“Cognizant’s focus on sustainability and corporate citizenship reinforces our efforts to accelerate growth, amplify talent and scale innovation, which together fuels our ability to continue serving clients with excellence, while improving the communities where our associates live and work. We appreciate our associates’ continued commitment to shaping a better future by ‘Doing the Right Thing’, through responsible innovation, global talent development, sustainable business practices and volunteerism.”
John Kim, Chief Legal Officer and Chief Administrative Officer, Cognizant
Shaping a better future
Our latest sustainability report
As one of the world’s leading professional services companies, Cognizant helps our clients modernize technology, reimagine processes and transform experiences to stay ahead in our fast-changing world. By incorporating advanced AI technologies, we drive innovation and efficiency, enabling our clients to achieve their goals more effectively. Read our latest Sustainability and Corporate Citizenship Report now.
DISCLOSURES
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AWARDS AND RECOGNITION
Our current awards
They reflect our commitment to excellence and highlight how we drive positive change.
OUR PEOPLE AND COMMUNITIES
Synapse: Impacting one million lives by the end of 2026
We believe our ability to unleash opportunity and fully realize the potential of generative AI (gen AI) hinges on a workforce that is equipped with the skills to adapt to a new way of working. We aim to train more than one million individuals by 2026.
Synapse aims to address this disruption by empowering more than one million
people with cutting-edge technology skills for the digital age. The Synapse initiative plays a critical role in our associates' learning and development, as well as in our philanthropy and outreach activities.
Social Impact
Our award-winning programs are designed to empower people to succeed in tomorrow’s jobs and improve the communities where we live and work. Our social impact programs not only engage employees and contribute to our company culture, they strengthen the communities in which we operate, through philanthropic grants, volunteerism, mentoring and education partnerships.
Cognizant Foundation India helps Cognizant to channel its corporate social responsibility initiatives in India. At the Foundation, we are building an ecosystem at the intersection of inclusion, technology and collaboration. Our Foundation aims to support a better future for all, enabling participation and access to resources and opportunities across various sections of society.
Volunteering
Cognizant associates across the globe dedicate their time to volunteering through virtual and in-person programming.
More than 47,000 unique volunteers worldwide collectively contributed over 220,000 hours to various volunteering initiatives.
ENVIRONMENT
Environmental sustainability
Cognizant’s environmental sustainability strategy focuses on reducing our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and managing climate-related risks and opportunities.
We’re committed to:
- Sourcing 100% renewable electricity for its operations by 2026
- Reducing our total emissions by 50% by 2030 and by 2040, we will seek to reduce our total emissions by 90% compared to 2019
- Aiming to offset all unabated emissions by 2030
We are concentrating on protecting our people and operations against risks posed by extreme weather events, particularly severe heat and flooding.
These include cloud based and software offerings as well as Data and AI, IoT, and enterprise platform and other sustainability services, help organizations reduce their environmental footprint and turn sustainability goals into achievable milestones.
Governance
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