NEWS FROM THE TOP
AS INDIVIDUALS:
HELPING SOCIETY SUCCEED:
X We want to keep working with our employees to identify the next right things to do X Our last Carbon report reveals something very stark: 74% of our carbon output was generated as a result of travel pre-C19. There is one very obvious way to bring that down! We are encouraging all our people to think twice before travelling as we ‘build back greener’ X We have trained Environment Champions in each office to help activate environment programmes locally X BDO employees can contribute to charities that deal with carbon offsetting, for example theWoodlands Trust, through bespoke Give As You Earn benefits X Our partners are also showing their commitment by personally paying to offset their individual footprints each year X At BDO, we offer a generous ten CSR days each year. We are asking our people to think about how they can use some of their days to get involved in local Sustainability or Climate Change initiatives.
Through our environmental and social enterprise partnerships we are leveraging business spend for good. As we continue with our ESG and Sustainable Procurement strategies we hope to explore working with a number of social enterprises and that this will be a positive journey that we can share with clients and business connections as an effective way to address some of the big global issues of our time. Below are some highlights from our current ESG partnerships:
AVIECO As part of our commitment to become carbon neutral we partnered with independent sustainability consultants, Avieco. Working with them, we have offset our identified carbon footprint 2018, 2019 and 2020 combined. Offsetting our emissions in this way helps to fund an African climate project, which provides efficient and safe Gyapa cookstoves to families across Ghana.
FROM BABIESWITH LOVE At BDO, we want all our working parents to feel valued and appreciated. We have partnered with award-winning social enterprise From Babies with Love, to give all our new parents a gift to welcome their new addition to the family. From Babies with Love give 100% of their profits to abandoned children around the world. Through our partnership, we’ll be supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and making a positive change in line with our Sustainable Procurement Strategy and ESG agenda, helping us to have a positive impact on those around us. To date, From Babies with Love has supported over 26,000 children in 39 countries. Read more about their purpose and impact here.
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