Making progress together

Value delivered

Welcome to BearingPoint’s Sustainability Report for 2023, which details the progress we made in building a more sustainable business – for our people, for society and for our planet – as well as the impact we delivered through our client work.

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Statement from our Sustainability Sponsor
It is a journey, and we are in charge

2023 was a year of growth for our sustainability endeavors. We have set the bar high for the years ahead and created an enduring positive impact by being “Sustainable by Design.”

Reflecting on our progress, I am highly impressed by the dedication and commitment of so many people in our firm. This fills me with pride, and I want to thank everyone who has dedicated their time and energy to the pursuit of sustainability.

Altogether, we are committed to further improving our practices and maintaining our momentum to ensure that we, as a company, seriously engage in creating a positive impact now and in the future. I am thrilled to be part of the progress we are making.

Axelle Paquer

Partner and member of the global Management Committee

Measuring progress

Meeting our sustainability goals

In the context of our Strategy 2025, we defined four ambitious sustainability goals to which we committed ourselves. Last year we made strong progress in all of these areas.

Sustainable Ways of Working

We streamlined processes and started introducing Sustainable Ways of Working in all projects beyond €500,000.
Female Acceleration ‘Leap’

We conducted a 360° diversity assessment and aligned our vision and strategy across our management and stakeholders.
Emission Zero

We launched a new environmental dashboard, submitted our targets to the SBTi and improved our data management. In April 2024, the SBTi validated and approved our firmwide CO2e targets.
B Corp certification

We embarked on validation in 2023, and became part of the B Corp community in 2024.

Measuring our performance

Key facts and figures

At BearingPoint, we are measuring our sustainability efforts in more detail than ever before as we progress toward our goals.

53 Emissions reduction per person compared to 2019

40 Increase in our SAP SFM and Emission Calculator revenue

4,500+ People trained through iCare Academy and Climate Fresk

89 Nationalities across BearingPoint

39 Females across the workforce

18 Females in senior leadership (Senior Manager and above)

8.6 "Feeling respected" scored highest in our people survey

230 Sustainability experts for quality services

1000 Consulting days on pro bono and other CSR activities

Major Player For ESG Program Management Services (IDC Marketscape)

A sustainability milestone achieved

In September 2024, BearingPoint successfully reached the goal of becoming a B Corp.

Partnerships for progress

All of us are responsible for building a better world for people and the planet, but working together is critical. Here are just a couple of the ways in which BearingPoint teams collaborated for greater sustainability with our clients and partners in 2023.

With BearingPoint’s support, we were able to implement a new reporting platform used for financial and ESG reporting within a very short timeframe. BearingPoint’s experience of similar projects was of great support in both project management and operational support.

Maria Hellstrom, Head of Group Finance at Aktia

Aktia simplifies financial and ESG data reporting with a cutting-edge cloud platform

Aktia aimed to enhance its financial and ESG reporting processes by automating the collection and dissemination of information about its yearly activities. With BearingPoint’s help, the wealth manager bank implemented Workiva, a cloud-based document and data collaboration tool, to streamline financial reporting and improve collaboration.
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The work helped us better understand our teams’ maturity level regarding sustainability challenges and identify our starting point. By tailoring the roadmap to our context and engaging our employees around this issue, we created the conditions for successful implementation.

Loïc Desplaces, Performance Management Director, EPIDE

EPIDE develops 2026 sustainability roadmap with BearingPoint’s ESG expertise and guidance

BearingPoint supported EPIDE, a government agency specializing in the social and professional integration of vulnerable young people, in conducting an ESG maturity assessment, developing a sustainability roadmap, and establishing the governance to meet its sustainability commitments. Using BearingPoint’s Sustainability 360° tool, four areas (governance, social, environmental, societal) and 145 indicators were analyzed. Assessing maturity was a prerequisite to creating a target definition and constructing its 2026 roadmap. 14 key actions were prioritized to ensure compliance with regulations and advance its maturity on key ESG impacts.
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The support and guidance from BearingPoint have helped Maxeda to develop its ESG Roadmap with clear objectives on GHG reductions. Together with BearingPoint we have developed key initiatives to achieve those objectives and implementation is done in a structured manner. Working with BearingPoint has proven to be successful and pleasant.

