BDO’s purpose – helping people thrive, every day – is a broad mandate to serve our people, our clients and our communities. To fulfill our purpose, we are working to integrate sustainable business practices into everything we do. We believe in doing so we will make BDO a more resilient organization, drive growth, foster innovation, and ultimately deliver stronger long-term financial performance. Moreover, it’s the right thing to do for our stakeholders, society and the planet.
Focusing on the topics that matter most to our stakeholders
Using our materiality assessment as a foundation, we commit to ensuring that our strategy, values and actions align with the issues identified by our stakeholders.
Setting and measuring sustainability goals
We commit to setting data-driven, measurable goals and impactful targets, and reporting our progress – the details of which we will share in our sustainability report.
Achieving Net Zero by 2050
As a founding member of the Net Zero Financial Service Providers Alliance, we commit to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by or before 2050.
Using science-based targets
We have committed to set near-term, company-wide emission reductions in line with climate science with the Science-Based Targets initiative.
Protecting human rights
We are a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact and commit to conducting our business in alignment with its Ten Principles and to prioritize the advancement and achievement of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals.
Like many companies, BDO is on a journey to become a more sustainable organization. We’ve made great progress, with enthusiastic support from our leaders and our people. Yet there is more to do to ensure a thriving company and a thriving planet, today and for future generations.
