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Accenture Development Partnerships

For 20 years, we’ve been bringing Accenture’s skills and experience to address social, economic and environmental issues, and transform the world.

Impact through innovation

Accenture Development Partnerships works with clients—including leading NGOs, private foundations, public donor agencies and the private sector—to create social impact and progress the Sustainable Development Goals. We deliver 360° Value to build a more inclusive and sustainable world.

For nearly two decades, we have completed more than 1,900 engagements in nearly 100 countries across critical areas such as global health and nutrition, gender, inclusion and diversity, livelihoods and education, inclusive finance, humanitarian and refugees, agriculture, energy, climate and environment. By tapping into the best of Accenture's ecosystem and alliance partners—global reach, extensive capabilities, cross-industry perspectives and a skilled workforce—we can provide end-to-end solutions.

Inclusive business

Accenture Development Partnerships collaborates with the private sector to drive sustainable impact at scale in support of their ESG and SDG ambitions.

Inclusive Growth

  • New business models to reach underserved customers and markets
  • Inclusive products and experiences
  • Social innovation and entrepreneurship

Inclusive Organization

  • Inclusive talent and skilling
  • Supplier and distributor development
  • Impact data and governance

Impact Ecosystem

  • Partnerships and alliances
  • Corporate responsibility
  • Impact venturing and investing

We’ve seen an explosion in content about the climate and biodiversity crises. As we move toward a more sustainable future, transformation across all sectors will require a green transition.

Across many countries there are now ambitious plans to create millions of ‘green jobs’—vast new workforces who will transition us to a net-zero world. But what does a more inclusive green transition look like? And what does it mean to the next generation? Listen to youth leaders from around the globe to hear their perspective to help us all design a more inclusive green transition.

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Insights and research

Perspectives on driving social impact to deliver 360° Value.

Accelerating impact in the decade to deliver

How international development organizations can amplify their role in progressing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

NGOs: M&A for innovation and impact

The speed and scale mergers and acquisitions (M&A) provide are crucial―allowing NGOs to create more holistic change. Read more.

Plastics policy playbook

We partnered with Ocean Conservancy to develop an in-depth playbook rooted in data and research for tackling the plastic pollution crisis.

Environmental sustainability in food supply chains

We collaborated with World Wildlife Fund to examine the impacts of global food production and propose mitigating solutions for key industry actors.

A 'one health' future: From assessment to action

Exploring the importance of an integrated approach to global health, bringing together the well-being of animals, humans and the environment.

The role of social determinants of health

Accenture’s Natasha Sunderji and Dea Biancarelli recognize the uneven impacts of COVID-19 and discuss the integration of the social determinants of health.

Bridging the digital divide

Developing an ultra-durable tablet prototype to meet the needs of health workers and improve the lives of millions in rural and low-income communities.

Amref Health Africa

Transforming primary care in Kenya with a new public-private partnership model. Learn more.

University of Notre Dame

See how we are empowering communities with sustainable energy.

Virtual ways of working playbook

How nonprofits can create a thriving digital culture.

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Impact areas

Applying Accenture’s global capabilities in Strategy, Consulting, Interactive and Technology, we leverage an expansive ecosystem to bring innovation to the following impact areas:

Agriculture

Solving the world’s greatest challenges around poverty, food security and livelihoods by improving the value chain to safe, nutritious and sufficient food.

Climate & Environment

Tackling climate and environmental challenges sustainably and equitably to transform the world we live in.

Energy

Unlocking access to affordable, reliable electricity, last mile usage of renewable technology and enabling an equitable energy transition.

Gender, Inclusion & Diversity

Working toward inclusion and empowerment of women, people with disabilities and communities left behind.

Global Health & Nutrition

Advancing sustainable, equitable health and nutrition systems globally.

Humanitarian & Refugees

Responding to critical human needs in emergencies and disasters internationally.

Inclusive Finance

Ensuring access to useful, affordable, responsible and sustainable financial products and services.

Livelihoods & Education

Promoting effective skills building, leading to employment and economic growth.

Capabilities

Accenture Development Partnerships offers a range of services centered around 4 key areas to provide complete solutions at scale.

Driving transformative change and impact.

Today more than ever, the push for localization and decolonization, the increasing number of global crises—from climate change to the COVID-19 pandemic—coupled with the war for talent and implications from the future of work has increased pressure on impact focused organizations to evolve.

Accenture Development Partnerships is uniquely positioned to support impact sector clients with executing change at speed and scale. Through our blend of deep commercial and development experience in talent and organization, supply chain and finance we help impact organizations build the capability, resilience and agility needed to most effectively serve the underserved.

