Accenture Foreword
Accenture Foreword
In the last 3 years we at Accenture have witnessed, in our day to day work with our clients, an increasing commitment from Italian companies towards sustainability and carbon management.
This increased commitment is strongly represented in the results of this year’s Italy CDP Investor program: the number of responding companies rose from 18 in 2009 to 35 in 2011. Numbers talk: 82% of responding companies declared that they have integrated climate change in their business strategy. 91% reported having emissions’ reduction initiatives in place. 67% set a carbon reduction target. 88% declared they have assigned responsibility for carbon management at least to senior management level. And, most importantly, 42% declared that they have reduced their emissions.
These figures tell a story of very significant commitment and improvement. Nevertheless, when compared to European 300 and Global 500 companies’ results, the evidence is that Italian companies are somewhat lagging behind and show some room for improvement.
We are also committed to disclosure and improvement of our carbon performance. To that extent we have been disclosing our climate change commitment in the most recent five years through the CDP Investor program and in the last three years also through the CDP Supply Chain program. We share with our clients a commitment to sustainability and we are glad to be in partnership with leading global organizations tackling the integration of sustainability in business practices, among them: United Nations Global Compact, the World Business Council for Sustainable Development, the World Economic Forum and, of course, CDP.
Accenture’s global partnership with CDP dates back to 2009 when, in cooperation with SAP and Microsoft, we supported the implementation of a new Global Climate Change Data and Reporting Platform to collect, manage and disseminate climate change data. In 2010 Accenture partnered with the CDP on the preparation of a White Paper highlighting the benefits of disclosing cities’ climate change related information.
In addition to this global partnership, we are also proud to be a strategic partner in Italy for the first time this year. Accenture is pleased to have supported the CDP in preparing the CDP Investor Report 2011 for Italy and, in particular, to have contributed to increasing the number of respondent companies from 21 in 2010 to 35. This report is the first product of a collaboration that we hope will intensify in the coming years.
Mauro Marchiaro Managing Director Resources Italy, Greece, Central & Eastern Europe, Russia, Middle East
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