Sustainability Report 2025-26

Sustainability
Report 2025–26

How HCLTech creates long-term value through responsible, sustainable business, from climate and water to people and community.

FY26 at a Glance

55.84%

Scope 1 and 2 emissions reduced against the FY20 baseline

2040

Net zero target, with the SBTi 2030 goal met four years early

51x

More water replenished than consumed, verified independently

8.4M+

Lives positively impacted through HCLFoundation

A Year of Measurable Progress

From climate to community, FY26 delivered outcomes that set industry benchmarks. How we achieve results matters as much as the results themselves.

Clients

$1.6_B+

in value created for clients over and above contractual commitments through Ideapreneurship.

Energy

89.65_%

renewable energy powering our data centers; 49.79% of total energy consumption now comes from renewables.

Waste

100_%

of owned campuses retained Zero Waste to Landfill Platinum certification, with over 99% waste diversion.

Water

47.57_{B liters}

replenished in FY26 at the industry’s lowest water intensity: 10.68 liters per capita per day.

People

50_%

women on the Board of Directors, with 29.58% women in the workforce and a 40% goal by 2030.

Well-being

2.08_%

of revenue invested in employee well-being, among the highest in the industry.

Climate

4_years

ahead of schedule. Our 2030 Scope 1 and 2 SBTi reduction targets are already met, keeping us on course for net zero by 2040.

10.68

L/capita/day, the lowest water consumption in the industry

SBTi

validation achieved for both short and long-term climate targets, joining a select group of global IT firms

31%

reduction in total energy footprint from the FY20 baseline

8.4

million lives impacted, with 54% female beneficiaries

Independent Recognition of Our Progress

Ten major recognitions worldwide in FY26 for leadership in sustainability, ethics and people practices.

#1

India-headquartered company, Professional Services category, for the 2nd consecutive year

TIME World’s Most Sustainable Companies

3 years

in a row as one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies®

Ethisphere

MSCI AA

Leader-band ESG rating maintained for 2 years in a row

MSCI ESG Ratings

Gold

96th percentile rating for the 2nd consecutive year

EcoVadis

4 years

in a row in the S&P Global Sustainability Yearbook

S&P Global

#6

of 209 IT consulting companies in ESG Risk Rating

Sustainalytics

6th year

of consecutive listing in the World’s Best Employers

Forbes

First

organization to receive the Organizational AI Governance Verification Badge

Responsible AI Institute

Guided by Purpose

Messages from the leaders steering HCLTech’s sustainability agenda.

Message from the CEO & Managing Director

The true measure of progress is not only what we achieve, but how we achieve it. At HCLTech, we are proving that when innovation is guided by purpose, growth becomes more resilient, inclusive and sustainable.”

C Vijayakumar
CEO & Managing Director

Message from Global Head of Sustainability

The true transformation is not in our metrics alone, but in embedding sustainability into every decision, enabling resilience, innovation and long-term value creation.”

Vipul Arora
Global Head of Sustainability

Inside the Report

Six chapters, one integrated story, prepared with reference to GRI Standards (2021) and mapped for ESRS/CSRD, IFRS S1/S2 and SEBI BRSR interoperability.

01

Overview

Messages from the CEO and the Global Head of Sustainability, performance and recognition highlights and SDG alignment.

Page 9 02

Double Materiality Assessment

A CSRD-aligned assessment of the impacts, risks and opportunities that shape strategy across the value chain.

Page 17 03

HCLTech Sustainability

Climate and net zero, eco-efficiency, people and inclusion, responsible supply chain and human rights, governance and ethics.

04

Client & Ecosystem Sustainability

Sustainability-led client solutions, climate collaboration and partnerships that scale impact beyond our own operations.

Page 91 05

Community Impact & Inclusive Growth

HCLFoundation’s work across 20 states and 3 union territories: more than 8.4 million lives touched, 54% women.

Page 109 06

ESG Performance Metrics

Comprehensive data tables and the GRI Content Index for full transparency and framework interoperability.

Page 129

Our Sustainability Pillars

Six areas of disciplined execution, each with verified FY26 outcomes.

Climate & net zero
Water & resources
People & inclusion
Supply chain
Governance & responsible AI
Community

Climate & net zero

Disciplined execution turned ambition into achievement

Scope 1 and 2 emissions fell 55.84% against the FY20 baseline, meeting our SBTi 2030 target four years ahead of schedule and keeping us firmly on course for net zero by 2040.