Maarten Ramp, Director Quality, Product Compliance & ESG at Maxeda DYI Group

An ESG roadmap for Maxeda

BearingPoint developed Maxeda’s decarbonization roadmap and identified key initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint. With these insights Maxeda has committed to the Science Based Targets initiative and, together with BearingPoint, has started to implement these initiatives.
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An exciting project implemented through innovative and trusting collaboration, marked by committed stakeholders and outstanding results.

Dirk Weber, Project lead UmweltNAVI

Exploring nature with a tap in an innovative app

The Ministry for Environment, Energy and Climate Protection of Lower Saxony introduces a new mobile app, bringing comprehensive environmental information directly to users’ devices. Citizens can now easily access data on topics such as flora and fauna, social impacts, climate change, and also contribute their own images and help shape a better future for the planet.
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As an aid and development organization, Plan International Norway is continuously exploring ways to become more efficient in how we deliver impact. In our pursuit to test Generative AI, we found expertise in our longstanding partner BearingPoint. Together we have made a successful MVP resulting in efficiency, new insights, and new ways of working for us at Plan International Norway.

Kari Helene Partapuoli, National Director at Plan International Norway

Plan International Norway makes reporting fast and easy with the power of Generative AI

Plan International Norway aimed to streamline its program reporting by shifting from laborious manual processes to cutting-edge technology. BearingPoint helped the NGO develop an innovative AI-powered application that enables significant automation combined with increased efficiency and better insight into its programs.
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I Care by BearingPoint participated in developing the methodology and creating the most relevant selection criteria by product typology, as well as in data collection and analysis. Together, we involved our marketing teams and suppliers to arrive at the first selection published in the 2024 catalogs. This was an important milestone towards sustainable construction, as it enabled us to enlighten our clients on more sustainable products and embark suppliers on improving the environmental and sanitary footprint of their products.

Alice Sorasio, CSR Director, Saint-Gobain Building Distribution France

SGBD France launches its selection of more sustainable products "AGIR”

SGBD France is Saint-Gobain Group’s building materials distribution subsidiary, including POINT.P, CEDEO, La Plateforme du Bâtiment and Dispano banners. With the AGIR product selection, SGBD France’s business units highlight products that meet the criteria for their environmental footprint and impact on user's and end-user's health, safety, and comfort.
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With BearingPoint’s support, we have further developed our Salesforce platform. We can now map our transformation support program for schools in Salesforce from the start of school acquisition to the finalization of program implementation. By standardizing these processes and automating individual steps, we can carry out our work in a data-driven and efficient manner. The improved data situation enables us to carry out more targeted analyses and forecasts.

Björn Lefers, Team Facilitation & Organizational Development and Network Coordinator for Lower Saxony

Process improvement with the nonprofit “Schule im Aufbruch”

BearingPoint supported Schule im Aufbruch (SiA) with defining and harmonizing its business processes, setting up effective KPIs and enhancing its Salesforce system. The team restructured workflows, created a unified terminology, and integrated effective KPIs for better tracking of funding and project planning. In a subsequent project, BearingPoint adapted Salesforce processes to manage SiA’s educational programs, including specific project phases and a member network. Customized reports were developed to monitor KPIs, improving SiA’s ability to track and evaluate project performance.
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Without BearingPoint, we would never have done it so quickly! Every appointment was well prepared, and we were guided through the processes in a structured manner. BearingPoint has helped us to question our processes again and again and also to understand them ourselves. The project was a lot of work, but it was always fun, and we always knew what the next step was and had the goal in mind.

Marianne Kraus, Project Coordinator at proTechnicale

Implementing Salesforce for higher efficiency and effectiveness at SOPHIA.T

The nonprofit SOPHIA T. with their program proTechnicale aims to increase the number of females in STEM education and professions. They identified the need to set-up a reliable customer relationship ecosystem. We helped identify the proper solution (Salesforce and their Nonprofit Success Pack), implement it for key processes and set up a governance to ensure its long-term maintenance.
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