Even in the midst of the most tumultuous time that the world has seen in over a century, we can look at Infosys' performance for fiscal 2021 with quiet satisfaction. Infosys has delivered industry-leading growth and is in pole position for another year of market-leading performance as we start looking at the post-pandemic, post-cloud era.
What is it that our company is doing differently that is enabling us to be a market leader when several veterans around us struggle? First and foremost, under our CEO, Salil Parekh, ably supported by the global senior leadership, Infosys has transformed into a very client-focused company. Our stable and motivated leadership is working quietly and without fuss to ensure Infosys is the partner of choice for the world's top companies as they navigate their next in these uncertain and rapidly changing times. This has led to unprecedented transformational large deals.
Second, the company is investing in designing and developing the right solutions required for accelerating digital transformation. Be it Infosys CobaltTM for cloud solutions, modernization without disruption, big data and analytics, applied AI and automation, cybersecurity, consumerization of user experience, or a robust innovation ecosystem - these have struck the right chord with our clients who are keen to assimilate new ideas to reinvent themselves and become more like digital natives.
Third, the reinvention and modernization of Infosys' own digital infrastructure has prepared the company well to enable our employees to work from home seamlessly and be highly productive with digital tools made available at their fingertips. It has also brought greater credibility to the transformation we propose to our clients - as these principles of the Live Enterprise have emerged and evolved from our own hard experience.
Finally, investments in our people have ensured that our employees have access to the latest digital skills and are embracing agile ways of working. We have launched the Infosys Expanded Stock Ownership Program 2019, become more global, diverse, and deeply engaged with our widely dispersed teams in more than 50 countries working from their homes. We have created a strong leadership pipeline to work with trained and motivated employees who have more than proven their mettle working through the pandemic.
Beyond business, Infosys has been at the forefront of the ESG movement and became carbon-neutral in 2020 - 30 years ahead of the timeline set by the Paris Agreement. The proactive action that Infosys has taken, over the last three and a half years, has decisively enabled us to set the narrative for the global digital services and consulting industry.
Infosys will continue to innovate and is well-placed to lead the industry in the coming years.
Today the world is simultaneously seeing three major transitions - the pandemic-induced model for hybrid work which requires new ways to collaborate, orchestrate and deliver, the technology transformation driven by cloud, and the digital acceleration of business models that are changing the way we live, work, play, and relate to one another over digital channels.
Never before have our clients so overwhelmingly expressed the need for a voice of clarity in the chaos and confusion. They are vocal in their ask for a partner who puts clients' best interests over their own and for a thought leader who can navigate them to their future. Our company is committed to being that partner for our clients and will work on this promise with relentless execution.
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