ICON releases its 2022 ICON Cares ESG Report - Seite 2

ICON continued its focus on building a diverse and inclusive workforce that provides professional advancement and career opportunities for its people. As an example of progress in this regard, in 2022, 59% of all promotions at VP level and above were female, bringing the total number of females at the VP level and above to 42%. This is important progress toward its goal to achieve gender parity at the VP level and above by 2025.

Conducting business sustainably

ICON is actively managing its environmental impact across its global business. Progress made in 2022 included:

• 61.7% of electricity consumed in 2022 came from renewable sources
• ICON’s combined Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions decreased by 23.5% since 2018 and 10% since 2021
• 10% reduction in kilowatt hours of electricity since 2018

Strengthening communities

The report also outlines how ICON supports communities through corporate giving programs, employee volunteering opportunities and industry–academia partnerships. The company has aligned its efforts to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals and its organisational goals of diversity, inclusion and belonging.

In 2022, ICON created a new scholarship program to provide greater opportunities for underrepresented groups to study STEM subjects. For the 2022/2023 academic year, ICON is funding 33 scholarships for STEM course students in partnership with three universities in Ireland and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund in the US. The latter is a not-for-profit organisation that supports nearly 300,000 students attending its 47 member schools, including publicly supported Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

For further information about ICON’s ESG efforts, please visit www.iconplc.com/about/esg/.

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This press release contains forward-looking statements, including statements about our financial guidance. These statements are based on management's current expectations and information currently available, including current economic and industry conditions. These statements are not guarantees of future performance or actual results, and actual results, developments and business decisions may differ from those stated in this press release. The forward-looking statements are subject to future events, risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected in the statements, including, but not limited to, the ability to enter into new contracts, maintain client relationships, manage the opening of new offices and offering of new services, the integration of new business mergers and acquisitions, the impact of COVID-19 on our business, as well as other economic and global market conditions and other risks and uncertainties detailed from time to time in SEC reports filed by ICON, all of which are difficult to predict and some of which are beyond our control. For these reasons, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements when making investment decisions. The word "expected" and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are only as of the date they are made and we do not undertake any obligation to update publicly any forward-looking statement, either as a result of new information, future events or otherwise. More information about the risks and uncertainties relating to these forward-looking statements may be found in SEC reports filed by ICON, including its Form 20-F, F-1, F-4, S-8, F-3 and certain other reports, which are available on the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov.