The Cognizant Green Brigadiers joined hands to promote a clean environment on-campus and outside in the year 2012. Here's a look at how they did just that.

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2. Started on the right note
Hundreds of
associates across
Cognizant shared
their green
resolutions for the
year.

3. Cleanliness Drive at Pune-Hinjewadi
January 2, 2012
Over 30 associates joined hands to promote a clean
environment outside our campus.

4. Me and my carpool friends campaign
January 20, 2012
Associates
shared their car
pooling
experiences to
inspire other
associates to take
small steps
towards
carpooling.

5. Go Green quiz at Kolkata
February 1, 2012
Green Brigadiers spread awareness amongst
associates by getting them to rack their grey cells
and participate in a series of quizzes.

6. Associates took a pledge to
adopt/donate saplings and
planted some saplings.
Pune Hinjewadi Sapling Nursery Launch
February 2, 2012
World Wetlands Day

7. Nature Walk at Sunderbans, Kolkata
February 4, 2012
More than 40 associates did a nature walk at the
Sunderban Tiger Reserve to explore and learn
about nature & wildlife.

8. Chennai Coastal Clean up
February 5, 2012
Hundreds of associates picked up trash to
clean up Elliot’s Beach, Chennai.

9. Chennai Coastal Clean up
February 5, 2012
Hundreds of associates picked up trash to clean-
up Elliot’s Beach, Chennai.

10. Gardening Basics – Pune
March 2012
100 +
associates
participated
Associates learnt about different species of flora and their requirements such as nutrition,
water, medication or simply some attention!

11. Learning about wildlife conservation at Mangalore
March 8, 2012
Mangalore
Green Brigade
partnered with
Centre for
Wildlife
Studies (CWS)
to impart
knowledge on
wildlife
conservation.

12. Power Smart Campaign - March 2012:
Spread awareness on the importance of saving power during the
power crisis in the state of Tamil Nadu.

13. The global World Water Day campaign encouraged
associates around the world to take heed to the need of
saving water on March 22, 2012.

14. Rain water harvesting - Hyderabad
March 22, 2012
Gopala Krishna (Founder- Pasigoba Energy Consultants)
gave a session on the importance and techniques of Rain
Water Harvesting.

15. GASS forest museum Around 35 associates visited the
GASS museum to mark the
visit in Coimbatore occasion of World Forestry Day to
March 24, 2012 learn about different types of
forests and components of a
forest’s eco system.

16. Earth Hour Celebrations across Cognizant
March 31, 2012
Green Brigadiers joined hands to create awareness on
conserving energy and showing Cognizant’s support for
Earth Day.

17. Earth Month - April 2012
Promoted use of
e-gadgets wisely
and dispose them
responsibly

18. Tweet and Cweet Earth Day slogans
April 22, 2012
More than
100
associates
shared their
earth day
slogans.

19. Inspired by the Cup n Kerchief Club, a project team at Chennai took an
oath to stop the use paper cups and tissues on April 03, 2012:
The team used waste to decorate their bay areas and spread the message. Over
81 associates participated in the event.

20. Veggie Corner – Navalur, Chennai
April 26, 2012
Associates cooked up delicious energy efficient
dishes with no use of gas/electricity.

21. Flash mob at Hyderabad on April 20, 2012:
Associates
enjoyed the
performance
of Crazzy 6,
Theatre Arts
Club to mark
Earth Week
celebrations.

22. Save the Tiger Campaign, Bangalore on April 19 and 20, 2012:
More than 300 associates showed their support and clicked a picture
with the Mascot.

23. Sustainable Living Fair at Pune
April 23 2012
More than 400 associates visited the sustainable living fair
which gave ideas a green lifestyle.

24. Save our Earth Kolam competition at Chennai-TCO
April 27, 2012
Green Brigadiers hosted the Kolam contest to
promote awareness on earth day.

25. International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22, 2012
80+ blog comments in support of the campaign

26. Spot biodiversity at TCO
May 2012
More than 100 associates
participated in the
photography contest with
fantastic entries on
biodiversity at our TCO office.

27. Go Green Mime at CCO, Chennai on May 11, 2012
The MEPZ mime team spread the word at CCO on
going green and saving water through a fantastic
mime performance.

28. Pedal Wise Club Launch @ Chennai - Pallikaranai
May 18, 2012
50 Green Brigadiers cycled to show their support
towards cycling and reducing emissions. This fever
caught up in Bangalore, Coimbatore and Kochi too.

29. Bird Watching at Coimbatore
May 19, 2012
35 associates went bird watching to sight birds and wildlife.

30. Plant a tree. Grow hope. Bangalore - May 20, 2012

31. D-I-Y and Save Biodiversity on May 25, 2012
Associates
participated in the
Do-It-Yourself contest
to create useful
things from waste
which could help save
biodiversity around
us.
Some examples were
bird house, bird
feeders, drip
irrigation sets, etc.

32. Green Week at Kolkata from May 22 to June 5, 2012:
The Green
Brigadiers at
Kolkata hosted
a Green Week
which saw a
series of
activities like
quizzes, poster
competitions,
eco fairs, etc.

33. World Environment Day at Kochi June 4, 2012
Team Admin and Green Brigade volunteers joined hands to do
plant saplings, distribute re-usable mugs, organize Sun control
film removal campaign and vehicle pollution checkup.

34. Sapling plantation at Kolkata wetlands on June 5, 2012:
Volunteers
took a stand
to green the
areas around
GTP office
and planted
saplings.

35. Walk the Marina at Chennai on June 5, 2012:
The walk was organized in
association with the US
Consulate and Make my
Earth Smile Again (MESA).
Associates from Cognizant
walked alongside a group
of over 500 enthusiasts.

36. Green Leadership walk at Pune – Hinjewadi on June 5, 2012:
Shreeranganath Kulkarni, Vice-President and Head of
Operations-Pune, inaugurated the carpooling stop,
checked the new bird house and felicitated associates
who had adopted a sapling and pledged to recycle e-
waste regularly.

37. Zen Garden in Hyderabad
June 5, 2012
On World Environmental Day
Admin team enhanced the
Zen garden at our campus
and created awareness on a
green way of living.
The activity included
identifying plants and some
interesting competitions like
dry Leaves collage.

38. Carpool stop
at Cognizant
Pune
June 5, 2012

39. Cognizant wins FE-EVI Green Business Leadership
Award 2011-12 in June 2012.

40. Green Walk at Hyderabad on June 5, 2012:
Associates took a stand to
promote clean environment by
cleaning the Ameerpet area.

41. Promoting green commute at Bangalore
June 8, 2012
A group of cycling enthusiasts set out to pedal their way to work. Srikanth Srinivasan,
Director-HR flagged-off this unique program. The cyclists rode to the MBP campus in
Bangalore from as far as HAL airport (16 km) and Marathahalli (20 km).

42. More than 500 associates participated in healthy soil quiz
and showed their support towards combatting
desertification and drought on June 15, 2012

43. Sapling Plantation at Pune
June 30, 2012
Volunteers from Go Green and Outreach teams collaborated
to create a green cover at the Bhoirwadi, Zilla Parishad
School. Plantatingwas followed by a fun filled session to
create awareness on the importance of trees in our ecology.

44. Green our city campaign at Pallikaranai on July 26, 2012
To mark World Nature Conservation Day as well as to kick-start
green your city program, around 32 associates volunteered at
the Panchayat Union Primary School, Pallikaranai to plant tree
saplings.

45. Green Treasure Hunt at Chennai GMR on July 27, 2012:
Green Brigade GMR celebrated World Nature Conservation Day
in a green avatar with a carpooling stall, video screening and a
green treasure hunt.

46. Associates plan trees in Cognizant’s upcoming campus in Pune
July 28, 2012
Associates and their families planted trees
and learnt about different species of flora
and their requirements such as nutrition,
water, medication or simply some
attention!

47. Launch of Teach Reuse at Pune - August 2012
Green Brigadiers at Cognizant-Pune organized
sessions for over 150 associates & 400 school kids
teaching to make useful and decorative items from
waste.

48. Explore Cycling - Coimbatore - August 1 , 2012:
Coimbatore Green Brigade team helped spread the word
on adopting cycling. Many varieties of cycles were on
display which associates could try out. More than 500
associates participated.

49. Promote a clean environment, Hyderabad on July 28, 2012:
Associates at Hyderabad took the stand to promote a clean environment by cleaning the
Ameertpet area.

50. More than 100 associates joined us in our Facebook campaign
on promoting growing local on World Kitchen Garden Day –
August 24, 2012.

51. Launched a new way to plant trees and track them online - August, 23, 2012
We partnered with TIST Tree planting program (TIST) in India to plant 100,000 trees and transform 200 acres
of dry wasteland while providing 150 farmers with subsistence. In association with TIST, we launched a
platform to track the location of these trees via a GPS enabled satellite map. Now an associate can choose
to plant a tree and track it from any location.

52. Mahalunge tree plantation at Pune on August 25, 2012
Associates at
Pune joined
for a tree
plantation
drive at
Mahaluge hills
and planted
around 50
saplings.

53. Bangalore
Admin
unveiled the
Dynapodd
bicycle in
August 2012
to generate
electricity by
pedaling.

54. 50+ associates shared their ZeDay stories on Car Pooling
September 21, 2012

55. Launched Cognizant Carbon Footprint Calculator
September 10, 2012
Carbon calculator
encourages associates to
keep a track of their
carbon footprint and
take small green actions
to reduce their carbon
footprint.

56. Face painting contest at Chennai-Siruseri on September 21, 2012
15 teams participated in the green face
painting contest promoting the message of
reducing carbon emissions.

57. Soles for Souls Campaign at Cognizant US from
September to October
Cognizant US Green Brigade
launched shoe collection
campaigns around the
country.
In over two months the team
covered Teaneck, Phoenix,
Tampa, Bentonville and
Holliston collecting more
than 300 pairs of shoes.

