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── SUSTAINABILITY AT VALIANTYS

Guided by purpose, driven by

responsibility.

Sustainability is embedded in how we operate, strengthening trust and supporting long-term value creation. Our roadmap supports responsible growth, strong governance and evolving customer expectations — with measurable progress tracked across our operations and value chain.

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── LIVE INDICATOR FY2026

100%

Waste recycled

66%

Renewable electricity

93%

Employee engagement

89%

Suppliers on code of conduct

── OUR ROADMAP

Five pillars

Valiantys structures its sustainability roadmap around five pillars, giving a clear and consistent framework for action.
Open a pillar to read the commitments and indicators behind it.

01 Environmental impact

Reducing our emissions and energy use

Transitioning to renewable-powered cloud infrastructure, optimizing office energy consumption, and promoting lower-carbon ways of working — including remote collaboration and rail-first travel policies.

Driving sustainable IT and digital practices

Optimizing cloud usage, partnering with providers powered by renewable energy, and promoting digital sobriety across our teams and clients.

Minimizing waste and preserving resources

An ISO 14001-aligned Environmental Management System, achieving 100% waste recycling through certified partners and reducing single-use materials.

Measuring and improving our performance

Continuously tracking impact using certified methodologies and automated data integration to inform our decarbonization roadmap.

02 Human capital

Growing our people

Career pathways, internal mobility and learning budgets that let every team member build capability alongside client delivery work.

Health, safety and wellbeing

Policies and support structures designed around flexible, distributed teams working across time zones and countries.

Diversity and inclusion

A Diversity and Inclusion policy setting expectations for hiring, pay equity and an inclusive working culture.

Listening to our people 

An annual employee engagement survey feeding directly into people-programme priorities.

03 Responsible digital delivery and value chain

Responsible technology

Optimising cloud usage, strengthening data management and adopting secure, efficient architectures to reduce impact.

AI and automation, applied carefully

Leveraging AI and data to enable smarter decision-making and resource efficiency, on foundations of security and compliance.

Supplier engagement

Extending our code of conduct through the value chain and prioritizing Scope 3 hotspots where we have the greatest influence.

Client outcomes

Cloud migration, toolchain consolidation and managed platforms that lower environmental impact alongside cost.

04 Good governance and business ethics

Board-level oversight

Sustainability is a standing item on the Executive Board agenda, with indicators and follow-up reports from the Committee.

Ethics and anti-corruption

A Code of Ethics signed by all employees, alongside an Anti-Bribery and Corruption policy.

Confidential reporting

A whistleblowing procedure enabling anonymous, confidential reporting of concerns.

External verification

Independent assessment through EcoVadis, ISO certification audits and Great Place To Work.

05 Social impact and community engagement

Community involvement

Local engagement across the countries we operate in, alongside our global sustainability commitments.

Sector participation

Active membership in the Science Based Targets initiative and the UN Global Compact.

Knowledge sharing

Bringing sustainability practice into client work across our Atlassian ecosystem partnerships.

Transparency

An annual ESG scorecard shared with shareholders and lenders.

── DOUBLE MATERIALITY

What shapes our decisions

Our double materiality assessment identifies the sustainability topics most relevant to our business and our stakeholders. It drives the prioritisation of our strategy, reporting and governance — and supports continuous improvement across our operations and value chain.

01

A foundation for resilience

Supporting risk management through robust governance, strong compliance and ethical business practices that build trust.

02

A people and culture catalyst

Giving our people the opportunity to contribute to impactful work while growing in a purpose-driven environment.

03

A catalyst for sustainable growth

Positioning Valiantys as a trusted partner by aligning with the evolving expectations of clients, partners and the wider ecosystem.

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── CLIMATE TARGETS

Our Climate Change journey

A measured baseline is only the starting point. Valiantys is committed to the Science Based Targets initiative, building a decarbonization trajectory from its GHG Protocol assessment — with reduction levers owned, resourced and tracked, not simply stated.

