Accenture just published their latest report Destination Net Zero 2025. The four key findings aren’t earth shattering –
- Corporate ambition remains strong
- Companies aren’t just setting goals – they are taking practical action
- Business performance has decoupled from emissions
- More progress is needed.
But this overall insight is compelling:
“Across our client work and in data from the world’s 4,000 largest companies (G4000), the message is clear: leading companies are improving efficiency, strengthening supply chain resilience and cutting costs in the areas that matter most, all in ways that reduce emissions. At the same time, they are making these actions repeatable – scaling pilots, standardizing processes, pooling demand and building shared infrastructure that reduces cost and risk for everyone. When companies do both – make decarbonization pay and make it replicable – they create lasting momentum.”
This aligns with something in our upcoming Guidebook Fighting “No”: A Sustainability Practitioner’s Guide to Countering Arguments Against Formally Disclosing Financial Value of Sustainability Programs:
“In many cases, operational metrics are proxies for – or easily converted into – financial matters. Although not in every instance, going the next step to determine the financial value of operational metrics requires minimal effort. As the dollars become more visible within the organization, there will likely be themes that – when viewed together – demonstrate meaningful financial value.”
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