| 02-Jul-2009 |
Accenture releases updates on diversity and environmental performance data |
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Accenture has released its Inclusion & Diversity Review and its environmental performance data.
Accenture releases updates on diversity and environmental performance data
The Inclusion & Diversity Review focuses on Accenture’s workforce and underscores the company’s belief that the talents of its diverse people, working in global teams and supported by Accenture’s common core values and methodologies, play a critical role in helping clients become high performance businesses.
Highlights from the Review include:
* Supplier relationships – In 2008, the company directed US$286 million – nearly 15 percent of its procurement spending in the United States – to small, minority-owned and women-owned businesses
* Gender-related issues – The 60,000+ women who work at Accenture now comprise more than one-third of the company’s workforce
* Diversity training – Accenture offered 78 live diversity executive training session in 33 cities and across 12 countries in 2008
The environmental performance data focus on the progress Accenture has made over the past year in terms of measuring and reducing environmental impact across its global operations. These data also provide background on what is included in Accenture’s carbon footprint and point the way to further improvements in the coming years.
They include the following:
* Accenture achieved Global ISO 14001 Environment Management System (EMS) certification. The certification covers 53 Accenture locations in the United States, Canada, South Africa and countries throughout Europe, South America and Asia
* From fiscal year 2007 to fiscal year 2008, Accenture reduced its overall carbon emissions by 9 percent
* The company has set targets to reduce carbon emissions on a per employee basis by 25 percent for its 2009 fiscal year, compared with its fiscal year 2007 baseline |
