Sustainable strategies fuel purpose and prosperity

Today’s markets are rocked by new structural forces: changing consumer attitudes toward responsible brands, organizational shifts to renewable energy and continual innovation in circular business models. Now is the time to act.

Organizations must be purposeful, defining ethical standards and operating across a responsible supply chain that minimizes the consequences of a complex global system. We'll help you integrate sustainability into your strategy, operating model, processes and technologies to answer a new competitive imperative: to drive sustainable value in the digital age.

The Circular Economy Handbook

The Circular Economy Handbook

Learn about circularity—a transformative model that creates competitiveness and sustainable prosperity.

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How businesses are rising to the challenge

Successful companies are creating sustainable value by focusing on three interdependent priorities: designing new business models around growth and customers, reducing costs and enhancing profitability, and building and maintaining trust.

Growth and customers

How can you drive growth through sustainability? By reinventing business models or creating new ones to build the trust and transparency consumers want.

Profitability

Sustainable approaches can help you develop a more agile operating model, eliminating nonworking spend and reallocating resources for growth.

Trust

Digital speed and transparency are driving a new agenda beyond compliance and risk, enabling responsible supply chains, ethics and societal impact.

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Looking forward

The circular economy could unlock $4.5 trillion of growth by 2030. Breaking with today’s "take, make, waste" business models creates a swift path to innovation, growth and competitiveness.

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Senior Managing Director – European Strategy Lead & Global Sustainability Lead

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Senior Managing Director – Strategy & Consulting, Supply Chain & Operations Global Lead

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News

4 ways CIOs can drive circular economy innovations

CIOs are well-positioned to take a leading role in creating new business value and bolstering competitive agility in the circular economy.

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Accenture offers solutions for creating a healthier, less wasteful business economy

Jessica Long discusses how companies can eliminate waste by fundamentally changing the way we produce, and consume!

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'Take, make, waste' model: How companies can reduce environmental impact

Leading organizations have begun to successfully adopt a circular mindset, however these efforts have generally focused on small-scale initiatives.

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Businesses are stepping up to address climate change

Should we employ cautious optimism regarding climate change?

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As part of its mission, Accenture is elevating the role of sustainability within our company and among our clients. Our Strategy team is a talented collection of thinkers and doers working to change the way the world works and lives.

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