowledge Institute

InStep

Flagship global internship program – running for over 20 years

Helping industry through thought leadership

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Lifetime users on Infosys Lex

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Instep ranked world #1 internship program 3 years in a row

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| Being a people company

Being a corporate citizen

Investing in the future of communities

INITIATIVES

HIGHLIGHTS

CSR spend Investing >$50mn annually on community projects

Infosys Foundation

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Contributing to social welfare through healthcare, education, food and nutrition, rural development, art & culture and destitute care

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Infosys Science Foundation

Endeavoring to elevate the prestige of science and research in India and inspire young Indians to choose a vocation in research, through the Infosys Prize

Scientists honoured till date with the Infosys Prize, each carrying a gold medal, a citation and a purse of $100K

Visit infosys.com for more information.

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Reskill & Restart

Employment-focused skilling effort launched in the US

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National Digital Literacy Mission

18,000 people from rural communities enabled with digital skills

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| Being a corporate citizen

Collaborating to improve access to quality education

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INITIATIVES

Campus Connect

Enhancing employability of engineering students. InfyTQ Infosys’ online learning platform imparting technical and behavioral skills training to engineering students

Infosys Foundation USA

Promoting computer science and Maker education to K-12 students and teachers in the US

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HIGHLIGHTS
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500K+ Students
700K+
17K+ Teachers
Students signed up for
InfyTQ since launch
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Covered so far, as part of Campus Connect

Catch them young

Opening up the world of IT to promising students from urban schools

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24 million Students and teachers Launched in 2020 reached by Infosys Foundation USA since 2015

| Being a corporate citizen

Being an environmental steward

Contributing towards a carbon neutral world

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INITIATIVES

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Transitioning to renewable sources of energy

  • Increasing captive solar power capacity

  • Procuring renewable energy from third-party producers

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Achieving energy efficiency

  • Optimizing operations through smart automation

  • Retrofitting buildings with energy efficiency equipment

  • Developing ‘super-efficient’ green buildings

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Offsetting carbon emissions through community projects

  • Helping rural communities embrace a low-carbon future

  • Installing emissions-free cook stoves & biogas plants and aiding electrification

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| Being an environmental steward

* Infosys is ‘Carbon Neutral’

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Carbon offsets

Energy efficiency To reduce emissions

Renewable energy To avoid emissions

To offset emissions

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11 of 17 SDGS

25mn sq ft

60 MW of installed solar PV capacity

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favorably impacted through our carbon offset projects

of highest rated (LEED Platinum/ GRIHA 5-star) green buildings

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55%

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44.3%

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reduction in per-capita electricity consumption compared to 2008 baseline

of total electricity across India campuses from renewable sources

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30mn sq ft of smart connected office space

2,400+ Jobs created through our carbon offset projects

Super efficient buildings with superior energy performance

102,000+

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Rural families continue be benefit from our carbon offset projects

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30 years ahead of timeline set by Paris agreement

  • certified against PAS 2060:2014

| Being an environmental steward

Conserving key natural resources

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HIGHLIGHTS

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reduction in freshwater intake between 2008 63.75% and 2020

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Zero discharge
of wastewater from
our campuses
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100% 91% reduction in non-recyclable and of organic waste can be treated single-use plastic since 2018

330mn litres

of organic waste of rainwater can be stored can be treated at our campuses through 35 within campuses lakes/ponds

370 injection wells

with a potential to recharge 18.5mn litres of groundwater a day 100% E-waste handled by authorized recyclers

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| Being an environmental steward

Our sustainability leadership is recognized the world over

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UN Global Climate Action Award in the Climate Neutral Now category

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Top Employer across Europe, Middle East, Australia, Singapore and Japan

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Ranked #3 in best regarded companies amongst Global 2000

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Gold recognition from EcoVadis for CSR practices , including environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement

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Infosys USA is certified Great Place to Work 2020

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Confirmed as an FTSE4Good Index Series constituent

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Infosys ranked Leader in MSCI ESG ratings, 2019

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Winner at the NASSCOM Corporate Awards for Excellence in Diversity and Inclusion , 2019 (category: Persons with Disability)

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Listed as an index component of the DJSI World and DJSI Emerging Markets

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Top 10 Working Mother and AVTAR Best Company for Women in India in 2020

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Champion of Inclusion Award of Working Mother and AVTAR Most Inclusive Companies Index 2020

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Certified as a Disability Confident Recruiter by Australian Network on Disability

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| Being an environmental steward

Being an ethically strong organization

Benchmark

Corporate governance and compliance practices

Guided by our stakeholders

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67% Independent directors

22% Women directors

87%

Public shareholding

17%

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History of firsts for an Indian company

Rolling out ESOPs

Voluntarily adopting US GAAP and IFRS reporting and complying with SOX

Publishing quarterly audited financials Getting listed on NASDAQ

Rolling out performance-based stock incentives aligned to TSR

ADR float on NYSE

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| Being an ethically strong organization

Envisioning the road ahead

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ESG Vision 2030

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Shape and share solutions that serve the development of businesses and communities

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Environment Vision

Serve the preservation of our planet by shaping and sharing technology solutions

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Social Vision

Serve the development of people by shaping a future with meaningful opportunities for all

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Governance Vision

Serve the interests of all our stakeholders by leading through our core values

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Environment Ambitions

Climate change

  • Carbon neutrality across Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions

  • Reducing Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 75%

  • Reducing Scope 3 GHG emissions by 30%

  • Engaging clients on climate actions

Water

  • 100% wastewater recycling

Waste

  • Zero waste to landfill

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Social Ambitions

Enabling digital talent at scale

  • Extending digital skills to 10mn+ (2025)

Tech for good

  • Empowering 80 mn+ lives via tech for good programs (2025)

Diversity and inclusion

  • Creating a gender-diverse workforce with 45% women

Energizing local communities

  • Delivering 33% of work by leveraging flexible/remote work options

Employee wellness and experience

  • Facilitating best-in-class employee experience

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Governance Ambitions

Corporate Governance

  • Empowered, diverse and inclusive Board

  • Sustainable supply chains

  • Robust compliance and integrity practices

  • Transparent communications with stakeholders

Data privacy

  • Leading data privacy standards

Information management

  • Industry leadership in our information security practices

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| Envisioning the road ahead

THANK YOU

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© 2020 Infosys Limited, Bengaluru, India. All Rights Reserved. Infosys believes the information in this document is accurate as of its publication date; such information is subject to change without notice. Infosys acknowledges the proprietary rights of other companies to the trademarks, product names and such other intellectual property rights mentioned in this document. Except as expressly permitted, neither this documentation nor any part of it may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, printing, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of Infosys Limited and/ or any named intellectual property rights holders under this document.

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