Inclusion & Diversity
Embracing diversity to drive innovation and reinvention
We foster a culture and a workplace where all our people can feel a sense of belonging, are respected and are empowered to do their best work.
48%
of our global workforce are women, compared to our global goal of gender parity by 2025
~143,000
Allies in Action participants
#1
FTSE (formerly Refinitiv) Diversity and Inclusion Index (5th time in 7 years)
Our Inclusion & Diversity strategy
We are committed to helping all our people thrive, which includes advancing inclusion and diversity for all genders; people of different races and ethnicities; persons with disabilities; neurodivergent individuals; lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ+) people; people from different cultures; people with different religious and faith-based traditions; and people from different age and social groups.
Our commitment
Our purpose is to deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity. Our strategy is to deliver 360° value for all our stakeholders by helping them continuously reinvent. To drive reinvention, innovation must be at the forefront, which requires us to attract, develop and inspire top talent. Talent is one of our most important areas of competitive differentiation.
As part of our talent strategy, we hire and develop people who have different backgrounds, different perspectives and different lived experiences. These differences ensure that we have and attract the cognitive diversity to deliver a variety of perspectives, observations and insights which are essential to drive the innovation needed to reinvent. To help achieve this diversity we set goals, share them publicly, collect data to measure our progress and strive to continuously improve. This approach is a key driver of our progress and we hold our leaders accountable for ensuring we have the most innovative and talented people in our industry.
We recognize that some people come to Accenture having faced obstacles as an aspect of their identity or lived experience. At Accenture, we are committed to harness these perspectives and ensure that all of our people have the opportunity to thrive and unlock their full potential. We are committed to equal opportunity and a workplace free from bias. We are a meritocracy. Our intention is to foster a culture and a workplace in which all of our people feel a sense of belonging and are respected and empowered to do their best work and to create 360° value for all our stakeholders.
Collaborating with our clients
By fostering a culture where all our people feel a sense of belonging and that they are respected and empowered to do their best work, we can more effectively help our clients reinvent their businesses. We build inclusive and diverse teams because we believe they can create better, more innovative solutions that reflect the needs of our clients’ customers and stakeholders.
Inclusion & diversity begins with leadership
Our commitment starts with our Chair and CEO, our Board of Directors and our Global Management Committee.
Our inclusion and diversity strategies are led by our Global Chief Diversity Officer, who reports to our Chief Leadership and Human Resources Officer.
Our Leadership Essentials set the expectation that our leaders continuously build and consistently demonstrate their inclusive leadership skills.
55%
of our director nominees are from racially and ethnically diverse backgrounds*
45%
of our director nominees are women, including our Chair and CEO Julie Sweet
*For reporting purposes, racial and ethnic diversity of our directors is based on self-reported United States EEO-1 categories.
Transparency builds trust
We set goals, share them publicly and collect data to measure our progress, so we can continuously improve.
4 of 10
of our executive officers are women
28%
women representation on Global Management Committee
