Companies yet to realize significant emissions reductions across their supply chains despite opportunity for cost savings, finds Carbon Disclosure Project and Accenture
LONDON and NEW YORK; Feb. 1, 2012 – Despite improving their own carbon performance, multinational companies are not yet demonstrating significant emissions reductions in their supply chains, according to research published today by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) and Accenture (NYSE:ACN). The report on 49* CDP member companies, including L’Oréal, Philips and Walmart, and more than 1,800 of their suppliers revealed that while 43% of responding companies have achieved year-on-year emissions reductions, only 28% of suppliers have done so.
Cities Missing Smart Opportunity by Failure to Measure Hidden Value Opening up data and digital assets is critical to accelerating low carbon cities
Accenture Study Finds Growth in Customer Solar Power Installations Poses Significant Challenges for the Electric Grid
Sustainability Benefits Exceed Expectations for a Majority of Businesses, Accenture Survey Finds
LONDON: May 25, 2011 – The majority of businesses say that the benefits resulting from their sustainability initiatives have exceeded expectations, according to an international survey by Accenture (NYSE: ACN). But a hard core minority of businesses does not see sustainability as a critical or strategic investment.
Majority of Consumers Ready to Consider Buying Plug-in Electric Vehicles, But Challenge Utilities with their Car Charging Demands, Accenture Study Finds
Europe Has The Potential to Create 15 Million Additional Jobs and Increase GDP by 8 Percent by 2020 According to a New Study by Government of the Future Center
Majority of Consumers Would Buy Electricity, Energy-Efficiency Products and Related Services From Companies Other Than Energy Suppliers, Accenture Study Finds
Electric Vehicle Rollouts Challenged by Cost of Charging Infrastructure and Grid Management, Accenture Report Finds
Banking Sector Will Be Pivotal to Financing Europe’s €2.9 trillion Low Carbon Transition, Finds Accenture and Barclays Report
Economies Can Significantly Raise Growth Rates and Create More Jobs By Tapping Into Four New Waves of Growth Identified by Accenture
DAVOS, Switzerland; Jan. 26, 2011 – Even as many economies continue to struggle with job losses, high levels of public and household debt and growing competition from newly powerful emerging markets, a study by Accenture (NYSE:ACN) has identified four major waves of growth which, if carefully leveraged, have the potential to create significant growth in GDP and jobs over the next decade.