SUSTAINABILITY
We help our clients advance their environmental, social and governance goals by connecting sustainability to their transformations; operate our business with a strong commitment to the environment, ethics and human rights; and work to create value in communities around the world.
We are on track to achieve our 2025 carbon removal goal and we set new goals for the future
of our key suppliers* have disclosed emissions targets
people equipped with skills toward employment or entrepreneurship
*Key suppliers are defined as vendors that represent a significant portion of our 2019 Scope 3 emissions.
Our overarching buying approach, Procurement Plus, informs every aspect of our supply chain, and helps us build stronger partnerships based on ethical behaviors, transparency, agility and inclusivity.
Our award-winning Supplier Impact & Sustainability (SI&S) Program is at the heart of how we deliver against our responsibility buying priorities and guides how we work with suppliers to promote ethical procurement and supply chain EGS transparency, environmental sustainability and supplier decarbonization, human rights, supplier impact and development and accessible procurement.
The Sustainable Procurement Hub (the Hub) allows us to assess and track performance in environmental sustainability, human rights, inclusive supply chain and ethics and compliance for suppliers we engage through the Hub.
The Hub is available in more than 50 countries
We conducted ~6,000 sustainability assessments in FY24
We believe supporting our suppliers in their own sustainability journey is a key element of our responsible buying culture and our responsibility towards our suppliers.
In June 2024 we brought together climate thought leaders, sustainability practitioners and suppliers for a virtual Accenture Supplier Summit to discuss how to transform value chains by setting goals and creating innovative initiatives to reduce our collective environmental impact. Watch the replay to learn more.
Our commitment to human rights is an integral part of our sustainability commitments and informs our supply chain and supplier selection. We have dedicated resources to assess human rights risks in our supply chains and carrying out due diligence processes.
Since 2006, we have brought our commitment to supplier impact and development to life through our global Supplier Development Program (SDP).
Engaging with small, medium, historically underrepresented and sustainable suppliers—which are core to the global economy—brings new innovations, different perspectives, and drives resilience to support optimized and value efficient contribution to our delivery.
We monitor our spend* with historically underrepresented suppliers to understand our progress throughout the year, and are industry leaders in this space. In total, our spend* with businesses across Australia, Canada, India, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the Philippines, South Africa, the U.K. and the U.S. was over $1 billion in fiscal 2024. This year, we are reporting spend* in Japan and New Zealand for the first time.
UNITED STATES
Our U.S. spend with historically underrepresented suppliers was 25% in fiscal 2024
CANADA
Our Canadian spend with historically underrepresented suppliers was 23% in fiscal 2024
In South Africa, we continue to lead the way on supplier inclusion, going above and beyond requirements of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act, maintaining our B-BBEE Level 1 recognition for the 7th consecutive year.
*Inclusive/small business spend with suppliers that are certified, registered with a third party or have self-identified as businesses owned by historically underrepresented suppliers or small businesses/SMEs. Spend reported for India, Japan, the Philippines, South Africa and the U.S. (excluding Accenture Federal Services) includes small businesses/SMEs; Spend reported for Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and the U.K. excludes small businesses/SMEs.
We work to help ensure that the interactions our people have with software, devices and services are compliant with globally defined accessibility standards of Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.2 AA (WCAG 2.2 AA level). Procurement Plus and our Accessibility Center of Excellence embed accessibility requirements into standard procurement practices. We are also a signatory to DisabilityIN's Procure Access Statement, which aims to advance accessible procurement.
The information provided on this site reflects our goals, progress and performance across our global operations during fiscal 2024 (ended August 31, 2024), unless otherwise noted.