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Wednesday, September 08 2021 - 22:10
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Infosys and The Economist Group Announce Ambitious New Strategic Partnership Around Sustainability
LONDON, September 8, 2021 /PRNewswire-AsiaNet/ --

   - As Digital Innovation Partner, Infosys will power The Economist Group's 
latest global initiative to advance the discourse on sustainability amongst 
world leaders and businesses 

   Infosys [https://www.infosys.com/] (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: INFY), a 
global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting, and The 
Economist Group [https://www.economistgroup.com/], a leading global media 
company, today announced a new strategic partnership designed to enable and 
accelerate sustainability solutions and drive world-changing impact through a 
new business-to-business model.

   With less than ten years to deliver on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable 
Development, businesses and institutions must take the lead in balancing our 
human aspirations with the planet's ability to sustain them. This aspiration 
has driven Infosys and The Economist Group to join forces to create the 
necessary climate for change. This initiative is designed to unlock the 
long-term thinking of businesses and other institutions, combining insights, 
innovation and influence, to address the most challenging sustainability issues 
facing our planet today. 

The first phase of the strategic, multi-year partnership will be announced and 
launched in October 2021. It will combine Infosys' groundbreaking digital 
services and capabilities with the strength and depth of The Economist Group's 
global policy research, insights and events expertise.

   By leveraging their collective strengths as two organisations with a shared 
commitment to sustainable business practices, the partnership will see The 
Economist Group and Infosys advance sustainability dialogue and inspire action 
towards creating a better, more sustainable world. 

   Lara Boro, CEO, The Economist Group, said: "A sustainable future will depend 
on creative collaboration. This exciting partnership with Infosys shows how 
pooling strengths can accelerate innovation and amplify impact in the pursuit 
of progress." 

   Salil Parekh, CEO, Infosys, emphasized: "At Infosys, our focus is to serve 
the preservation of our planet by shaping sustainability solutions which are 
driven by insights that inform, experiences that immerse, and platforms that 
drive action. We take great pride in leveraging the power of digital 
technologies to drive global business transformation. As a digital innovation 
partner, we are delighted to catalyze progress by supporting The Economist 
Group to enable global sustainability stakeholders and accelerate the agenda 
for global businesses towards a better, greener future."

    About The Economist Group

   The Economist Group is built on high-quality, in depth global analysis which 
runs through all of its businesses. With 25 offices in 14 countries and serving 
a global readership and client base, the Group produces digital and print 
products, convenes global events, and offers a range of subscription and other 
services for clients and consumers. Its flagship businesses include The 
Economist, and research and analysis division, The Economist Intelligence Unit.

   About Infosys Ltd.

   Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and 
consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their 
digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the 
systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients 
through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an 
AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower 
the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of 
performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their 
continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, 
expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

    Visit www.infosys.com to see how Infosys (NSE: INFY) (BSE: INFY) (NYSE: 
INFY), can help your enterprise navigate your next.  

   Safe Harbor

   Certain statements in this release concerning our future growth prospects, 
financial expectations and plans for navigating the COVID-19 impact on our 
employees, clients and stakeholders are forward-looking statements intended to 
qualify for the 'safe harbor' under the Private Securities Litigation Reform 
Act of 1995, which involve a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause 
actual results to differ materially from those in such forward-looking 
statements. The risks and uncertainties relating to these statements include, 
but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties regarding COVID-19 and the 
effects of government and other measures seeking to contain its spread, risks 
related to an economic downturn or recession in India, the United States and 
other countries around the world, changes in political, business, and economic 
conditions, fluctuations in earnings, fluctuations in foreign exchange rates, 
our ability to manage growth, intense competition in IT services including 
those factors which may affect our cost advantage, wage increases in India, our 
ability to attract and retain highly skilled professionals, time and cost 
overruns on fixed-price, fixed-time frame contracts, client concentration, 
restrictions on immigration, industry segment concentration, our ability to 
manage our international operations, reduced demand for technology in our key 
focus areas, disruptions in telecommunication networks or system failures, our 
ability to successfully complete and integrate potential acquisitions, 
liability for damages on our service contracts, the success of the companies in 
which Infosys has made strategic investments, withdrawal or expiration of 
governmental fiscal incentives, political instability and regional conflicts, 
legal restrictions on raising capital or acquiring companies outside India, 
unauthorized use of our intellectual property and general economic conditions 
affecting our industry and the outcome of pending litigation and government 
investigation. Additional risks that could affect our future operating results 
are more fully described in our United States Securities and Exchange 
Commission filings including our Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year 
ended March 31, 2021. These filings are available at www.sec.gov. Infosys may, 
from time to time, make additional written and oral forward-looking statements, 
including statements contained in the Company's filings with the Securities and 
Exchange Commission and our reports to shareholders. The Company does not 
undertake to update any forward-looking statements that may be made from time 
to time by or on behalf of the Company unless it is required by law.  

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