Sidetrade Reduces Its Carbon Footprint by 12% on a Like-for-Like Basis While Sustaining Strong Growth

Eco omic Pe fo ma ce a d Ext a-Fi a cial Pe fo ma ce P og ess Togethe

Ca bo i te sity pe i voice p ocessed dow 16.7% i 2025, afte a 14.6% decli e i 2024
14% g owth at co sta t cu e cy, EBITDA ma gi of 22% of eve ue
Data Lake a d AI hosted o ou ow i f ast uctu e, gove a ce alig ed with the EU AI Act

Sidet ade, the AI- ative compa y specializi g i O de -to-Cash, today published its 2025 CSR Repo t, alig ed with the volu ta y CSRD VSME sta da d. The G oup demo st ates a a e equatio : ca bo footp i t decli es o a like-fo -like basis while its g owth is accele ati g.

Most ve do s sell AI as a p omise of g owth. Few demo st ate that it simulta eously educes thei esou ce use a d costs. Sidet ade’s 2025 CSR Repo t docume ts this equatio . O a like-fo -like basis, excludi g the SHS Viveo acquisitio , the G oup’s g ee house gas emissio s fell 12%, to 1,886 to s of CO2 equivale t, while eve ue g ew 14% ove the same pe iod.

A Ca bo T ajecto y Decoupled F om G owth

Sidet ade closed 2025 with eve ue of €61.4 millio , up 14% at co sta t cu e cy, d ive by subsc iptio eve ue g owth of 20%. EBITDA eached €13.4 millio , a 22% ma gi of eve ue. Ove the same pe iod, ca bo i te sity pe i voice p ocessed fell 16.7%, afte a 14.6% co t actio i 2024.

These esults stem f om ope atio al decisio s. The shift to a u ified p ivate cloud a d the G oup’s Fi Ops app oach cut cloud i f ast uctu e costs by mo e tha 20% i 2025. The ave age e e gy efficie cy of the data ce te s fell to 1.29, dow 7% yea -o -yea . Respo sible IT di ectly st e gthe s the G oup’s competitive ess.

Olivie Novasque, CEO a d Fou de of Sidet ade, said: “O e day, p otecti g machi es will matte as much as p otecti g atu e. Ou fate will be tied to thei s. Sidet ade’s CSR st ategy is p epa i g fo that co ve ge ce.”

Sove eig AI, Efficie t by Desig

Digital espo sibility is the seco d pilla of the G oup’s st ategy. Si ce its i ceptio , Sidet ade has ope ated its ow cloud i f ast uctu e a d hosts its p op ieta y Data Lake o compa y-ma aged se ve s, without elyi g o ge e ic public AI models. This i f ast uctu e co ce t ates close to $9 t illio i B2B t a sactio s a d the payme t-behavio of 42.5 millio buyi g compa ies wo ldwide. Its p ima y data ce te s a e powe ed by 100% e ewable e e gy. Ma agi g data at this scale ca ies a espo sibility that the G oup ecog izes.

Lau e t Po tie , CTO Chief of Staff at Sidet ade, said: “I a wo ld whe e data has become the most st ategic capital, a d AI the ew e e gy powe i g compa ies a d thei fi a cial p ocesses, cybe secu ity a d ope atio al secu ity a e ot optio al. They a e absolute commitme ts, i sepa able f om the p omise we make to ou custome s. We a e edefi i g the sta da d fo t ust i the O de -to-Cash field by placi g the p otectio of ou custome s’ most se sitive i fo matio at the ce te of eve y decisio , eve y li e of code, eve y p ocess.”I 2025, Sidet ade ei fo ced its SOC 1 a d SOC 2 by obtai i g Type II attestatio s a d e ewed its ISO/IEC 27001 ce tificatio , which it has held si ce 2019. The G oup also fi alized its espo sible AI policy, alig ed with the Eu opea U io ’s AI egulatio , a d completed impact assessme ts ac oss all of its AI systems, with i depe de t thi d-pa ty validatio scheduled fo 2026. No data b eaches we e epo ted du i g the yea .

