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Accenture goes global with certification to ISO 14001
10 Jun 2009
Topics: Environment, ISO 14001, USA, Canada, South Africa, Europe, South America, Asia
Accenture, the global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, has achieved certification to ISO 14001, reflecting its ongoing commitment to environmental issues as well as the quality of its environment management system (EMS).
Certification covers 53 Accenture locations around the world, including the US, Canada, South Africa and countries throughout Europe, South America and Asia.
Accenture works with public and private sector clients to help them improve their performance across a range of areas. The company employs more than 181,000 people serving clients in over 120 countries.
ISO 14001 helps organizations better manage their environmental impact and risk, while demonstrating their environmental commitment to their stakeholders. The standard covers everything from carbon emissions and energy use to water consumption; organizations seeking certification to the standard must implement environmental management programmes to control and improve these areas.
"Achieving this certification is a significant milestone in Accenture's environmental journey, and it's due in large part to the efforts of our people," says Adrian Lajtha, Accenture's chief leadership officer. "They bring our commitment to environmental stewardship to life every day through a host of initiatives in the communities where we live and work."
Accenture's environmental efforts include programmes to measure and manage aggregate environmental impact, and to engage employees in these efforts through training, local action teams and special events. Accenture plans to continue working towards ISO 14001 certification for additional parts of the business around the world.
"Accenture has embraced and implemented the principles of this Environmental Management System and we are confident that it will seek to continually improve its environmental programmes," says Rob Wallis, managing director of BSI EMEA. "Our work with Accenture in several regions of the world has enabled a truly international approach to supporting its business needs."
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