Our Executive Team identified sustainability as one of five key initiatives that align with our long-term strategy and appointed a member of BDO’s Executive Team to serve as our first-ever Managing Partner of Sustainability & ESG. An ESG Leadership Team comprising senior leaders across the firm is responsible for the direction, governance and advancement of our sustainability and ESG strategy and goals.
Sustainability and ESG Governance
Get the Right Valuation
Sustainability and
ESG Governance
Sustainability Code
of Ethics
ESG Center
of Excellence
Ethical Business
Practices
Our Sustainability Code helps uphold our standards. The Code, supported by detailed firm policies, is a reaffirmation of our core purpose and values, and underscores our commitment to uphold our professional integrity, do our part to better our planet and our society, foster a work environment that helps people thrive, and provide a safe space for people to speak up.
Sustainability Code of Ethics
Ensure Compliance
Our ESG Center of Excellence comprises a dedicated team of professionals with deep technical knowledge of sustainability and ESG. The Center drives both our internal firm strategy and provides strategic oversight of our client services and solutions, working to advance sustainability both within our own business practices and in the marketplace.
ESG Center of Excellence
Identify and Mitigate Risk
BDO is dedicated to upholding the highest standards of
ethics and compliance in accordance with both internal policies and external laws and regulations. All our employees and partners are expected to uphold BDO’s Core Values and conduct themselves to the highest degree of ethical, legal, and professional conduct.
Ethical Business Practices
Drive Value
Professional
Integrity
Quality
Management
We are dedicated to maintaining the quality of our professional services and to resisting competitive and other pressures to compromise our principles and standards. We are committed to complying with the independence and ethical requirements, where applicable, of the AICPA, SEC, PCAOB, IESBA, GAO, and DOL, as well as other independence and ethics standard-setters and BDO’s related internal processes and policies.
Professional Integrity
Inform Decisions with Data
To support our commitment to quality, our business lines have quality management controls, processes and standards in place, along with teams responsible for ensuring that the services we provide meet the rigorous expectations we have for ourselves, the requirements of professional standards – including the IAASB’s, AICPA’s and PCAOB’s quality management standards – and the excellent level of quality that our clients deserve.
Quality Management
Optimize Tax Strategies