<b>Noida,
December 17, 2012</b> –HCL Technologies, a global IT services provider
has released its second corporate sustainability report under the Global
Reporting Initiative (GRI) 3.1 framework. The report is an indicator of HCL’s
progress and outcomes in the corporate sustainability areas and has been
created as per the A+ application level and externally assured by DNV. The
report is aligned to the requirements of Business Responsibility Report (BR
Report) in compliance with Ministry of Corporate Affairs’ National Voluntary
Guidelines on Social, Environmental and Economic Responsibilities of Business.

The sustainability report not
only highlights relevant data and numbers but also showcases how HCL has
continued to leverage its core competencies, people, values and ‘Employees
First’ culture to reinforce its commitment to the ecosystem including
environment and the diverse communities it interacts with. HCL’s Sustainability
vision is founded on 4
R’s – Responsible Business, Redefine Workplace, Renew Ecosystem and Repay
Society.

”At
HCL we have always believed in the power of communities and ecosystems to drive
positive change. Our Sustainability programs also follow this ground rule and
have over the years achieved significant momentum on the thrust of active
involvement from our employees and partners. I am confident that going forward
we will continue to walk this journey to ensure that sustainability performance
remains an intrinsic part of HCL’s corporate and business strategy ", <b>Mr. Vineet Nayar, Vice Chairman and CEO,
HCL Technologies </b>said.

This year’s sustainability report has drawn inspiration from
5 elements of the nature- atmosphere, fire, water, earth and wind and their
characteristics for the sustainability journey. Given below are some of the
highlights:

1.&nbsp;
Participated in the Carbon
Disclosure Project (CDP) India and received a rating of 66/100, which is above
the industry-average this year

2.&nbsp;
All
recently acquired and new campuses outside India are ‘green compliant’ e.g. the
Global Development Centres (GDC) in North America are LEED certified buildings

3.&nbsp; Introduction of Global IT Cloud
services reduced the hardware procurement needs of HCL project teams, and thus reducing
the total power consumption and cooling requirements by up to 58%. Savings of
20292&nbsp;units of electricity in FY 2012, with the help of various green IT
initiatives launched pan Globe

4.&nbsp; During FY 2012, HCLT volunteers out
to 37,000 direct beneficiaries and 70,000 indirect beneficiaries through
community outreach programs across the globe. 8000 volunteers spent more than
45,000 person hours on community work

”I am happy to share immense
progress we have made towards our unique vision for sustainability. Our
employees are the real sustainability champions as they continue to lead,
engage and drive community initiatives creating a social and environmental
impact every day.” says <b><i>Ms. Srimathi Shivashankar, AVP -Diversity &
Sustainability HCL Technologies</i></b>. ”In FY 2012, our absolute emission reduction over the 2010-11 was 20,566
tCO2 and we reduced the per capita emissions by 17% for the same period.”

The GRI framework serves as a generally
accepted framework for reporting on an organization’s environmental and social
performance. It covers the performance of all the business units of HCL and
reflects significant economic, environmental and social impact that can
substantially influence the assessments or decisions of the stakeholders.

Click here to view HCL’s Sustainability
Report 2012.

For More information, please contact:

Anita Sharma

HCL Technologies

anita.sharma@hcl.com

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