−55.8%

Scope 1+2 emissions vs FY20 (98,949 tCO2e in FY26)

−31%

total energy footprint vs the FY20 baseline

49.79%

of total energy from renewable sources

934 tCO2e

avoided via EV employee transport in FY26

Net zero pathway: Scope 1+2 emissions (tCO2e)

Actual performance vs target trajectory to 2040

Actual emissionsActual emissions

Target trajectory (SBTi-validated)Target trajectory (SBTi-validated)

Water & resources

An industry benchmark in water stewardship

HCLTech replenished 51 times more water than it consumed, an independently verified outcome, while operating at the industry’s lowest water intensity and maintaining Zero Waste to Landfill Platinum across all owned campuses in India.

10.68

L/capita/day, the lowest water intensity in the industry

47.57B

liters replenished in FY26 alone

99%+

waste diversion rate across India campuses

155B

liters harvested cumulatively with communities

Total energy consumption and mix (GJ)

Renewable share rising to 49.79% of total consumption in FY26

RenewableRenewable

Non-renewableNon-renewable

People & inclusion

People at the center

Our people are the driving force behind our success. FY26 reinforced industry-leading investment in well-being, inclusion that delivers tangible results, and learning at scale.

29.58%

women in the workforce, up from 28.81%, targeting 40% by 2030

99.9%

of women returned to work after parental leave

81.6%

maternity retention in India, up from 70.53%

9.42M

total training hours in FY26, up from 5.82M, at 25.84 hours per person

What powered it

2.08% of revenue invested in employee well-being, among the highest in the industry
50% women on the Board of Directors, leading from the top
27.4% increase in differently-abled employee headcount
TechBee early-career program: 36.8% women; 22% of TechBees have graduated via partnerships with BITS Pilani and IIT Guwahati
ParentPro and Momtastic reintegration and childcare support programs
Over 37,500 employees generated 18,900+ ideas through the Value Creation Portal, delivering about $1.6B in client value

Supply chain

A responsible, resilient value chain

The next frontier of decarbonization lies across our value chain. Supplier engagement and responsible procurement programs are building a scalable path forward.

100%

of suppliers covered by our Supplier Code of Conduct and Green Procurement Policy

76.4%

of partner spend (308 partners) assessed for environmental performance

CDP “A”

rating for Supplier Engagement

1,134

capability-building sessions conducted for suppliers

Scope 3: where the harder work sits

Business travel and employee commuting account for about 82% of the Scope 3 footprint; purchased and capital goods concentrate the remaining 18%
Electric employee transport at scale: Hyderabad runs 165 EVs covering 80% of daily trips; Bengaluru runs 103 EVs
Human rights assessed across 76.4% of value chain spend, aligned with UNGC principles
Capital procurement model moving to product-level emission factors as they become available

Governance & responsible AI

Trust, transparency and responsible technology

Strong governance, ethical business practices and a commitment to transparency underpin everything, including how we deploy AI as it becomes foundational to enterprise transformation.

First

organization to receive the Responsible AI Institute’s Organizational AI Governance Verification Badge

3 years

running as one of Ethisphere’s World’s Most Ethical Companies®

50%

women on the Board of Directors

ISO 31000

and COSO-grounded enterprise risk management

FY26 commitments

Signed the EU AI Pact and joined the AI Verify Foundation
Signatory to the UN Global Compact and The Climate Pledge; net zero by 2040 with SBTi-validated 1.5°C-aligned interim targets
Strictly apolitical: no contributions to political entities and no direct lobbying
ESG oversight through Board-level committees and the ESG and DEI Committee
Member of the CEO Water Mandate and Water Resilience Coalition, including Yamuna river basin commitments

Community

Where business strength meets social purpose

HCLFoundation drives HCLTech’s CSR agenda in India across five flagship programs, with a footprint spanning 20 states and 3 union territories.

8.4M+

lives touched to date, 54% women

₹1,984 Cr

(about $223M) total India CSR deployment since inception

765,000+

hours of employee volunteering in FY26

12.2M

lives reached with FEBA across 19 EU countries and Turkey

FY26 milestones

155 billion liters of water harvested cumulatively, including 47.5 billion liters in FY26 alone
74,000 acres greened and under community management; 3.5M+ saplings planted to date
43,000+ youth trained in 21st-century skills, with 85% placement
10,000+ women-led self-help groups impacting over 116,000 women
Harit coastal action: 120,833 kg of ghost nets and marine debris collected; 181,797 saplings planted
First Harit Summit convened 250+ participants from 105+ organizations