Specific services

Talent and organization/human potential

We help clients accelerate change through reimagined organizations and diverse and inclusive workforces, including human-centered change management.

Supply chain

We imagine and transform supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society and the planet—from procurement to last mile distribution.

Finance

We support the transformation of finance to drive sustainable growth, while balancing stewardship to employees, communities and the environment.

Program and project management

We enable outcomes of strategic programs and projects through the support of key roles and must-have skills.

Helping clients create strategies to drive sustainable impact at scale.

Disruptive business models reliant on multi-sector collaboration are the new normal. As leading NGOs, private foundations, public donor agencies, governments and the private sector come together to bridge commerce and community, they are rethinking how to drive sustainable impact at scale with market-based approaches. Companies are approaching issues once deemed “philanthropic” as strategic to drive important environmental, social and governance agendas. Foundations want value for their money. And digital-savvy newcomers are weaving seamlessly into the fabric of the ‘impact ecosystem’.

We combine deep expertise in social and environmental impact, a vast network of impact-driven clients and partners, and expansive experience localizing solutions in frontier and emerging markets to help the C-suite of companies, NGOs, foundations, and governments drive sustainable impact by answering the most strategic questions around growth, market positioning, M&A, partnerships, and operating models.

Specific services

Growth

We are thought partners to the C-suite on their organizations’ transformational journeys to scale impact and realize the next version of themselves.

Mergers and acquisitions

We advise impact-focused organizations on M&A strategy, target due diligence and post-merger integration to help create impact with greater certainty.

Intelligent operating model

We advise on how to build and scale intelligent operating models to drive sustainable growth and maximize social and environmental impact.

Research and insights

We help leaders understand, navigate and articulate seismic shifts in trends across all of our impact areas.

Partnerships

We help define, facilitate, implement and evaluate partnerships that create market-driven, innovative solutions to sustainably drive impact.

Leveraging the power of innovation and design to drive transformational change.

When experiences are interconnected with a people-first mindset, we can maximize the impact of our actions. This happens by leveraging transformational change through interactive design, innovation and purpose-driven solutions.

From a single digital service to a full digital transformation, designing around people, services and the local environment will extend the reach of programs, increase efficiency, gain better insights, and accelerate innovation across the impact sector.

By reimagining ways to better serve an organization’s mission and employees, we help develop unique experiences that satisfy unmet human needs.

Specific services

Innovation

Transforming ways of working and creating positive behavior change through experimentation, helping to de-risk change and unlock human potential.

Human-centered design

Developing a set of methodologies to create better products and services to focus on what really matters—the people you’re trying to help.

Digital marketing

Evolving brand advocacy, fundraising and communications to enhance storytelling, attract and nurture relationships and drive organizational objectives.

Monitoring & Evaluation and applied intelligence

Building data, analytics and artificial intelligence capabilities to strengthen organizations and transform programmatic service offerings.

Driving transformational change through the power of technology.

Technology-driven change has proven to be a force for social and environmental progress, as it touches everything in our lives.

Global impact organizations want to get full value out of their technology investments in order to make mission goals a reality as they think how to be “fully global and fully local.”

Our deep impact sector and corporate expertise puts us in a unique position to help choose and deliver the right technology, addressing the most complex and critical challenges—whether it’s increasing predictability, getting the most value from technology platforms, leveraging data through applied intelligence, or embedding security throughout.

Specific services

Digital strategy

Assessing an organization’s digital culture, defining its digital vision and developing a roadmap to guide digital transformation.

Platforms

Designing and delivering technology innovations and applications to build rich, interactive experiences.

Security

Providing protection from security and identity vulnerabilities while building confidence in digital solutions.

Our leaders

F. Roger Ford

Managing Director, Global Co-Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Louise James

Managing Director, Global Co-Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Dan Baker

Managing Director, Growth Markets Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Lionel Bodin

Managing Director, Europe Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Natalie Co

Managing Director, North America Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Anastasia T. Marceau

Managing Director, Inclusive Business Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Kinkini Roychoudhary

Managing Director, Asia Pacific Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Natasha Sunderji

Managing Director, Global Health Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Mary Woodgate

Managing Director, United Kingdom & Ireland Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Alicia Eerenstein

Principal Director, North America West & Midwest Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Roman Lerman

Principal Director, Global Interactive & Technology Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Tomi Nummi

Principal Director, Nordics Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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Prat Panda

Principal Director – Inclusive Business, Accenture Development Partnerships
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Carlos Perafan

Principal Director, Latin America Lead – Accenture Development Partnerships
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