Tale t, Gove a ce a d Ethics D ivi g Respo sible Pe fo ma ce

At Sidet ade, i ovatio is embedded withi ope atio s. By edesig i g its ope ati g model a ou d AI, p ocess by p ocess, with huma s a d age ts wo ki g side by side, the G oup wo The Hackett G oup’s 2026 I ovatio Awa d. This disti ctio ewa ds a co victio : AI’s value comes f om empowe i g people to edefi e how they c eate value. Acco di gly, Sidet ade co ti ues to i vest i its tale t. Re ewed i 2025, the By You Side me to i g p og am suppo ts employee developme t, with wome ep ese ti g 61% of pa ticipa ts. Ge de equality co ti ues to p og ess, with 44.4% wome o the Executive Committee a d a ge de pay gap limited to 3%. This social commitme t ests o a solid fou datio fo 2025: 99% pe ma e t co t acts, ze o wo kplace accide ts, a d a Employee Net P omote Sco e (eNPS) of 8 out of 10, eflecti g employee co fide ce.

Sidet ade’s ambitio is u de pi ed by a obust gove a ce f amewo k. CSR gove a ce, led by a dedicated committee, with ove sight f om the Boa d of Di ecto s, sets the di ectio a d eviews p og ess o a qua te ly basis. Busi ess ethics is o e of its guidi g p i ciples. I 2025, 100% of employees ack owledged the Code of Co duct a d completed a ti-co uptio t ai i g. No violatio s. No co uptio i cide ts. No GDPR complai ts. A co fide tial whistleblowi g li e, accessible to both employees a d supplie s, completes the f amewo k.

Impact Validated by Thi d Pa ties

I 2025, EthiFi a ce, a leadi g Eu opea ESG ati g age cy, awa ded the G oup its Gold medal. EcoVadis, a global playe i CSR assessme t, eaffi med the Silve medal a d highlighted a 16-poi t jump o the espo sible-pu chasi g c ite io , placi g Sidet ade amo g the top 15% of ated compa ies ac oss all i dust ies. The G oup committed to joi i g the Pledge to Net Ze o i itiative, alig i g its emissio s- eductio ta gets with climate scie ce a d with the goals of the Pa is Ag eeme t.

Philippe Ga g eux, Chief Fi a cial Office a d CSR Ambassado at Sidet ade, said: “We a e co vi ced that tomo ow’s pe fo ma ce will be eco omic, tech ological, a d espo sible all at o ce. AI- ative is becomi g a leve fo sustai able g owth, o e that must combi e value c eatio with a eductio i e vi o me tal impact.”

I 2026, Sidet ade will focus its effo ts o Scope 3, the la gest compo e t of its ca bo footp i t. The CSR st ategy will co ti ue to be judged o outcomes. As pa t of O2C I tellige ce 2030, Sidet ade is buildi g a AI- ative e te p ise that demo st ates how eco omic pe fo ma ce a d sustai able value c eatio ca adva ce togethe .

Sidet ade’s 2025 CSR Repo t is available at sidet ade.com a d i the ESG sectio of its Eu o ext page.

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About Sidet ade (www.sidet ade.com)Sidet ade (Eu o ext G owth: ALBFR.PA) is a AI- ative O de -to-Cash (O2C) compa y. Its platfo m combi es O2C applicatio s, auto omous AI age ts, a d Aimie IQ, a atu al-la guage i tellige ce i te face that helps global o ga izatio s accele ate cash ge e atio . Sidet ade ope ates the wo ld’s la gest p op ieta y O2C Data Lake, built o $9 t illio i B2B t a sactio s a d 42.5 millio buye e tities. This data t ai s domai -expe t AI models that co ti uously mo ito , easo , decide, a d act auto omously ac oss the O2C cycle. Sidet ade se ves busi esses i 85 cou t ies with 450 employees ac oss Eu ope, No th Ame ica, a d Asia-Pacific.Fo mo e i fo matio , visit us at www.sidet ade.com a d follow us o Li kedI at @Sidet ade.

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