Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) Index INTRODUCTION RESPECT FOR Recommended Disclosure Response RESOURCES RESPECT FOR Governance PEOPLE AND A. Describe the board’s oversight of climate-related risks and Digital Edge’s Corporate Governance Framework Manual outlines the responsibilities of our Board of Managers in key areas of focus including strategy, COMMUNITIES opportunities. structure and capital, 昀椀nancial reporting and controls, culture, corporate governance, and other areas. Matters of the Board of Managers include setting RESPECT FOR the group’s purpose, values, and standards and approval of the group’s long-term objectives and commercial strategy. The Board is also responsible for approval of group operating and capital expenditure budgets and any material changes to them as well as our 3-year strategic business plan. Each of these TRANSPARENCY areas, and others, includes information regarding how our business may be adversely impact by climate-related risks. Our ESG Steering Committee, led by members of Digital Edge’s Group Management Committee, reports regularly to the Board of Managers on climate-related risks and opportunities and APPENDIX ensures these material topics are included in our regular strategic planning processes. B. Describe the management’s role in assessing and management risks Digital Edge’s Group Management Committee is ultimately responsible for the company’s ESG-related activities including the assessment and management and opportunities. of climate-related risks and opportunities. The ESG Steering Committee is an expressed Executive Committee, including CEO Samuel Lee and reporting regularly to the Board of Directors on the committee’s activities and 昀椀ndings. This committee is directly involved in the creation of Digital Edge’s annual ESG Report and shares that report with the Board of Directors for review and comment. Strategy A. Describe the climate-related risks and opportunities the organization Digital Edge’s materiality assessment, compiled by the ESG Steering Committee with key external advisors in 2021, guides our work across ESG- has identi昀椀ed over the short, medium, and long term. related initiative and speci昀椀cally outlines the environmental topics most material to Digital Edge. This material study identi昀椀ed GHG emissions, energy management, water management, and our circular economy activities as most material for Digital Edge’s business across all time horizons for the company. Annually, since 2022, Digital Edge also partnered with climate resilience intelligence leader Jupiter Intelligence to outline key weather and climate-related risks on a site-by-site basis across our data center footprint. This study highlighted key risks in our footprint, most importantly 昀氀ood control, temperature management, and electricity grid risk. As we go forward, we will review these plans annually and incorporate these risks into our site-level planning as well as Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) processes. © 2024 Digital Edge ESG Report 39