Consolidated non-financial statement pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 254/2016, prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards
Sustainability beyond Cloud
Sustainability Report 2022
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The WIIT Group, a leading provider of cloud and | Sustainability beyond Cloud |
cyber security services for critical applications, | |
has been accompanying companies on their path | |
to digital transformation for over 20 years. | |
In addition to being among the companies with | |
the highest number of outsourcing operations | |
certifications at the global level, WIIT offers | |
distinctive skills and significant assets: 15 data | |
centres, two of which are Tier-IV certified, with a | |
third under construction. Thanks to the constant | |
commitment of its employees, organic growth and | |
M&A operations carried out in Italy and abroad, | |
in 2022 the company recorded revenues of over | |
€ 118.8 million and an EBITDA of over € 39.7 | |
million*. | |
At the heart of WIIT's strategy there is the trust | |
of its customers, with whom the company builds | |
long-term,high-value relationships. |
- As it is a public interest entity, pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 254/16, this document includes in its scope all companies consolidated on a line-by-line basis in the Consolidated Financial Statements
Following the publication of three editions of the Sustainability Report on a voluntary basis, the Group's first consolidated Non-Financial Statement (NFS), prepared in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 254/2016, represents a further step on WIIT's journey towards transparency and integration of sustainability. In line with the indications of the new GRI Standard 2021, the document has been drafted to highlight the performance and progress of the initiatives carried out by the Group in relation to WIIT's material sustainability issues and, not least, to provide the organisation's stakeholders with an accurate, comprehensive and transparent account of the results achieved.
INDEX
Foreword | Letter from Alessandro Cozzi | 01 |
2022 in review | Key figures and highlights | 03 |
2030 ESG Plan | WIIT's 2030 sustainability goals | 05 |
The Premium Cloud | The European Hybrid Cloud leader | 09 |
Responsible growth | 11 | |
A certified international cloud | 13 | |
Transparent, accountable and sustainable governance | 16 | |
The measurement of sustainability in WIIT | 21 | |
ESG Plan: The Premium Cloud 2030 sustainability targets | 28 | |
WIIT4Data | CYber risks continue to increase in importance | 31 |
Cybersecurity culture | 32 | |
Reliable, secure cyber services | 34 | |
ESG Plan: WIIT4Data's 2030 sustainability goals | 40 | |
WIIT4Innovation | The Cloud at the service of new trends | 43 |
Innovation in WIIT's dna | 44 | |
Grappling with the external context | 46 | |
WIIT innovation news | 47 | |
ESG Plan: WIIT4Innovation's 2030 sustainability goals | 50 | |
WIIT4Climate | The green transition in the ICT sector | 53 |
A green, efficient cloud | 54 | |
The role of the cloud in the ecological transition | 55 | |
ESG Plan: WIIT4Climate's 2030 sustainability goals | 60 | |
WIIT4People | The challenges of a highly specialised sector | 63 |
The WIIT group's HR culture | 64 | |
Organisation and well-being for professional growth | 65 | |
The WIIT academy | 67 | |
ESG Plan: WIIT4People's 2030 sustainability goals | 70 | |
Methodological note | How this document was created | 72 |
WIIT's 9 material topics | 73 | |
GRI content index | GRI content index | 75 |
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Consolidated non-financial statement pursuant to Legislative Decree No. 254/2016, prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards
Sustainability Report 2022
1 | Sustainability Report 2022 | Foreword | 2 | Sustainability Report 2022 |
Dear WIIT Stakeholders,
A difficult period for maintaining the balance of global socio-economic systems seems to have begun in 2022.
In addition, the risks associated with climate change continue to weigh on economic activities, especially in a year like the that just ended, which set several negative records, such as those relating to rising temperatures and droughts.
European institutions remain closely focused on the sustainable and digital transition
of our economies, needed to make Europe the first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. To achieve this goal, Europe is working on developing tools for measuring corporate sustainability that are as objective, uniform and science-based as possible, so as to provide investors with quality information that enables them to direct capital towards truly sustainable economic activities.
In this context, which poses new challenges on a daily basis, WIIT continues its process of corporate expansion, focusing on directing its resources towards creating a solid, integrated Group, capable of taking a leading role in providing cloud services at a European level, while also managing the impacts related to the most important environmental, economic and social issues for the business and our stakeholders.
