Softchoice Publishes 2022 ESG Report

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Softchoice Corporation (“Softchoice” or the “Company”) (TSX: SFTC) today released its 2022 Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) Report, detailing the Company’s efforts, achievements, and ambitions with respect to sustainable and responsible business practices.

In 2022, Softchoice advanced and expanded key ESG strategic priorities and focus areas, with achievements including:

• Environmental sustainability: Embedding environmentally sustainable practices into its operations, reducing greenhouse gas emissions by ~3.4% and emissions intensity by 12%, and developing a roadmap to further reduce its environmental impact.
• Social responsibility: Increasing the percentage of women in Softchoice’s workforce to ~39%, expanding charitable partnerships, receiving a 100% score on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index, and earning multiple Great Place to Work® rankings.
• Governance excellence: Maintaining sound governance and rigorous oversight practices, featuring in the Globe and Mail’s Women Lead Here ranking for Canadian corporations leading in executive gender diversity, and welcoming Sylvie Veilleux, an accomplished technology executive, to its Board of Directors.

“Taking care of our people and communities is central to how we do business,” said Andrew Caprara, Softchoice’s President & CEO. “I am proud of how our organization has mobilized our resources and talents to benefit our communities, support our customers and partners in advancing their own sustainability objectives, and build one of our industry’s most respected cultures.”

Softchoice’s ESG Report follows the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Universal Standards and uses the performance metrics within the Software & IT Services Standard as cited in the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) standard.

To read the full report, click here.

About Softchoice

Softchoice Corporation (TSX: SFTC) is a software-focused IT solutions provider that equips organizations to be agile and innovative, and for their people to be engaged, connected and creative at work. That means moving them to the cloud, helping them build the workplace of tomorrow, and enabling them to make smarter decisions about their technology portfolio. For more information, please visit www.softchoice.com.

Forward-looking statements

This news release may contain forward-looking information within the meaning of applicable securities laws, which reflects Softchoice’s current expectations regarding future events, including in respect of our ESG priorities. Forward-looking information is based on a number of assumptions and is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond the company’s control. Actual results could differ materially from those projected herein. Unless otherwise noted or the context otherwise indicates, the forward-looking information contained in this news release is provided as of the date of this news release and Softchoice does not undertake any obligation to update such forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as expressly required under applicable securities laws.