Integrated Report 2019
This Integrated Report provides a comprehensive snapshot of the financial and extra-financial performance of Atos in 2019. This is our second annual Integrated Report, in which Atos sets out its vision, strategy, business model, governance and our main financial and extra-financial achievements of the year.
Based on a series of financial and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) indicators, this report analyzes our risks and opportunities, evaluates our impact on and our efforts to create sustainable long-term value for our major stakeholders, as encapsulated by the raison d’être or sense of purpose that our shareholders approved in 2019.
The report provides detailed information on how Atos’ action plans and solutions contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The structure of this report reflects the integrated thinking approach that Atos applies when making decisions, defining strategic action plans and monitoring its performance.
Our vision and ambition
“In today’s world, business performance cannot be decoupled from environmental and social ambitions.”
Elie Girard
Chief Executive Officer, Atos
“It is a great privilege to present to you this Integrated Report 2019, my first as non-executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Atos.”
Bertrand Meunier
Chairman of Atos SE Board of Directors
2019 in review
After a year of strong commercial activity Atos completed 2019 with organic revenue growth of 2.2% in the fourth quarter, led by an acceleration of our performance in Cloud, Big Data and Cybersecurity.
Strategic outlook
The pace of digital transformation is accelerating as information moves beyond traditional datacenters and the cloud.
Financial highlights
After a year of strong commercial activity Atos completed 2019 with organic revenue growth of 2.2% in the fourth quarter, led by an acceleration of our performance in Cloud, Big Data and Cybersecurity.
Over the course of the year, our ability to drive our clients’ enterprise-wide and end-to-end digital transformation generated significant new contracts across our business units and divisions. Order entry reached €12.2 billion, representing a book-to-bill ratio of 106%. During the fourth quarter, the book-to bill ratio reached 121%.
Sustainable performance
Increasing our focus on digital skills
As a multinational technology company with a workforce of close to 110,000 people, it is Atos’ responsibility to help its employees develop the digital skills they need to advance in today’s data-driven economy.
Steering our clients to a sustainable future
Creating value for our clients with innovative, sustainable business solutions lies at the heart of the Atos business model.
Leading the way in ethics and compliance
As a major global provider of digital transformation solutions, Atos complies with increasingly stringent regulations governing fields such as anti-corruption, trade regulations and export controls, competition, human rights and anti-money laundering.
Advancing our green ambitions
Our sense of purpose at Atos, which includes the objective ‘to grow and prosper in a safe, secure and sustainable environment’, is threatened by the climate crisis.