After three editions of a voluntarily published Sustainability Report, our first Consolidated Non-Financial Statement (Legislative Decree No. 254/2016) marks the Group's entry into mandatory non-financial reporting - a further step in WIIT's journey towards transparency and sustainability integration. Moreover, entering the scope of the directive brings with it the need to measure up against the European Taxonomy for Sustainable Finance (Regulation EU No 2020/852), the first single international classification system for measuring the sustainability of economic activities.
The application of the Taxonomy, together with the results obtained from the evaluations provided by some of the most authoritative ESG rating agencies, confirms WIIT's ability to effectively measure its sustainability performance, aligning itself not only with the standards suggested by the market, but also, and above all, with the indications provided at regulatory level.
Since 2020, WIIT's sustainability priority has been to maintain the Group's commitment by progressively achieving the 18 targets of the 2030 ESG Plan, which, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) promoted by the United Nations, outline our current and future development path on sustainability issues that are priorities for us. In addition, 2022 marked the beginning of a journey dedicated to improving the energy efficiency and circularity of our data centres, by verifying the compliance of the Parent Company's assets with the principles of the European Code of Conduct for Energy Efficiency in Data Centres, a voluntary initiative promoted by the European Commission's Joint Research Center (JRC).
As you read through the following pages, you will learn in detail about the objectives and initiatives through which we aim to respond to the main environmental, economic and social challenges our Group will face, now and in the future.
We remain confident that a future full of opportunities for shared, sustainable development awaits us and hope you enjoy this report.
Alessandro Cozzi
CEO of the WIIT Group
Sustainability beyond Cloud
2022the
overview
The Premium
Cloud
118.8 mln
TURNOVER
9
GROUP COMPANIES
15
PROPRIETARY DATA CENTRES
18
ESG PLAN 2030 GOALS
92%
SHARE OF REVENUE ELIGIBLE FOR THE TAXONOMY, AND 40% ALIGNED
WIIT4
Data
Tier IV
MILAN'S DC SECURITY LEVEL
99.995%
CERTIFIED DATA CENTRE AVAILABILITY UPTIME
0
SECURITY INCURSIONS AND BREACHES
53 petabyte
DATA BACKED UP IN WIIT'S DATA CENTRES
120
PEOPLE INVOLVED IN THE WIIT SECURITY AWARENESS PROGRAMME
WIIT4
Innovation
Metaverse, Blockchain and AI
EMERGING TECHNOLOGY TRENDS CONSIDERED IN THE INNOVATION STRATEGY
Kubernetes on Steroids
WINNING PROJECT AT THE
DIGITAL360 AWARDS
3
OBSERVATORIES IN COLLABORATION WITH POLIMI
2
IDEAS RECOGNISED WITH THE INNOVATION AWARD
11
PROJECTS IN THE AUTOMATION AND BUSINESS FOCUS TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE
WIIT4
Climate
1,548 MWh
ANNUAL MWH SAVED BY CUSTOMERS THANKS TO THE WIIT CLOUD
100%
OF ELECTRICITY PURCHASED IN ITALY IS GENERATED FROM RENEWABLE SOURCES
61.9 MWh
ANNUAL MWH PER PETABYTE: ENERGY INTENSITY OF WIIT'S DATA CENTRES
0.00256
TONNES OF CO2 PER PETABYTE PER YEAR: EMISSIONS INTENSITY OFTHE PARENT COMPANY'S DATA CENTRES
105.70
TONNES OF CO2 ABSORBED WITH TREEDOM
WIIT4
People
573
PEOPLE, 95% PERMANENT
67
NEW HIRES UNDER 30
29.12
AVERAGE HOURS OF TRAINING PER EMPLOYEE
17
PEOPLE HIRED THROUGH THE REFERRAL PROGRAMME
17
EXECUTIVES AND MANAGERS WHO HAVE COMPLETED A MINI-MASTER'S DEGREE
2030 ESG Plan
2030 ESG Plan
WIIT's 2030 sustainability goals
WIIT's ESG Plan represents the Group's sustainability commitment from now until 2030. It is an ambitious plan drawn up in 2020 and consisting of 18 long-term,measurable goals with intermediate targets for 2025, in line with the Sustainable Development Goals promoted by the United Nations as part of its 2030 Agenda.
