London – December 20, 2023 –NTT DATA, a global digital business and IT services leader, today announced that it has been named a Strong Performer in the recently published report, The Forrester Wave™: IT Sustainability Service Providers, Q3 2023. Forrester’s evaluation based its findings on the strength of vendors’ current offering, strategy and market presence.
NTT DATA received the highest scores possible in the Innovation and Partner Ecosystem criteria within the Strategy category and in the Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE), End-User Devices, Software Development, Asset Recycling, and Baselining, Benchmarks and KPIs criteria within the Current Offering category. The company also received among the highest scores in the Carbon Footprint Mapping Optimisation criterion. The Forrester report noted that NTT DATA “priorities in-house tools, industry standards, and innovation.”
“NTT DATA has specific expertise in working with companies in sectors including financial services, healthcare, the public sector, retail, manufacturing, REIT, telecommunications, and media and has significant global presence. Firms looking for data center and cloud expertise from the leading contributor for green software standards can benefit from partnering with NTT DATA,” according to The Forrester Wave™: IT Sustainability Service Providers, Q3 2023, authored by Abhijit Sunil, a senior analyst at Forrester.
NTT DATA offers a range of tools and services to help clients achieve sustainable IT practices. These include a Sustainability Assessment Framework, Analysis, and Roadmap, a materiality assessment which enables clients to compare sustainability capabilities against competitors’ and support in the creation of a specific action plan for IT sustainability.
NTT DATA also provides an energy-efficiency solution that uses digital twin technology to predict and optimise energy consumption, advanced data gathering and analytics smart solutions that support continuous improvement and action planning, a software system called “origAMI" that promotes sustainable procurement, and a water supply system to guarantee a safe supply of water. NTT DATA focuses R&D on innovation and decarbonisation services to achieve Carbon Neutrality. NTT DATA also accelerates measures for reducing emissions in IT systems in collaboration with the Green Software Foundation (GSF).
“At NTT DATA we pride ourselves on achieving excellence in sustainability – for ourselves, for our clients, and most importantly for our planet,” said Kaz Nishihata, Director and Senior Executive Vice President at NTT DATA Group Corporation. “We are thrilled to be named a Strong Performer in the Forrester Wave™: IT Sustainability Service Providers, Q3 2023 report. We believe the rating shows that NTT DATA has the specialised services, partnerships, in-house tools, and strong focus on IT environmental sustainability to help clients move forward confidently into a sustainable future.”
NTT DATA commits to realising a sustainable future by developing services and solutions that regenerate our planet, accelerate our clients’ sustainable growth, contribute to an inclusive and equitable society where we can create a better world for all.
For more information, please visit NTT DATA’s Sustainability page.