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Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress

The Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress provides bold, results-oriented thought leadership to effectively guide leaders and their organizations through their decarbonization and sustainability evolution.

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Leading sustainability insight and analysis

The Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress is focused on addressing challenges and identifying opportunities in line with reaching the goals of the Paris Agreement, by driving adaptation and mitigation activities, fostering resilience, and informing decarbonization pathways, we aim to guide the achievement of the Paris goals.

By assembling eminent leaders and innovating thinkers, the Deloitte Center for Sustainable Progress explores effective and ground-breaking solutions—and collaborates to enable action on the crucial global challenges facing humanity.

Green hydrogen: Energizing the path to net zero

Deloitte’s new economic analysis shows how clean hydrogen can play a paramount role to achieve net-zero targets by 2050. It can give us a second chance to decarbonize the planet, overcoming existing limitations and challenges posed by fossil fuels and technologies that add to Greenhouse Gas emissions.
Perspective
10 minute read

Deloitte CxO Sustainability Report 2023

Deloitte’s survey of more than 2,000 CxOs across 24 countries finds that the majority of CxOs remain optimistic the world will take sufficient steps to avoid the worst impacts of climate change and feel a sense of urgency to take action.
Research
3 minute read

The Global Circularity Gap 2023

Circularity poses opportunity to relieve planetary pressures progress to climate goals and create thriving societies.
Research
5 minute read

Climate on the agenda

Global leaders have met at three different gatherings (Davos23, COP15, COP27) where sustainability and climate were a focal topic for discussion, deliberation and decisions. 

Embedding ESG Reporting and Driving System-Level Behaviour Change | Deloitte

It’s easy to fixate on the mechanics of sustainability reporting – getting lost in the weeds of detailed metrics. This focus is both understandable and valid. But sustainability reporting is not, and never should be, viewed as an end in itself. Rather, it is a means to overcome the disconnect between ambition and action.

Work toward net zero

As the world transitions to net zero, a new category of worker is evolving- the Green Collar workforce. Today, more than 800 million jobs worldwide are highly vulnerable to climate extremes and the economic transition to net zero.
Research
10 minute read

Transform to React: Climate Policy in the New World Order

Aligning climate action with geopolitical imperatives
Perspective
5 minute read

The Turning Point: A Global Summary

Time is no longer running out to act on climate change; it’s up, and the global economy is at a crossroads. But, if the world acts now to rapidly achieve net-zero emissions by mid-century, the transformation of the economy would set the world up for stronger economic growth by 2070.
Research
5 minute read

Meet our leaders

Jennifer Steinmann

Global Sustainability & Climate Practice Leader
+1 415-783-5247

Prof. Dr Bernhard Lorentz

Global Consulting Sustainability & Climate Strategy Leader
+49 1511 4881437