埃森哲计划在2025年实现净零排放

据10月9日MENAFN消息：全球专业服务公司埃森哲宣布了新的行业领先目标，并聘请彼得·莱西担任首席责任官和全球可持续发展服务主管，目标是到2025年实现净零排放。

埃森哲表示，公司将通过100%的可再生能源为办公室供电，吸引主要供应商参与减排。

周四，该公司在一份声明中表示，到2025年将对电脑、服务器以及所有办公家具等电子垃圾进行100%的再利用或回收，并在疫情结束后淘汰一次性塑料。

埃森哲首席执行官朱莉·斯威特称:“现在是企业、政府和社会携手重建全球经济并将其转变为惠及所有人的经济的时刻。”

“今天，数字化的快速发展为我们创造更可持续的未来提供了一个突破性的机会。通过扩大雄心以帮助实现真正的变革，为所有人带来全方位的价值。”

为了解决剩余的排放问题，该公司表示将投资于专有的、基于自然的碳清除解决方案，如大规模植树，这将直接清除大气中的排放。

埃森哲已任命莱西负责将可持续性和对所有利益相关者的责任整合到客户服务以及埃森哲的运营中。

他将与客户和生态系统合作伙伴密切合作，帮助产业向低碳能源转型，并减少信息技术、云计算和软件等领域的碳足迹。

冯娟 摘译自 MENAFN

原文如下:

Accenture targets 2025 to achieve net zero emissions

Targeting 2025 to achieve net-zero emissions, global professional services company Accenture has announced new industry-leading goals, along with hiring Peter Lacy as Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead.

Accenture said it will make actual reductions in emissions by powering offices with 100 per cent renewable energy, engaging key suppliers to reduce their emissions and equipping people at the company to make climate-smart travel decisions.

By 2025, Accenture will reuse or recycle 100 per cent of e-waste, such as computers and servers, as well all office furniture, and will eliminate single-use plastics in all locations at the conclusion of the Covid-19 pandemic, it said in a statement on Thursday.

"This is the moment for business, government and society to come together to reimagine, rebuild and transform our global economy into one that works for the benefit of all," said Accenture CEO Julie Sweet.

"Today's rapid acceleration to digital presents us with a breakthrough opportunity to create a more sustainable future. By scaling these ambitions, we can help make real change and deliver 360-degree value for all."

To address remaining emissions, the company said it will invest in proprietary, nature-based carbon removal solutions, such as large-scale tree planting, that will directly remove emissions from the atmosphere.

Accenture will also develop plans for their facilities to reduce the impact of flooding, drought and water scarcity in high-risk areas by 2025, and will measure and reduce water use in these locations.

The company has appointed Lacy to oversee the integration of sustainability and responsibility for all stakeholders into its client services as well as Accenture's operations.

He will work closely with clients and ecosystem partners to help transition industries to low-carbon energy and reduce the carbon footprint of IT, cloud and software, among other tasks.