Environment

Environment

Business, governments, and individuals all share responsibility for the preservation of the natural environment. For PwC, this means putting an environmental strategy at the core of its operations by committing to a number of principles and actions including:
  • Measuring, reporting, and continuously reducing the environmental impact of our business operations
  • Using natural resources efficiently and minimising waste.
  • Mitigating climate change impacts by reducing greenhouse gas emissions from energy use, transport, and everyday processes.
  • Encouraging our suppliers to reduce the environmental impact of the materials they provide us.
Among the environmental matters that we focus on intently is climate change. One of PwC’s most visible undertakings in this regard is our role as the global advisor and report writer for The Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP). The CDP provides investors with a unique analysis of how the world's largest companies are responding to climate change. Since the first CDP report in 2003, the quantity and quality of data disclosed has advanced significantly. In 2009, CDP received the highest response rate to date, the highest level of disclosed emissions and greater detail than ever before on the activities being undertaken by the largest corporations around climate change mitigation and adaptation. CDP data is increasingly being applied as a catalyst for changing business behaviour with respect to greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of our commitment to the United Nations Global Compact, PwC is a global signatory to the CEO Water mandate which focuses on the development, implementation, and disclosure of water sustainability policies and practices. Through our support of the UNGC and the Water Mandate, PwC member firms are taking steps in their local areas to operate in a more sustainable manner and collaborate with governments, NGOs, and other stakeholders to address the global water challenge. Such efforts are designed to promote transparency and encourage other organizations to do their part to ensure a more sustainable future.

In addition, many other organisations look to PwC for guidance on a wide range of environmental matters through the commercial services offered by our Sustainability and Climate Change Practices.