Environmental, social and governance at Magentus Group

Magentus realises it has a role to play in the reduction of carbon emissions globally.

A key part of what our Magentus and Kapish divisions do is to help customers with complex enterprise software installations (large and not so large), move to the cloud. In doing so, they can reap the significant benefits that the scale and purchasing power of key cloud providers bring compared to locally-installed and managed products, with research showing[1] that cloud computing can result in significant carbon savings compared to on-premise installations. Some of the major cloud vendors have made ambitious promises[2] regarding further environmental optimisation of their operations in the areas of renewable energy purchasing, water conservation and waste reduction.

In addition, since 2021, Magentus has conducted annual externally-reviewed carbon assessments of its own operations that seek to identify the Magentus Group’s full-scope carbon emissions. A copy of the executive summaries of the latest assessments are here: Magentus Software Limited and Magentus Group. In each year since 2021, Magentus has acquired carbon credits from quality programs sufficient to offset these emissions. You can read more about the projects we have chosen in our section headed ‘Social’.

While carbon emissions identification and offsetting are important activities, we know that we have to do more to reduce our carbon footprint and combat climate change.

The management team in Magentus APAC is preparing its first Carbon Reduction Plan, which includes its medium (2030) and long term (2050) targets. Magentus EMEA has a net zero by 2050 commitment, and has formulated a carbon reduction plan (CRP). Magentus EMEA is the lead division in a strategy to introduce a Magentus Group-wide carbon reduction plan by the end of FY25.

In the interim, we haven’t been standing still. At the end of FY22, we moved our own metered electricity consumption to 100% greenpower across our Magentus APAC physical locations. We have also factored in environmental considerations to our real estate reviews. Our Melbourne head office is located at 600 Bourke Street, with a 4.5 star NABERS energy rating and a landlord who acquires 100% greenpower for the common areas.

In 2024 we announced our employee novated leasing program for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to help our APAC employees who would like to acquire an EV or PHEV do so in a cost effective manner. Although we see this as a great employee benefit, it can also help to reduce our scope 3 emissions from employee commuting.[1] We are investigating a similar program in the EMEA region.

[1] We understand that the source of power that charges the EV is important, so we capture that data where we can from our employees also.

[1] Microsoft; AWS (APAC); AWS (EMEA)

[2] Microsoft; Google.

We are finalising our ISO14001 Environmental Management certification in Magentus APAC, and plan to expand the process across the Magentus Group in FY25.

Our Citadel technology division deals with a significant amount of packaging as part of its operations delivering, installing and upgrading unified communications products. Citadel Technology runs a comprehensive recycling program with much of the packaging and end-of-life equipment recycled professionally to preserve resources.

In our office locations, we run separated waste disposal, with recyclables and landfill collected and disposed of separately. In our head office, we also have organic waste separation supported by our building owners. We also leverage the container deposit schemes in the various locations, often donating the revenue to local charities.