Company: QLYS
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001140361-25-015182
Chunk: 34

Company: QUALYS, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-04-23
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 34
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 (Chair) Wendy M. Pfeiffer John A. Zangardi

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ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL AND GOVERNANCE (ESG) Our commitment to solid governance, environmental stewardship, and social responsibility is essential to our business strategy and the creation of long-term value for our stakeholders. We believe these commitments to our people, stockholders, communities, and environment further build the trust and support of our customers, partners, employees, and stockholders, enabling us to grow our business profitably and meet the diverse needs of our constituents. Our approach to ESG management and disclosure is further informed by the SASB accounting standards (related to the Software and Information Technology Services industry) and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) relevant to our business activities. We recognize that ESG risks are an important component of overall enterprise risk and we therefore identify and manage such risks accordingly. As such, we have developed our ESG Pillars of focus based on the risks and opportunities we believe are most impactful to our business over multiple time horizons. These pillars are summarized in the table below. Qualys’ ESG Pillars

| Governance and       
 Responsible Business 
 Practices            |     | Empowering Our Business 
 and Customers           |     | Supporting Our 
 Team and       
 Community      |     | Sustainable         
 Business Operations |

| We are committed to sound corporate governance and ethical business practices that build value and trust with all stakeholders. |     | Our goal is to delight our customers through innovative solutions that assist in reducing cyber risk. |     | We believe every employee makes a difference, and we strive to empower employees in their roles and support their career growth. 
 We continuously work to strengthen our communities through volunteer efforts and charitable giving.                              |     | We are committed to reducing the environmental impact of our operations and to providing more environmentally friendly solutions for our customers through our cloud-based platform. |

Governance of ESG Our board of directors believes that oversight of ESG issues is a key responsibility of the entire board. Each of our board committees works closely with management to oversee ESG across our business operations in the areas aligned with their respective responsibilities. Our Nominating and Governance Committee oversees our ESG activities, programs, and public disclosures. Our Audit and Risk Committee has oversight responsibility of policies on risk assessment and risk management, including security, data privacy, reliability, business continuity and capacity matters. Our Compensation and Talent Committee oversees a range of human capital management practices, including matters relating to talent acquisition, compensation, benefits, training