Mahindra Satyam to Begin Utilizing FirstCarbon Solutions' Domain Experience, Sustainability Software, and Environmental Consulting Services

Hyderbad - May 16, 2012 - Mahindra Satyam, a leading global consulting and IT services provider, today announced that it has selected FirstCarbon Solutions as a partner for its Sustainability Monitoring service offering. Through this partnership, Mahindra Satyam will offer FirstCarbon Solutions' sustainability and environmental consulting solutions and software services initially in the United Kingdom with plans to expand into other areas in which Mahindra Satyam operates. FirstCarbon Solutions, is a pioneer and industry leader in environmental sustainability solutions for business.

Mahindra Satyam recognizes the importance businesses and governments are placing on improving their sustainability performance and reducing their environmental impacts. As a result, Mahindra Satyam has turned to another recognized industry leader to support their ability to deliver those solutions in a cost-effective, high-quality manner.

FirstCarbon Solutions is providing Mahindra Satyam clients with Sustainability Workbench, a data management platform that automates data recording and properly set goals through use and consumption baselines. As a web-based platform, Sustainability Workbench gives Mahindra Satyam clients the ability to access secure energy, sustainability, and supply chain data from any location. FirstCarbon Solutions' simple and customizable internet-based suite ghgTrack™ will be integrated into the Sustainability Workbench platform, allowing Mahindra Satyam clients to monitor and accurately report many environmental metrics including waste recycling, water usage, and several others.

"We are pleased to partner with FirstCarbon as their sustainability portfolio of services and solutions like Sustainability Workbench, Life Cycle Analysis will complement our wide range of sustainability solutions. This partnership will bring sustainable business practices to our customers and make them more competitive apart from making them compliant to sustainability/ environmental mandates such as Carbon Reduction Commitment Scheme (CRC)", said Venkat Narayanan, Head - Strategic Initiatives, Mahindra Satyam.

"We look forward to working with Mahindra Satyam in extending FirstCarbon Solutions' fully integrated, cost-effective environmental consulting services to its worldwide customer base," said James Donovan, CEO of ADEC Group and FirstCarbon Solutions.  "FirstCarbon Solutions combines its extensive sustainability reporting, data and software expertise with Mahindra Satyam's recognized outsourcing solutions to help the evolving global market balance sustainability performance, environmental compliance and impacts, and increased profitability."

As a member of ADEC Group, a global enterprise with more than 5,000 employees and operations in North America, Europe, Asia and Australia, FirstCarbon Solutions is the only company to have environmental expertise combined with sustainability software and extensive back office processing capabilities that can be rapidly mobilized to augment or free-up internal resources, allowing organizations to focus on their core activities and more strategic initiatives.

About Mahindra Satyam

Mahindra Satyam is a leading global business and information technology services company that leverages deep industry and functional expertise, leading technology practices, and an advanced, global delivery model to help clients transform their highest-value business processes and improve their business performance. The company's professionals excel in enterprise solutions, supply chain management, client relationship management, business intelligence, business process quality, engineering and product lifecycle management, and infrastructure services, among other key capabilities.

Mahindra Satyam is part of the $14.4 billion Mahindra Group, a global federation of companies and one of the top 10 business houses based in India. The group focuses on enabling people to rise. Mahindra operates in the key industries that drive economic growth, enjoying a leadership position in tractors, utility vehicles, information technology, vacation ownership, rural and semi-urban financial services, etc. Mahindra has a significant and growing presence amongst others, in the automotive industry, agribusiness, aerospace, automotive components, consulting services, defence, energy, industrial equipment, logistics, real estate, retail, steel and two wheelers.

Mahindra Satyam development and delivery centers in the US, Canada, Brazil, the UK, Hungary, Egypt, UAE, India, China, Malaysia, Singapore, and Australia serve numerous clients, including many Fortune 500 organizations.

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