Our responsible business strategy

The foundations of the Datatec global business were built on the core principles of ESG and, in recent years, the business has formalised its responsible business approach and strategy, helping to accelerate efforts. The strategy is focused on delivering initiatives and positive social or environmental impact in three priority areas: our communities, our planet and our people, all supported by good governance and communication.

The formalisation process began in 2021, with a focus on communicating and adopting the new strategy; at that stage executive and employee buy-in as well as the establishment of a global responsible business champions network and committee were prioritised to enable us to drive our strategy and objectives forward.

More recently, internal commitments and targets were put in place to help guide our journey and in FY24 focused on external alignment and engagement through our materiality assessment, the validation of our carbon reduction targets by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (“SBTi”), publication of our first UN Global Compact Communication on Progress, and planning for additional reporting requirements.

In FY25, we continued to align with external frameworks including the now-disbanded TCFD through our non-financial and sustainability information statement (“NFSIS”), while improving the monitoring and tracking of qualitative and quantitative data across our three pillars, in part using new ESG data collection and reporting software.

Datatec, as well as Westcon International and Logicalis International, continues to use EcoVadis, a sustainability assessment platform, to regularly assess our performance across responsible business.

Looking forward, we are committed to strengthening the breadth and accuracy of our data collection to enhance both internal and external reporting. This will enable more informed decision-making and initiative planning, ultimately driving improved execution and amplifying our positive impact.