The report highlights Accenture's efforts in fiscal 2017 to advance its commitment to ethical leadership, compliance practices and corporate citizenship across its global operations. The report features a detailed summary of the company's efforts in closing the global employment gap through its Skills to Succeed initiative, as well as its global work in promoting gender equality and advancing diversity in the workplace, including its initiatives to advance the inclusion of persons with disabilities and those who are underrepresented in the workforce due to ethnic background or sexual orientation. Accenture also details its commitment to enhancing the impact of its operations by reducing its environmental footprint, using the power of new technologies such as artificial intelligence, blockchain and extended reality, and advancing a more inclusive, ethical and sustainable supply chain, including its commitment to supporting human rights and fair labor practices, reducing its carbon emissions, and promoting gender equality and diversity in its supplier chain.
