Sustainability is a priority in what we do for our clients—and how we operate our own business. We continue to expand and evolve our portfolio of Sustainability Services to meet the changing needs of our clients and support the imperative to act on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues.
Our environmental sustainability management is particularly focused on addressing climate change. Our most significant aspects relate to indirect emissions from Scope 2 electricity usage and Scope 3 emissions from business travel and purchased goods and services. Through continuous innovation, we are scaling solutions to make real, lasting change.
We are committed to achieving 100% renewable electricity in our offices globally by the end of 2023. At the end of fiscal 2022, our mix of renewable electricity reached 97%, an improvement over 53% in fiscal 2021.
As a digital-first business, we use collaboration technology with agility and at scale to deliver for our clients. When travel is necessary, we are equipping our people to make climate-smart travel decisions.
We are working with our suppliers to reduce our Scope 3 emissions. Our goal is that 90% of our key suppliers (vendors that represent a significant portion of our 2019 Scope 3 emissions) disclose their environmental targets and actions being taken to reduce emissions by 2025. We are making progress—68% of our key suppliers have disclosed targets and 75% have disclosed actions to reduce their emissions.
To address remaining emissions, we are investing in nature-based carbon removal solutions. Our nature-based carbon removal solutions are generally expected to reforest land, rebuild biodiversity, make agriculture more sustainable, help create green jobs and allow natural ecosystems to rebound and thrive—all while removing CO2 from the atmosphere. Over the next 20 years, this program is expected to physically remove more than 13 million metric tons of carbon from the atmosphere.
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Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale.
We are a talent and innovation-led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships.
We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability.
We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships.
We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities
