Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Diversity & Inclusion
• Environmental Sustainability
• Governance
• Employee Well-being
• Community Engagement

Environmental Achievements

• Significantly shrank carbon footprint from air travel due to a shift to virtual work.
• Decreased global office square footage by 8.4%
• Reduced paper usage by launching use of DocuSign

Social Achievements

• Launched Diversity & Inclusion principles and a new Diversity & Inclusion Practice.
• 61% of U.S. board placements were diverse; globally, over 60% of initial proposed board candidates were diverse.
• Over 60% of the firm's Board of Directors are women or People of Color.
• Formalized a new Flexible Workspace Philosophy.
• Created and delivered over 700 learning experiences for employee development.
• Donated over $57,000 to COVID-19 relief efforts and roughly $340,000 to charities worldwide.
• Completed over 1,000 hours of pro bono work.

Governance Achievements

• Updated Code of Ethics.
• Introduced ongoing training on privacy notifications.
• Expanded Data Subject Rights globally.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Reducing environmental impact from business travel and real estate.
• Maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Mitigation Strategies

• Shifting to virtual work to reduce travel.
• Reducing office space.
• Implementing diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• Launching a Flexible Workspace Philosophy.

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct (addresses environmental protection and diverse supplier engagement)

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB

Awards & Recognition

• AESC IDEA Award (Lyndon Taylor)
• 25 Influential Black Women in Business (Cheryl Stokes)
• Savoy Magazine's Most Influential Black Executives (Kamau Coar)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Board Diversity
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I)
• Environmental Sustainability
• Employee Well-being
• Governance
• Philanthropy
• Climate Change

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced carbon emissions by over 21% from 2019 to 2021
• Decreased global office square footage by 26%
• Recycled over 42 metric tons of paper

Social Achievements

• Globally, 67% of initially proposed board candidates were diverse, exceeding the annual Board Diversity Pledge
• 73% of board placements in the US and 68% globally were diverse
• 51% of overall placements in the US and 49% globally were diverse
• Delivered more than 12,800 hours of learning and development to employees globally
• Recognized World Mental Health Day as a holiday
• 35 offices participated in the 3rd Global Day of Service

Governance Achievements

• 37% of the board of directors were women, and 25% were people of color (as of May 2022)
• Established a comprehensive set of data protection and privacy programs, policies, and practices
• No information security breaches in 2021

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Work-life balance and burnout among employees
• Addressing pay inequality for women and minorities
• Reducing carbon emissions from electricity use and employee commuting

Mitigation Strategies

• Enhanced wellness offerings, including mental health resources and flexible workspace
• Country-wide approach to not asking for or using candidates’ historical compensation information
• Emissions reductions through a greener, smaller office footprint and purchase of carbon offsets

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB

Awards & Recognition

• AESC’s Future of The Profession Award (Jaimee Eddington)
• NACD Directorship 100 (Bonnie Gwin and Theodore Dysart)

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Diversity, equity and inclusion
• Customer trust
• Compensation and benefits
• Employee engagement and management
• ESG governance
• Data security and privacy

Environmental Achievements

• Reduced electricity usage by 22% in 2022 compared to 2021
• 60% of global offices were sustainably certified
• 79% of U.S. offices were sustainably certified
• 2,000 tons of CO2 equivalent emissions were offset

Social Achievements

• Launched Voice of Employee pulse surveys with nearly 80% participation rate
• Appointed Cecilia Nelson-Hurt as Chief DE&I Officer
• 700+ employees participated in Global Day of Service, donating over 2,400 hours
• Raised $523,000 to support humanitarian efforts in Ukraine

Governance Achievements

• Launched an ESG governance framework
• Board of directors was 43% women and 29% racially/ethnically diverse

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Increased GHG emissions in 2022 due to increased business travel and retrofitting of office space
• Supply chain disruptions (implied)

Mitigation Strategies

• Actively working toward setting reduction targets through the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi)
• Completed a climate change risk assessment
• Prioritizing more energy-efficient buildings
• Working with travel vendors to enhance sustainable travel choices
• Purchasing carbon offsets through Indigo Ag

Supply Chain Management

Responsible Procurement

• Supplier Code of Conduct

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: GRI, SASB, TCFD

Awards & Recognition

• Forbes World’s Best Management Consulting Firms
• Forbes America’s Best Executive Recruiting Firms
• Financial Times Business Talent Group UK’s Top Management Consulting Networks

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Sustainability
• Generative AI
• Trade and Geopolitics

Environmental Achievements

• Improved understanding of sustainability's impact on value creation (from 25% lacking confidence in 2023 to 9% in 2024)
• Improved capability to scan for weak signals of future sustainability shocks (from 37% lacking capability in 2023 to 24% in 2024)
• Improved development of plans to turn sustainability shocks into competitive advantage (from 46% lacking plans in 2023 to 27% in 2024)

Governance Achievements

• 74% of respondents indicate that sustainability is a formal part of the board’s competency matrix

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Lack of understanding of GenAI's impact on value creation
• Insufficient capability to scan for weak signals indicating disruption related to sustainability, GenAI, and trade/geopolitics
• Difficulty in translating disruptions into competitive advantage
• Other important issues crowding out discussion of external shocks and disruptions (38% of respondents)
• Inability of organizations to comply with new regulations (19% of directors cite this as a primary threat to sustainability goals)
• Conflicting views among stakeholders (activists, customers, employees, shareholders)
• Lack of alignment within the board and between directors and management (29% of directors unsure of management's ability to navigate disruption)

Mitigation Strategies

• Increasing investment in new technologies (49% for sustainability, 44% for GenAI)
• Adopting flexible resource-allocation processes
• Placing speculative bets and piloting new products and services (27% for GenAI)
• Enhancing risk management (62% of directors)
• Increasing scenario planning (44% of respondents)
• Ongoing board education
• Engaging with independent experts
• Updating the competency matrix
• Refreshing boards to include individuals with specific sustainability experience and diverse perspectives
• Stress testing the capital allocation process
• Promoting meaningful engagement with diverse stakeholders
• Empowering management to leverage stakeholder dialogues to navigate pressures and influence the broader landscape

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities