Environmental

Committed to our WorldImpact initiative, we are driving individuals and communities to reach their full potential.

As the biggest professional services firm in the world, we believe it is our responsibility to use our capabilities to help our clients and society transform in order to have a more sustainable and resilient future. Deloitte is committed to running a responsible business, rooted in our  purpose: to make an impact that matters to our people, clients and the communities of which we are a part.

Deloitte  feels it must do what is necessary to halt climate change. To reduce the negative impact from our business on global warming, Deloitte global has adopted the WorldClimate programme. The objective of the WorldClimate programme is for Deloitte worldwide to achieve net zero emissions with near-term goals for all Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions by the year 2030 (using the 2019 baseline). This ambition is to be achieved by reducing emissions wherever we can and compensating for emissions in a meaningful way where we must, and our main goal is supported by a number of distinct near-term goals that are to be achieved by 2030, validated by the SBTi as 1.5°C-aligned science-based targets. 

Embedding sustainability  

We cherish the potential of our business to lead the way when our clients and society address climate change and accelerate the transition towards a low-carbon economy. Through our above-mentioned global strategy programme, WorldClimate, we are working hard to drive responsible climate choices within our organisations and beyond. We are focused on embedding sustainable practices into our operations and committing to achieving our science-based targets while engaging our people, clients and ecosystems in order to accelerate the transition towards a sustainable future.

An example of where we have successfully embedded environmental  practices into our operations can be found in our office procedures. In these, we consider the environmental aspects of purchasing office supplies, select catering according to sustainable preferences (supporting local food), reduce our water consumption with investments and reduce waste with waste collection point renewals. 

Our impact matters, and the impact we can create through our client work is significant. By leveraging our specialist competencies, data-driven insights and industry expertise, Deloitte is uniquely positioned to help clients integrate sustainability throughout their operations. Every day we are helping more clients to embrace the changing business conditions, take action and make the necessary investment for their successful transition for a more sustainable future. Visit the Climate and Sustainability site to learn more about our services. 

Empower individuals  

On a global level, Deloitte’s responsible business practices cover specific goals  and commitments in order to reduce emissions, preserve biodiversity, conserve resources and reduce waste within our operations. In Deloitte Finland, we are honouring these commitments through our actions, awareness campaigns and internal initiatives.

Our new low-emission business premises, We Land, opened its doors in summer 2024, and it is the first building in Finland that has been designed and built according to the highest of the BREEAM environmental ratings (Outstanding). Sustainability plays a critical role in building construction work, as well as in all materials and in the layout design that support the client and collaborative working settings, which is in line with our Future of Work and Ways of Working models. 

We are constantly searching for ways to make all areas of our operations more environmentally sustainable. We have already ensured that our offices in Finland use 100% renewable electricity and have waste recycling facilities. We reduced our energy consumption through energy-reduction initiatives and awareness campaigns in all of our offices. We have also invested in more sustainable choices of mobility than in the past in order to reduce the impact of commuting and local journeys; for instance, we provide a commuter benefit, company-bike benefit and have a company-car benefit policy wherein cars are required to be fully electric, plug-in hybrids or natural gas vehicles.

During the International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste on 29th September, we launched an awareness campaign on food waste and our WorldClimate strategy in all our offices and online in order to empower our employees to reduce food waste and act more sustainably. We have also partnered with Giki Zero, a website and mobile app designed to help our people to understand and reduce their carbon footprint. This facilitates purpose-driven action, leading to more environmentally conscious decisions and embedding sustainability into everyday routines. 

Due to a significant part of our emissions coming from business travel, we have continued analysing our travel data and introduced a Nordic travel policy. The aim of the policy is to travel smarter by ensuring that we only travel when it is truly valuable to do so and in this way we lower our travel emissions. We have launched a new Sustainable Travel section to our intranet, including a travel emission calculator, and on our Travel Agent pages, we promote only booking eco-friendly hotels. In addition, we will continue to leverage the past year’s lessons learned that are related to remote work and the utilisation of collaboration tools in order to lower emissions.