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Sustainability and Climate Change Risk Services

In today’s business environment, where organizations are beginning to realize the utmost importance of finding the right balance between financial, social, and environmental priorities, a carefully orchestrated Sustainability & Climate Change (S&CC) strategy is vital to the success of the organization. A S&CC strategy is most effective when aligned and integrated with existing strategic initiatives, and coordinated with an intelligent approach to the related risks and rewards.

Key business drivers of sustainability include aligning the sustainability mission of an organization with their corporate mission, gaining competitive advantage by differentiating products or brands, addressing key stakeholders’ needs and managing their expectations, achieving cost efficiency by “greening” operations, and mitigating sustainability-related risks to avoid negative reputation exposures.

Deloitte member firms help clients to successfully manage corporate responsibility and sustainable development issues. Deloitte’s global service teams have the experience and the subject matter knowledge in several industries to assist your company in embedding corporate responsibility into business activities wherever you operate. Deloitte supports your efforts to deliver long-term sustainable value to your company and your stakeholders.

Deloitte member firms can support you in manifold ways. Sustainability & Climate Change Risk Services teams can help in the following areas:

  • Sustainability & climate change assurance services
  • Sustainability & climate change management services
  • Sustainability & climate change reporting services

In addition, Deloitte’s professional teams can help with best practice people management; assess business-related risks and opportunities; and help to develop sound and responsible corporate business strategies.

Featured propositions

  • Risk Assessments
    The topic of sustainability is complex and fraught with uncertainty, and while the business impact of sustainability is real, most companies do not know where to begin or how to address it.
  • Controls Implementation
    As more companies are starting to report on their climate change and sustainability efforts, effective controls around gathering, maintaining, and presenting relevant data becomes a vital part of a mature reporting process.
  • Accounting, Reporting, and Disclosure
    Sustainability & Climate Change (S&CC) reporting is a way for businesses to disclose their corporate responsibility and sustainability accomplishments to investors, employees, communities, and other stakeholders.
  • Governance and Strategy
    Sustainability and Social Responsibility Strategy can help organizations determine what to do to improve their environmental and social performance.
  • External Assurance
    S&CC reporting provides a credible way for organizations to publicly disclose their corporate responsibility and sustainability activities, along with their progress toward goals.
  • Internal Assurance
    S&CC Internal Assurance service offering is an objective activity designed to add value and improve an organization’s environmental, social, and governance initiatives.

Learn more

  • Integrated reporting: A better view
    This whitepaper provides a brief history of reporting trends, a discussion of common challenges, and some practical recommendations for responses to integrated reporting.
  • Sustainability 2011: A difficult coming of age
    This paper delves into some of the dynamics driving sustainability efforts and profiles the state of play around cornerstone tenets of sustainability.
  • The consumer of the future
    This collection of reports discusses consumer business industry trends such as sustainability.
  • Risk Intelligent Approach to Corporate Responsibility & Sustainability
  • The Deloitte Business Simulation Game: Accelerate the implementation of Corporate Responsibility
  • Sustainability and climate change

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  • Doug Wilkinson
    Global Controls Transformation & Assurance Leader

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