5 | Sustainability Report 2022
2030 ESG Plan
WIIT4
Data
Security | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
Only | |||||||
Assessment | 30% | 70% | 100% | Italy | |||
100% of top 50 customers with cybersecurity assessments according | |||||||
to the WIIT Security Universe (WSU) model | |||||||
Fault- | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
tolerant IT | 1,500 kW Group | ||||||
588 kW | 1,000 kW | ||||||
infrastructures | |||||||
1,500 kW of certified fault-tolerant(TIER-IV) IT infrastructure at the Group level | |||||||
TIER-IV | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
coverage | |||||||
in WIIT | 50% | n.a. | 75% | Group | |||
Countries |
75% of Countries with Cloud Facilities covered by at least one TIER IV Data Centre within 2 years of corporate acquisitions
6 | Sustainability Report 2022
WIIT4
Innovation
Process | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 Scope: | |||
automation | 3 | 6 | 15 | Group | ||
Launch of new automated processes dedicated to accelerating our customers' time-to-market
Co- | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 Scope: | |||
innovation | 3 | 15 | 40 | Group | ||
More than 100 among companies, suppliers, start-ups, students, institutions and academics involved in co-innovation initiatives (e.g. hackathons or coding contests) to stimulate the search for innovative solutions in the field of cloud services
Digitalisation | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
of non-profits | 113,400 € | 250,000 € | 500,000 € Group | ||||
€ 500,000 for digital services for non-profit organisations | |||||||
Scientific | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
research | 6 | 20 | 50 | Group | |||
Funding of at least 10 scientific research initiatives in the digital/cloud area
As part of its non-financial reporting, WIIT undertakes to conduct annual monitoring of the progress of the goals set and related initiatives. Monitoring of the Plan may highlight the
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WIIT4 | WIIT4 |
Climate | People |
need to recalibrate the targets defined in response to a change in the context, whether external or internal, such as the impact of new acquisitions on the Group's targets.
The scope of the 2030 ESG Plan is to be considered flexible, and any updates to it the result of WIIT's drive for continuous improvement
Women in | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
the Board of | ||||||
45% | 30% | 45% | ||||
Directors | ||||||
✔ | ||||||
45% of the Board of Directors of WIIT S.p.A. is composed of women | ||||||
Women | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
in Senior | ||||||
20% | 20% | 30% | ||||
Management | ||||||
✔ | ||||||
30% of the senior management of WIIT S.p.A. is made up of women | ||||||
ESG goals | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
in Senior |
Energy | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
intensity | 24.85% | -20% | -50% | |||
✔ |
50% reduction in energy consumption for data storage in the data centres of WIIT S.p.A.
Green energy | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
towards 0 | ||||||
79% | 70% | 100% | ||||
emissions | ||||||
✔ |
100% of purchased electricity produced from renewable sources to reduce the Group's indirect emissions to zero (scope 2) -
Scope:
Parent
Company
Scope:
Group*
Upskilling and | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
Reskilling | 17 | 30 | 100 |
100 people who participated in a multi-yearmini-master's degree course organised by WIIT Academy aimed at upskilling and reskilling in technical and managerial fields
Knowledge | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
Intensity | 22% | 15% | 20% | |||
✔ |
20% of technical personnel obtain at least one technical-specialist certification each year (ITIL, PMP, SAP, Microsoft, etc.)
and value creation over time.
Management | 30% | 50% | 100% | |||
MBOs | ✔ | |||||
100% of senior management with at least 1 ESG goal in their MBOs
Green | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
corporate | Group | ||||||
36.7% | 30% | 70% | |||||
fleet | |||||||
✔ | |||||||
70% of the company car fleet consists of hybrid/electric cars | |||||||
Second life | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | Scope: | |||
of IT assets | 33.56% | 25% | 80% | Italian | |||
companies | |||||||
✔ | |||||||
80% of replacement technology materials for high schools and academic and social institutions
ESG | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
co-creation | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Implementation of at least 1 ESG project per year proposed by employees and funded by the Group
Job Path | 2022 | 2025 | 2030 | |||
65% | 75% | 100% | ||||
100% of the employees of the Group's Companies on a job path for internal growth after 24 months from acquisition
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