CEO Letter INTRODUCTION to report on annually to provide our stakeholders with As Digital Edge enters its 昀椀fth year of operations, In 2023 we exceeded this goal at NARRA1 in Manila, we continue to progress our ESG journey facing both the most transparent picture of our progress. I would becoming the 昀椀rst data center in the Philippines to RESPECT FOR challenges and opportunities along the way. like to draw your attention to several signi昀椀cant receive LEED Gold certi昀椀cation and the 昀椀rst data RESOURCES highlights from 2023: center in Southeast Asia to achieve EDGE (Excellence in Together, our team is working to advance our business Design for Greater E昀케ciencies) certi昀椀cation, a standard RESPECT FOR objectives and expand our footprint, while keeping true • Digital Edge Awarded EcoVadis Platinum Medal to our shared vision to build the sustainable digital developed by International Finance Corporation (IFC). PEOPLE AND We completed our submission to sustainability ratings We are also on track to achieve LEED Gold at our newly infrastructure of the future. We are adapting, innovating COMMUNITIES agency EcoVadis for the 昀椀rst time in 2023 and we were launched data center in Jakarta, EDGE2, and remain and evolving our business but always with a purpose RESPECT FOR honored to receive EcoVadis’ Platinum Medal, placing committed to building responsibly across all our greater than ourselves. That is the core of our ESG Digital Edge at the top 1% in our industry. To achieve TRANSPARENCY ongoing construction projects. framework at Digital Edge – Respect. Respect for EcoVadis Platinum is an accomplishment for any Resources, Respect for People and Communities and company. For us, achieving it at such an early stage APPENDIX Respect for Transparency – a blueprint that embodies in our company’s development is especially exciting. We look forward to your feedback as you read this a set of dynamic processes and holds us steadfast in I commend our ESG Steering Committee and all report and, as ever, myself and our founders remain our goal of Innovating with Purpose. members of the Digital Edge team for this honor. open to hearing suggestions for new innovations or • Renewable Energy Procurement Continues initiatives that can support us to further progress our Investors, customers, employees and community ESG goals. Although we are still at the beginning of our Another important ESG e昀昀ort that remains crucial to members globally are increasingly watching data center journey, I am con昀椀dent in our commitment to embed the industry’s sustainable evolution is the continued operators like us and expecting us to uphold our values. responsibility and sustainability across all our endeavors transition to renewable energy sources. While we have However, it isn’t enough to be dedicated solely to to achieve our mission to bridge the digital divide. In this observed some challenges in procuring renewable pioneering world-class technology that will revolutionize report we rea昀케rm our commitment to continue to energy in parts of the Asia-Paci昀椀c region, in only a few data center e昀케ciency. In addition, we must focus our innovate – for Digital Edge, our team, our communities years we have successfully achieved 11% supply across e昀昀orts on broader initiatives including energy our platform. We recognize there is still much more and our planet – with purpose. conservation, fair treatment of our people and to do and remain committed to our ambitious goal communities and upholding the ethics that are intrinsic to transition 50% of operational data center electricity to our organizational DNA. We don’t just want to meet Sincerely, to renewables by 2025, and 100% by 2030. We will the expectations of our stakeholders, we want to exceed continue to work with our partners and investors them – every day, across our footprint. in this pursuit. Our third annual ESG Report builds on the aspirations • Growth in Green Buildings set out over the last two years, and outlines the concrete Since day one we have embedded green building Samuel Lee actions taken across our ESG pillars in 2023 to progress principles across our design and construction CEO our commitments. In this report, we present key ESG processes with a target to achieve a minimum of metrics from across our business which we will continue LEED Silver for all our new build data center projects. © 2024 Digital Edge ESG Report 2