Global business consultancy and IT outsourcing company highlights milestones and innovation in business sustainability
WESTBOROUGH, Mass., – (February 10, 2015) – Virtusa Corporation (NASDAQ GS: VRTU), a global business consulting and IT outsourcing company that combines innovation, technology leadership and industry solutions to transform the customer experience, today announced several milestones that support the company’s ongoing commitment to sustainable global business practices. Highlighting the achievements is Virtusa’s Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) score of 84 out of a possible 100, a full 31 points above the supply chain average for 2014. The recognition further supports the company’s overall goal of providing quality attention to its clients and the environment, equally.
In recognition of its industry-leading sustainable practices, Virtusa has been honored with several awards across the globe. These awards include being named a finalist in the United States Secretary of State Award for Corporate Excellence (2008), selected as a Laureate in the Computerworld Honors Program (2011), special award at the 18th Annual Japan Sri Lanka Cultural Association (JASTECA) Award and several National Green Awards in Sri Lanka (2012 and 2014).
“Virtusa is making great strides in its commitment to reduce its environmental footprint,” said Denver De Zylva, senior director-Shared Services, who drives sustainable practices at Virtusa. “By putting sustainability at the core of our businesses we not only reduce our company’s impact on the environment but we transfer that into the services we offer our clients, as well.”
Sustainability highlights include:
About Virtusa
Virtusa Corporation is a global provider of digital business strategy, digital engineering, and information technology (IT) services and solutions that help clients change, disrupt, and unlock new value through innovative engineering. Virtusa serves Global 2000 companies in Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Healthcare, Communications, Media, Entertainment, Travel, Manufacturing, and Technology industries.
Virtusa helps clients grow their business with innovative products and services that create operational efficiency using digital labor, future-proof operational and IT platforms, and rationalization and modernization of IT applications infrastructure. This is achieved through a unique approach blending deep contextual expertise, empowered agile teams, and measurably better engineering to create holistic solutions that drive the business forward at unparalleled velocity enabled by a culture of cooperative disruption.
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