Most relevant SDG targets Most relevant Guiding SDG Most relevant Accenture Accenture metrics for Accenture’s operations UNGC principles Ambition benchmark goals and programs and progress 9.2 Promote inclusive and Principle 9 • R&D and innovation are pivotal to Accenture’s strategy • Accenture invested US$871 million in R&D sustainable industrialization… and we invest heavily to innovate for a better future, in fiscal 2020. including innovating explicitly for sustainability. 9.5 Enhance scientific research, • In fiscal 2020 cloud revenues accounted for upgrade the technological capabilities • For our clients, we recently launched our myNav approximately US$12 billion of our global revenues. of industrial sectors in all countries… Green Cloud Advisor to enable sustainable migration encouraging innovation… to the cloud. 10.2 Empower and promote the social, Principle 1 • We are taking action to fight racism. We have set goals • Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our Canadian spend economic and political inclusion of all, Principle 2 in South Africa, the U.K. and the U.S. to increase our ethnic with diverse suppliers decreased from 25% in fiscal 2019 irrespective of age, sex, disability, race, and racial representation. to 19% in fiscal 2020; our U.S. diverse spend decreased ethnicity, origin, religion or economic Principle 4 • Our Global Diverse Supplier Development Program explicitly from 34% in fiscal 2019 to 31% in fiscal 2020. or other status Principle 5 targets minority-owned businesses. For example, in South • In 2020, our procurement spend with black-women- Principle 6 Africa, we aim to go above and beyond requirements of the owned enterprises in South Africa increased to 39%, Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (B-BBEE) Act. again exceeding the B-BBEE target of 12%. Additionally, • We continue to prioritize diverse suppliers, including through our spend with black-owned-SMEs was more than 52% our Global Diverse Supplier Development Program (DSDP). against a target of 30%. Our procurement spend in Our DSDP goal by the end of fiscal 2020 was to graduate 170 South Africa with black-owned suppliers increased to diverse suppliers. Our new goal is to graduate 250 diverse 47% from 39% in the previous year, nearly reaching the suppliers by the end of fiscal 2023. target of 50%. • Our DSDP goal by the end of fiscal 2020 was to graduate 170 diverse suppliers. Due to class schedules, we achieved this goal by mid-fiscal 2021. 12.2 Achieve the sustainable Principle 7 Zero waste to landfill • We are committed to reaching 100% renewable • In fiscal 2020, 30% of Accenture’s office electricity was management and efficient use Principle 8 and incineration electricity by 2023 under RE100. from renewable sources, up from 26% in fiscal 2019. of natural resources 100% sustainable material • Accenture is moving to zero waste: By 2025, we will reuse • In fiscal 2020, we avoided landfill for more than 99% 12.5 Substantially reduce waste inputs that are renewable, or recycle 100% of our e-waste and office furniture. of Accenture’s e-waste. generation through prevention, recyclable or reusable • We are committed to eliminating single-use plastics in our reduction, recycling and reuse locations at the conclusion of the COVID-19 pandemic. United Nations Global Compact: Communication on Progress 2020 | 67