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Accenture plc is an American professional services company nominally based in Dublin for tax benefits, specializing in information technology services and consulting. It has been a very acquisitive company, completing more than 275 acquisitions [ 1 ] since it split off from Arthur Andersen .
Accenture began as the business and technology consulting division of accounting firm Arthur Andersen in the early 1950s. [4] The division conducted a feasibility study for General Electric to install a computer at Appliance Park in Louisville, Kentucky, which led to GE's installation of a UNIVAC I computer and printer, believed to be the first commercial use of a computer in the United States.
GRI released an "exposure draft" version of the Sustainability Reporting Guidelines in 1999, [14] and the first full version in June 2000. Work immediately began on a second version which was released at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in Johannesburg in August 2002—where the organization and the guidelines were also referred to ...
Accenture and Siemens Form Joint Venture to Unlock Full Benefits of Smart Grids to Improve Energy Efficiency, Grid Operations and Reliability Newly formed Omnetric Group will bring together the ...
The Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) launched in 1999, are a family of indices evaluating the sustainability performance of thousands of companies trading publicly, operated under a strategic partnership between S&P Dow Jones Indices and RobecoSAM (Sustainable Asset Management) [1] of the S&P Dow Jones Indices. They are the longest ...
In 2008, COSA published a report titled "Seeking Sustainability: COSA Preliminary Analysis of Sustainability Initiatives in the Coffee Sector". [12] The report summarized the findings of the pilot application of the COSA tool to collect and analyze data to facilitate understanding of environmental, social, and economic outcomes associated with ...
Schematic overview on the central role of the Earth heat inventory and its linkages. [3]6 February: U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres said "I have a special message for fossil fuel producers and their enablers scrambling to expand production and raking in monster profits: If you cannot set a credible course for net-zero, with 2025 and 2030 targets covering all your operations, you ...
The Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive 2024 (2024/1760) is a directive in European Union (EU) law to require due diligence for companies to prevent adverse human rights and environmental impacts in the company's own operations and across their value chains. [1] It was adopted in 2024. [5]