Company: ACIW
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001193125-25-086263
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Company: ACI WORLDWIDE, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-21
Form: DEF 14A
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 standards and that provides a detailed narrative of our efforts in environmental, social, and governance focus areas. We measure and work to minimize the environmental footprint of our business. Our global energy usage and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are included in our Sustainability Report. The data shows that nearly all our Scope 1 and 2 emissions come from purchased electricity. To reduce energy use, we maintain LED lighting and managed HVAC systems. We also advance the efficiency of our data centers through server virtualization, asset lifecycle management, and power monitoring and optimization. In 2024, we obtained a power contract that provides 100% renewable energy for our EU-baseddata center. To

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reduce waste, we utilize electronic signature and agreement software and maintain a single-stream recycling program in the U.S. We also promote recycling at many of our global locations, and we work with credible vendors for responsible processing and recycling of electronic devices.

Financial inclusion, parity in payments and STEM education are our social areas of focus. We have philanthropic relationships with Girls Who Code and Code.org to introduce more children from underrepresented groups to computer science. We also donate to Kiva, a non-profit that facilitates small loans to low-income entrepreneurs and students globally. We are a sponsor of Women in Payments and Paytech, organizations dedicated to giving women in the industry more opportunities to excel. In 2022, we launched RISE, a multi-faceted leadership development program that empowers high-potential ACI leaders from global backgrounds to actively participate in business decision making, accelerating their professional advancement and ACI’s growth journey. In addition, our thousands of global team members have a powerful, positive impact in their own communities when they use their eight hours of paid volunteer time a month to give back to a variety of non-governmental organizations.

Board’s Role in Risk Oversight

Risk is inherent with every business and we face a number of risks, including strategic, financial, operational, cybersecurity, privacy, legal/compliance, governance and reputational risks. Our management is responsible for the day-to-day management of the risks that we face. Our Board as a whole has responsibility for the oversight of enterprise risk management. Our Board provides broad oversight of ACI’s risk management programs. In this oversight role, our Board considers the implementation and effectiveness of the Company’s risk management processes. The involvement of our full Board in the risk oversight process allows our Board to assess management’s tolerance for risk and also to determine what constitutes an appropriate level of risk for ACI.

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