“ We have made enormous inroads in our energy efficiency across the estate , and that ’ s everything from relatively straightforward updates to putting in smart lighting systems , updating heating , ventilation and air conditioning systems ”
— James Robey , Global CSO , Capgemini 37 impact , which could be larger than our entire global footprint as an organisation . Day in and day out , when we think about our impact as a business , it ’ s our work with the clients that has the most profound effect . If you quantify life in terms of carbon , just as an easy metric , we ’ re around about half a million tonnes per year . That ’ s the carbon footprint of our operations . We ’ re about just over 200,000 people spread across 40 or so countries . However , if we compare that half a million tonnes with some of our retail clients or some of our manufacturing clients or some of our energy clients , you suddenly discover that they have carbon footprints which are maybe 50 , 100 , or maybe 200 or more times Capgemini ’ s impact .”
So , how does Capgemini help its clients ? Robey sees sustainability as “ business change , and transformation ”, which is at the heart of what Capgemini does for its clients , for the last 50 year or so , “ usually using IT ”. “ About 12 months ago now , we launched a new
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