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2025

Full GHG baseline

A comprehensive greenhouse gas assessment aligned with the GHG Protocol, covering Scopes 1, 2 and 3 across our operations.

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2026

Near-term targets

Near-term reduction targets to be rolled across regions, with a decarbonization plan behind them.

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2027

Value-chain engagement

Supplier engagement on the Scope 3 hotspots where we have the greatest influence, with sustainability criteria in contracts.

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2030

Reduction delivered

Measured reduction against the baseline, independently verified and reported annually.

 

── GOVERNANCE AND OVERSIGHT

The Sustainability Committee

Valiantys' sustainability initiatives are overseen by a dedicated Sustainability Committee, which reports to the Executive Board and helps ensure operational risk management and long-term growth planning.
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Florent Razafi

Chief Operating Officer · Sustainability Sponsor
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Holly Mitchell

Chief People Officer
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Anne-Sophie de Lambertye

Chief Finance Officer
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Dan Buffham

Chief Information Officer
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Claire Olmstead

Legal Consultant
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Anni Gruner

Global Internal Communications Lead

── ACCOUNTABILITY

How progress is tracked and reported

01

A dedicated CSR function

A specialist sustainability lead driving the ESG roadmap day to day, sponsored at executive level by the COO.

02

Board-level oversight

A standing item on the Executive Board agenda, with indicators and follow-up reports from the Committee.

03

Annual ESG scorecard

An annual ESG assessment across environmental, social and governance matters, shared with shareholders and lenders.

04

External verification

Independent assessment through EcoVadis, ISO certification audits and Great Place To Work.

“At Valiantys, we believe responsible growth and operational excellence go hand in hand. Our role is to ensure every commitment is resourced, tracked and delivered with the same rigour we bring to our clients' transformations.”

— Florent Razafi, Chief Operating Officer and Sustainability Sponsor

── CERTIFICATIONS, RECOGNITION & INDUSTRY ENGAGEMENT

Independently assessed

✓ Great Place To Work Certified™

✓ Cyber Essentials certified

✓ ISO 14001 principles alignment

Ecovadis Bronze

✓ EcoVadis Bronze Medal

9001 RGB Purple

✓ ISO 9001 certified

27001 RGB Purple (1)

✓ ISO 27001 certified

HIPAA Compliant

✓ HIPAA compliant

── SECTOR ENGAGEMENT

Joining the wider conversation

Climate Change Action

Committed to near-term emissions reduction, in line with global climate action across the tech sector

UN Global Compact

Aligning our operations and strategy with the ten universally accepted principles on human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.

EcoVadis

Annual third-party assessment across environment, labor and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

Great Place To Work®

Independent measurement of trust, engagement and culture, repeated year on year across our countries.

── IN CLIENT WORK

Sustainability our clients inherit

Cloud migration retires on-premise hardware and the energy that runs it; consolidated tooling reduces license sprawl; managed platforms replace idle capacity with what a team actually uses. The sustainability case for modernizing an Atlassian estate is usually the same case as the business one.

  

Cloud migration and
retired infrastructure

Moving an Atlassian estate off self-managed hardware onto renewable-powered cloud, and the energy that no longer has to run.

Consolidating the
toolchain

Fewer overlapping systems, fewer idle licenses — lower cost and lower embedded impact from the same delivery capability.

Responsible AI
and automation

Automation and AI introduced on strong foundations of security, compliance and sustainable scalability.

── POLICIES

The principles that guide our commitments

Our policies set out the ethical, social, and governance standards we hold ourselves to across every part of our business. Below are some of the key policies that guide how we operate.

Code of Conduct

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Code of Ethics
PDF · signed by all employees
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Anti-Bribery and Corruption policy
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Environmental policy
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Whistleblowing procedure
PDF · anonymous reporting
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── GET IN TOUCH

Questions about our sustainability performance?

Our Sustainability Committee is available to client procurement teams, prospective joiners, and journalists. Whether it's a supplier ESG questionnaire, an EcoVadis request, or a general enquiry, we aim to respond within 10 business days.