Sustainability
WHY SUSTAINABILITY MATTERS There is a growing business, social and ethical imperative to address sustainability across the board. Our approach to sustainability is underpinned by BDO’s belief that it’s the right thing to do, and that making changes to the way we do business will be better for all our stakeholders. Sustainability is the overarching term we use to describe our efforts to minimise our negative impact on the world and we recognise the need for it to be central to our strategic ambition. Our WHY – People helping People - guides our efforts to inspire, educate and lead an unstoppable movement for sustainable business practice in our markets and in our organisation. GLOBAL PROGRAMME BDO’s global sustainability programme is guided by our Sustainability Steering Group (SSG) which is comprised of representatives from our firms in Australia, Canada, Germany, The Netherlands, the UK, and the USA. Our Sustainability Sponsor, Trond- Morten Lindberg, is also a member of the Global Leadership Team, which ensures the appropriate strategic and operational focus on sustainability. In 2023, our global sustainability programme focused on three core areas:
The Net-Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance will be critical to helping the financial sector achieve Net-Zero. By joining the alliance and GFANZ, these firms are committing to ensuring their products and services support a high ambition, credible Net-Zero transition that we need to achieve our 1.5-degree goal.
- Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of England & the UK Prime Minister’s Finance Adviser for COP26
TRANSPARENCY REPORT 2023
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