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Corporate citizenship at Kyndryl

"At Kyndryl, we’re embracing environmental stewardship, fostering social inclusivity, and promoting good governance practices."
Martin Schroeter
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Global sustainability baromter

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Our Environmental, Social and Governance strategy and framework

Corporate citizenship powers human progress and drives success. We apply this principle to our Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy.

Kyndryl leverages our highly skilled workforce and the industry’s latest technologies to help implement positive social impact at scale and create a sustainable and inclusive future.

Our ESG framework is defined by these three pillars:

  • Environment: Our sustainability programs
  • People: Our social responsibility programs
  • Trust: Our corporate governance programs

Read our Fiscal Year 2024 Executive Summary ->


 

Our alignment with the United Nations’
Sustainable Development Goals

To foster accountability with our stakeholders, Kyndryl aligns its ESG program
with the following United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs):

Powering progress by delivering impact

*Resource: Fiscal 2024 Corporate Citizenship Report

Our ESG materiality assessment

In 2022, Kyndryl worked with an independent, third-party advisor to conduct a detailed materiality assessment.  The three-step process identified topics, engaged internal and external stakeholders, and prioritized the results in terms of their relative importance to Kyndryl and our stakeholders. We also conducted a review of industry and peer best practices along with emerging trends to help align priority topics to our strategy. The results of our assessment highlighted various priorities in each of our three strategic domains that are disclosed in this report as follows: 
 

  • Environment: Climate resilience and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, water, waste, supply chain management, including resilience, environmental impacts and supplier diversity. 

  • People: Talent management including attraction and retention, inclusion, diversity and equity (ID&E), employee health and wellness, health and safety, social impact, human rights.

  • Trust: Cybersecurity, data privacy and responsible data use, business ethics, anti-corruption and anti-bribery.

*Materiality, as used here is distinct from, and should not be confused with, such terms as defined for SEC and other financial reporting purposes. Materiality assessments refer to the process by which companies identify and prioritize the urgency of various sustainability topics to their company.  The inclusion of information or the absence of information in this report should not be construed to represent the Company's belief regarding the materiality of the information for SEC or other financial reporting purposes.

Powering progress for the environment

Environmental sustainability

 

Kyndryl is committed to managing climate risk and environmental operational efficiency, managing system performance, being a preferred customer service provider, and driving market differentiation through our sustainability programs.

 

We demonstrate this commitment by tracking, measuring and reporting our global environmental footprint to meet net zero targets and goals, working to meet applicable government requirements, building out our environmental education programs and partnerships, and innovating new sustainability solutions. We also manage our supply chain to ensure that we meet our global commitments to deliver responsible solutions for today and in the future.   

Powering progress for our people and communities

Social responsibility

 

Kyndry is a people-centric business focused on being at the heart of progress for our customers and our communities. Our mission is to be a services business that is an employer and partner of choice.  

 

We have built a differentiated culture called The Kyndryl Way to attract, retain, develop, and motivate a highly skilled workforce. Core to that culture is maintaining an inclusive, engaging, and flexible work environment that supports our ability to deliver for our customers. By ensuring our business operations align to positive outcomes for our people and our communities, strive to create a more sustainable future for everyone. 

 

Powering progress for trust

Corporate governance

 

Kyndryl is committed to upholding the highest standards of corporate governance under our ESG principles, with a mission built on the central guiding principle that "everything begins with trust."


Earning and maintaining trust is critical to delivering value to our customers, shareholders, partners, and communities. Focusing on the two key areas of accountability and operating with integrity and transparency help us ensure that our corporate governance is robust and effective.

Inclusion, diversity and equity

We are empathetic and devoted global citizens who strive to make the world better and more inclusive for our employees, customers, and our communities.

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