58. World Habitat Day and Wildlife Week!
October 3, 2012

59. Bird Watching at Chennai
October 6, 2012
30 associates took time off to watch birds and the amazing biodiversity at Pallikarnai
Marsh. They identified birds and understood their habitats as they celebrated World
Wildlife Week from October 1 to 7 along with Care Earth.

60. Spreading the message of Green - Pune
October 6, 2012
70+ associates with family members, joined to help lay
a green foundation at our new campus.

61. The Joy of Green - Hyderabad
November, 2012
To celebrate
Cognizant’s joy of
10 years in
Hyderabad, we
planted trees in
our campus.
Ramam Atmakuri – Vice President & Centre Head- Hyderabad initiated the event with
his inspiring speech on the need for ecological balance.

62. Cognizant-Australia
celebrated the National
Recycling Week from
November 12-18, 2012.
The importance of
recycling printer
cartridges, mobile
phones, batteries and
plastic bags were
discussed. The week
ended with a Recycling
Quiz.

63. Bird Survey at C3-
Coimbatore
November 2012
The survey
recorded 27 species
of birds showcasing
fantastic
biodiversity!
The related blog
post received more
than 176
comments from
associates

64. Namathodu plantation drive at Chennai on December 1, 2012:
54 associates visited Namathodu village as a part of
the Cognizant–TIST tree pledge program wherein
associates who had pledged trees through the online
intranet portal planted the pledged trees.

65. Pune Nature Trail to Mayureshwar on December 2, 2012
60 associates went on a nature trail to Mayureshwar
Wildlife Sanctuary to learn about the importance of
grasslands and sighting many chinkara’s which are a
dominant species of the grasslands.

66. Go Green Cyclothon at Kochi - 4th December, 2012
Kochi Green Brigade team cycled from Technopolis facility to Athulya campus
flagged off by Prem Pandurangam (Senior Director - Sustainability).

67. Click Green - Chennai-Siruseri on December 11, 2012:
Green Brigadiers celebrated World Soil Day and
International Mountain Day with a photography contest
on the theme of ‘Magic of our Soil and Mountains’.

68. The Green Riders Club
launch at Bangalore
December 9, 2012
Bangalore Green
Brigade team launched
the Green Riders Club
encouraging associates
to pedal wise by using a
bicycle for commuting.

69. Nokia Take Back campaign in Mumbai
December, 2012
Mumbai associates participated in a weeklong campaign
bringing in their old mobile phones for recycling.

70. Promoting the 3Rs
through Rangoli
Green Brigade
volunteers
organized contests
at Chennai,
Hyderabad &
Bangalore to create
awareness among
associates on the
3Rs – Reduce >
Reuse > Recycle

71. Touch of Green in Celebrating Cognizant Grand Finale - Pune
December 19, 2012
Go Green stall at the Celebrating
Cognizant finale had associates joining
the Green Brigade team and
sponsoring saplings.
The Green Brigade volunteer team
decorated the stall with the help of
waste material making it a zero
waste stall.
More 100 associates visited the
stall.

72. Bin IT bins for e-waste recycling
E-waste recycling
bins installed in
offices to encourage
associates to dispose
their e-waste in an
environmentally
responsible manner.

73. Established
bicycle bays in
our facilities to
make it easy
for associates
to cycle to
work.

74. Finance embraces paperless processes
The Cognizant Finance team developed collaborations with financial organizations
to make it easy to report investments and medical reimbursements cutting down
on paper usage saving more than 300,000 sheets of paper!

75. Project Teams go paperless with innovations
A team based in our London office working for a
leading UK retailer built a Spool File Convertor
that helps convert reports into a soft copies and
sends e-mails instead of printing them saving
considerable amount of paper and money.
A team of associates set on a mission to
identify reports that can be converted to e-
documents for one of our insurance clients.
The Support team convinced their customers
to switch policy documents to soft copies.
The team also advocated avoiding printing of
sensitive data. Both initiatives saved
thousands of sheets of paper.

76. Wealth out of Waste
Cognizant’s procurement
team tied up with ITC-
Ramky’s Wealth out of
Waste (WoW) program,
wherein we recycle and
buy back recycled A4
paper sheets.

77. Go Green on Social Media
Go Green is a front runner in leveraging internal and external social media platforms
online
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78. Reduced per capita carbon emissions by 32%
2008 2009 2010 2011 2011 - 2008
Scope 1 Emissions
Direct Emissions: Reduction 45%
due to better efficiency of
0.37 0.28 0.28 0.20
reduction
our Diesel Generators
MT per associate MT per associate MT per associate MT per associate
Scope 2 Emissions
Purchased Electricity:
Reduction due to efficiency
36%
improvement from the reduction
1.66 1.33 1.17 1.06
Energy Program
MT per associate MT per associate MT per associate MT per associate
Scope 3 Emissions
Indirect Emissions: 19%
Due to air travel
reduction
0.58 0.36 0.44 0.47
MT per associate MT per associate MT per associate MT per associate
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79. Rapidly improved our reputation in the market
NEWSWEEK GREEN RANKINGS
US Top 500
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