Mitigating the impacts of climate change is a monumental task. Yet, we know progress is possible if we act collectively. It is vital that we all (business and society) take urgent and immediate action.
To do our part to help the world achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, Deloitte has launched WorldClimate, our strategy to drive responsible climate choices within our organization and beyond.
We recognize change starts within. Deloitte must set and meet higher standards for itself, including commitment to science-based net-zero with 2030 goals. We will also connect with others, empowering our professionals and engaging our broader ecosystem to create solutions that facilitate the transition to a low carbon economy. This will require reimagining, reinventing and redesigning many of the day-to-day experiences of our lives, as well as how businesses and economies operate.
The opportunity to create a more sustainable world is at our collective fingertips. We all are compelled to act.
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Our commitments
Deloitte’s near-term (2030) greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals have been validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as 1.5°C-aligned, science-based targets. Deloitte has also committed to set long-term emissions reduction targets using the SBTi’s Net Zero Standard.
Our near-term goals are to:
- Reduce absolute Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions 70% by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
- Reduce Scope 3 GHG emissions from business travel 50% per FTE by 2030 from a 2019 base year.
- Engage with our major suppliers with the goal of having 67% (by emissions) set science-based targets by 2025.
- Invest in meaningful market solutions for emissions we cannot eliminate.
Our additional 2030 goals to reduce emissions include:
- Sourcing 100% renewable energy for our buildings.
- Converting 100% of our fleet to hybrid and electric vehicles.
Deloitte’s near-term goals (2030) were validated in advance of the issuance of the SBTi Net-Zero Standard. Deloitte’s next step will be to set long-term emissions reduction targets following the SBTi standard to continue playing our part in achieving a net-zero world.
We recognize we must align our climate policies, practices, and actions across our organization, by:
- Designating a senior leader to be responsible for climate in each geography
- Prioritizing discussion of climate change on executive agendas
- Embedding climate-smart considerations into decisions on office operations, real estate, and investments
By engaging and educating our employees on climate change impacts - decisions about what they consume, use, and buy - we will enable our people to make positive climate choices at home and at work, and amplify these through their personal networks.
We will collaborate with clients, alliance partners, NGOs, industry groups, suppliers, and others to address climate change at a systems and operations level.
“At Deloitte, climate is central to what we do for ourselves and for our clients. We are continuously implementing initiatives that reduce our carbon footprint but also grow our capabilities, so that we can provide leading solutions that help our clients and society to tackle this challenge urgently and collectively.”
Rolf Driesen, CEO Deloitte Belgium