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Environmental sustainability

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PwC’s environmental sustainability strategy is integrated into our business strategy. We focus on business value and collaborating across functions and sectors to accelerate transparency and resilience—delivering faster, smarter, lasting impact. We are working to continue to decarbonize our business by changing how we operate, engaging our people, and supporting our clients. We also serve as a guide to our clients as they approach a wide range of sustainability issues—to create sustainable advantage and lasting stakeholder value.

Leading responsibly—our net zero commitment

One of the ways we embed this strategy is through our network-wide commitment to reach net zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across our value chain by FY50. This represents a 90% absolute reduction in Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions from a FY19 baseline. This long-term ambition is supported by near-term, science based targets (SBTs) validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) and renewable energy and carbon offset commitments.

Our Sustainability and Social Impact Report

Learn more about our progress on our environmental and social commitments.

(PDF of 1.82MB)

Engaging our people

Empowering our people to champion sustainable practices and do their part to make a lasting impact is key to our strategy. Their efforts enable us to deepen our connections to each other and to programs that support the communities where we live and work. From our Environmental Inclusion network that often serves as a catalyst for change in our offices, to the Environmental Cause Portfolio that makes it easy for our people to donate to vetted nonprofits, to local and national volunteering opportunities, our people feel not just a part of the firm but part of a community with shared values.

Creating and maintaining sustainable offices

Our offices are another way our purpose, brand and culture come to life. They’re a key part of how we present ourselves to our people, our clients and the world. That’s why we’re striving to make them more sustainable. We prioritize LEED-certified (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) buildings whenever we are considering new office space — demonstrating our efforts to drive energy efficiency and environmental design. From diverting waste materials during office renovations to seeking ways to procure sustainable office supplies to offering in office recycling and composting when possible, our waste management practices also reflect the work we’re doing to have a more sustainably-minded culture.

Risk and resilience

We recently refreshed our climate risk assessment aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) recommendations. This assessment evaluated how climate risks and opportunities could affect PwC’s operations, clients, and people over the coming decades. Learn more about our latest assessment in our Climate Risk Report.

Environmental sustainability focused relationships

We work with the broader corporate and nonprofit communities to build relationships, which include:

  •  The LEAF Coalition, a public-private effort to protect tropical forests.
  • The World Economic Forum’s First Movers Coalition, a coalition of organizations using their purchasing power to create early markets for innovative clean technologies across eight hard-to-abate sectors.
  • The World Economic Forum’s Clean Skies for Tomorrow Coalition, to help the world transition to sustainable aviation fuels.
  • Climate Pledge, a cross-sector community of companies, organizations, individuals, and partners, working together to address climate change.

Our clients

We also support our clients by enhancing their strategy with sustainability, so that they can strengthen resilience and returns. Whether it’s strategic capital allocation, designing sustainable operations, harnessing sustainability data for business decisions, accessing credits and incentives, or modernizing infrastructure—we work with our clients to protect value and unlock growth. We focus on business value and collaborating across functions and sectors to accelerate transparency and resilience—delivering faster, smarter, lasting impact. Learn more about our sustainability services.

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Yolanda Seals-Coffield

Yolanda Seals-Coffield

PwC US Chief People & Inclusion Officer, PwC US

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Victoria Russell

Victoria Russell

Managing Director, Inclusion & Sustainability Strategy Leader, PwC US

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