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We are committed to achieving a low-carbon future.

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Innovating to address climate-related issues

With 710,000 people worldwide, our collective actions can have a large-scale impact on climate solutions.

By coming together, we can address the challenges of climate change, waste and biodiversity, striving to create positive outcomes for people and the planet.

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Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2022

Through a competition and accelerator program, our people design and develop market-ready solutions, gathering insights and feedback from leaders in the private sector, nonprofit and academic space.

In our second annual competition, with participation from more than 5,600 Accenture people, over 1,400 ideas were submitted across seven challenge themes.  

The winning teams will bring their ideas to life through our Social Innovators Accelerator. Watch the video to learn more about this year’s challenge.

Sustainability Innovation Challenge 2022

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Addressing critical environmental and social challenges

Each solution addresses one of seven innovation areas sponsored by a client and supported by our global network of innovation centers to maximize impact. The winning teams will bring their ideas to life through our Social Innovators Accelerator.

Future of climate resilient communities

Paris Innovation Centre

Future of energy

Houston Innovation Hub

Future of sustainable consumers

Seattle Innovation Hub

Future of food

Chicago Innovation Hub

Future of sustainable software

San Francisco Labs & Liquid Studio

Future of net-positive water

Advanced Technology Centers India

Future of climate action education

New York Innovation Hub

2022 Sustainability Innovation Challenge winners

Congratulations to the winning teams of each grand challenge!

Future of climate resilient communities

TIST: A tree planting program to mitigate climate risks and provide farmers with access to new revenue streams through voluntary carbon markets.

Future of energy

A new set of data-driven capabilities designed to assess high-value components of our clients’ value chains and accelerate their journey to more circular supply chains.

Future of sustainable consumers

Impact Now: A platform connecting the client’s existing digital ecosystem to incentivize sustainable activities and build planet-friendly habits.

Future of food

Next Frontiers Farming: The innovation collects data from farmers’ inputs providing transparency to consumers via blockchain and scanning technologies.

Future of sustainable software

Environment CO2T: End2End embedded intelligent CO2 calculator to be scaled across the client’s tools.    

Future of net-positive water

WOTER Exchange: A marketplace for water exchange to extend the life of water by trading recycled wastewater and reallocating unutilized water.

Future of climate action education

Ceru: A flexible learning platform providing educators with resources to monitor students’ eco-impact and inspire next-generation sustainable thinkers.

Challenge partners

We are grateful to the more than 80 cross-sector innovation partners from around the world who helped shape the challenge, judge ideas and provide mentorship to finalist teams.

Partners included leading clients, startups and NGOs. Thank you for collaborating with us on the journey to create a more environmentally sustainable future for all.

There is no expectation of financial support from innovation partners

Eco volunteering

Our people served as “citizen scientists” to support environmental research.

Using the online platform Zooniverse, they helped researchers track changes in the environment by classifying animal behaviors, such as counting penguins in Antarctica, identifying elusive wildlife species in the Serengeti and classifying Beluga whales in Canada.

Through the GLOBE Observer app, they tracked their observations on clouds and helped researchers interpret satellite data that is key to their environmental research.

Making climate-smart choices

During our “eco season,” from Earth Day through World Environment Day, Accenture people also engaged in a challenge to take daily eco actions to help reduce their own individual footprint.

For this challenge, we collaborated with Count Us In, which aims to mobilize one billion people to act sustainably over the next decade. Daily eco actions included shopping locally, reducing electricity consumption at home and committing to waste-free and meatless days.

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