Sustainable Development Goals

The Sustainable Development Goals, launched by the UN in 2015, address the world's most pressing problems, such as hunger, inequality and climate change. The 17 goals explicitly call on the business community and other organisations to contribute. We are happy to do so.

The SDGs are both in line with our purpose to solve important problems as well as supportive of our ambition to become a purpose-led and values-driven organisation. We want to contribute to achieving the SDGs.

Four focus SDGs

The world around us is changing at an unprecedented rate and our organisation, too, is in transformation. That is why we regularly assess on which SDGs we can have the greatest impact. Our latest assessment shows that nine SDGs are relevant to our business operations and services. We can make the biggest difference to four of them, which are our focus SDGs:

SDG 5: Gender equality
SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
SDG 10: Reduced inequalities
SDG 13: Climate action

Ambitions, targets and impact measurement

We link the SDGs to our policies and activities. To minimise our negative impact and maximise our positive impact, we define ambitions and targets for our focus SDGs. In addition, we measure the positive and negative impact that our business operations and services have on achieving the SDGs and report on the outcomes in our annual report.

Read more about all six steps of our method of SDG impact measurement.

Ambition for 2030	Target 2024	Target 2022
Achieve gender balance and equal opportunities	Yearly target of 30/40% intake and 30/25% promotion of female directors and partners respectively.
Achieve sustainable growth within the boundaries of social and environmental systems	In 2024 we measure and report our contribution to the SDGs through our client work	Development framework to measure our contribution to the SDGs through our client work
Achieve an inclusive and diverse culture and equal opportunities irrespective of age, disability, cultural background, sexual orientation or other status	Yearly target of 12.5% intake and 12.5% promotion of non-western origin directors and partners.
Achieve a positive environmental impact across our value chain	A science-based emissions reduction from our operations of 40% by 2024 with 2019 as a baseline year	Maintain a minimum of 25% reduction of pre-COVID mobility

Helping clients, conducting research and sharing knowledge

We use our expertise in the field of sustainable development to help our clients contribute to a sustainable future. Achieving the SDGs is possible only if we work together and take responsibility for the bigger picture. That is why we conduct research and share our knowledge. We do this through, for example, partnerships and alliances.