Deloitte Accelerates Global ESG Reporting Efforts with Salesforce

GreenLight powered by Salesforce, a sustainability management solution developed by Deloitte Consulting LLP, is advancing how the organization meets its own sustainability goals 

Salesforce today announced that Deloitte has implemented GreenLight powered by Salesforce — a solution that combines Salesforce Net Zero Cloud with Deloitte’s proprietary technology — in more than 120 countries to help meet its sustainability goals. GreenLight powered by Salesforce, which is a part of GreenLight Solution by Deloitte, enables businesses to manage their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) performance and reporting by providing capabilities to support key requirements across the data collection and reporting lifecycle.

Why it matters: After making meaningful commitments as part of its WorldClimate ambition, Deloitte needed a more efficient sustainability management solution to help streamline reporting and track progress on its goals. According to a recent Deloitte and Touche LLP study, 99% of U.S. public companies are also beginning to prepare for upcoming sustainability disclosure requirements, but more than half of these executives cite data quality as a challenge. 

How it works: Net Zero Cloud and Deloitte accelerators — industry-specific extensions to the Salesforce platform — work together to increase efficiency across the Deloitte network and improve ESG performance and reporting. Net Zero Cloud helps collect data from disparate sources into a single view and reduces silos, and Deloitte’s accelerators help to speed up the implementation time frame, while bringing custom features, such as approval processes and automations, to the solution. 

Go deeper: Deloitte selected Salesforce based on its ability to meet the organization’s data collection, measurement, and reporting requirements, and its functionality as a single tool that could be used across more than 120 countries and territories. 

Deloitte Consulting LLP announced GreenLight powered by Salesforce last year as a holistic technology solution designed to help organizations move from sustainability ambition to action. With GreenLight powered by Salesforce, Deloitte has: 

• Automated several manual processes to bring financial-reporting-grade discipline to ESG reporting. 
• Enabled sustainability, social impact, procurement, and other teams to use the same technology for their reporting needs, reducing complexity and data silos. 
• Designed a year-end process to maintain an accurate and trackable greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint within the system, ensuring reliable data and allowing for future adjustments without compromising the integrity of the assured data sets. 
• Implemented field history tracking for key performance indicators (KPI) and established approval workflows to enhance data accuracy and validity. 
• Built and implemented a data system to track 35 societal impact KPIs, including donations categorized by source and type, program management costs, volunteering hours, value of time dedicated to volunteering, and number of individuals impacted by Deloitte’s societal impact programs. This reporting supports Deloitte’s worldwide commitment to invest more than U.S. $3 billion over 10 years in societal impact initiatives to help address systematic problems in communities around the world. 

This collaboration is an example of how together we’re driving innovation, transparency, and change for the planet.”

Suzanne DiBianca, EVP and Chief Impact Officer, Salesforce

Soundbites:

• “As organizations prioritize developing strategies to advance sustainability, having the right technology solutions to achieve their net-zero and sustainability goals is critical. By implementing advanced data systems and innovative reporting tools, businesses can successfully meet increasing regulatory requirements, discover new growth opportunities, and help pave the way for a sustainable and equitable future.” – Kwasi Mitchell, Deloitte Global Chief Sustainability Officer
• “Collaborating with Deloitte to implement GreenLight powered by Salesforce is a significant step forward to helping companies achieve their sustainability goals. With Net Zero Cloud, we’re providing businesses a powerful, unified platform to view and report on their ESG data. This collaboration is an example of how together we’re driving innovation, transparency, and change for the planet.” – Suzanne DiBianca, EVP and Chief Impact Officer, Salesforce

More information:  

• Learn more about GreenLight powered by Salesforce 
• Learn more about Net Zero Cloud 
• Dive into Salesforce’s sustainable AI research 
• Explore findings from Deloitte’s latest survey of over 2,100 global executives on sustainability issues
• Learn more about Deloitte Digital’s role in the Zero Copy Partner Network

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