Corporate sustainability

Purpose

To help build the economic foundations of a fair and prosperous world by caring for the success of our people and clients, the health of financial markets and the integrity of our industry.

Mission

Providing confidence and taking responsibility to help build a fair and prosperous world.

Vision

We are the international, integrated Audit, Accounting, Tax and Advisory partner organisation transparently delivering trust to society with seamless and excellent quality.

Forvis Mazars For Good

In addition to ensuring the highest quality and ethical standards in the way we work, our fundamental mission is to promote transparency and increase the stability of companies as well as financial markets. We see it as our duty to help our customers in their sustainability transition. To do this we are building our sustainability strategy based on our purpose, mission and vision.

Our ForvisMazarsForGood strategy consist of five pillars: Integrity & Responsibility, People, Sustainability Services, Community Involvement, Climate & Environment. Each of these pillars is put to practice in its own way.

Integrity and responsibility

The core of our organisation is based on acting with integrity and taking responsibility. These are our most important principles as an accounting, tax and consulting organisation. Our Global Code of Conduct is the moral compass for our daily activities. The Code of Conduct clearly states who we are, what we expect from our people and how we expect them to deal with clients, stakeholders and their social role.

Our ‘license to operate’ is to deliver trust through leading quality. To do this, we continuously work on and focus on fostering an inclusive and feedback-oriented culture in line with our core values. The success of Forvis Mazars is based on the relationship of trust with our clients and stakeholders.

We take responsibility for our personal and professional behaviour. We care about the impact we have on society and strive to make a positive contribution.

We also want to contribute to a healthy financial market and provide services that contribute to the general interest. 

People 

The power and success of our organisation is determined by the development and well-being of our people. We are a learning organisation. Giving employees the opportunity to develop as professionals is one of our most important principles. Learning and development make it possible to sustainably prepare our organisation for the future.

Diversity and inclusion are an important part of this pillar. It is important for Forvis Mazars to see a good reflection of society within our company. Our inclusion and diversity policy goes beyond gender diversity alone. Diversity is one of our values and an important factor in the success of our organisation. The diversity of people who choose to work for us truly enriches our partnership. This is why we have chosen to actively steer on the most important pillar of our organisation: our people. Recruiting and retaining talent is one of the spearheads and our top priority.

To perform optimally, a good balance between body and mind is important. Personal wellbeing and vitality are still important organisational themes for Forvis Mazars. We are constantly looking for ideas to actively contribute to the well-being of our people. Less time is spent on traveling and there are more opportunities to work on a good ‘work-life-study balance’, of which working from home is also a big part.

Sustainability Services

Environmental  issues and new regulations result in an increasing demand for accountability for a company’s impact on the environment and society. With our services, we help clients implement sustainability indicators in their policies. But we also help them report to CSRD standard sans everything that comes with these reports, because this is new for many companies. In recent years, the number of employees at Forvis Mazars with a focus on sustainability has doubled.

Our innovation team provides support and structure to realise the innovations in the field of digitalisation, technology and AI. The use of AI and other new digital techniques offers companies the opportunity to focus on the more important things. For example ESG reporting and the collection of data for those reports, digital innovations can be of great help to our customers.

In order to find a solution to today’s challenges, it is necessary for people to work together, Not only within companies, but also by combining knowledge and experience from different companies. At Forvis Mazars, we understand the importance of sustainable partnerships. We try to realise this collaboration not only within companies, but also by combining knowledge from different organisations. This can relate to software, but also to environmental issues such as biodiversity. Through collaborations, we can accelerate the challenging sustainability transition that many organisations are now facing and ensure that we are all successful.

Community Involvement

We believe that an organisation’s performance cannot be measured solely by its financial and economic results. Our concern for the common good extends beyond the issues related to our profession and expertise. That is why we are involved and connected to the communities in which we operate. This involvement is reflected in the activities of the Forvis Mazars Foundation and beyond.

The vision of the Forvis Mazars Foundation is that we believe that both companies and society play an important role in the development of sustainable communities around us. That is why we encourage colleagues to make conscious choices and contribute to society. We have various initiatives of the Forvis Mazars Foundation that contribute to social involvement, examples are the Forvis Mazars Community Day and the Education Day.

From a social cohesion perspective, we are involved in the communities in which Forvis Mazars operates. Many employees fulfil a role as lecturer, give guest lectures, are board members or are otherwise active in the community.

Climate & Environment

In developing our services, Forvis Mazars strives to minimise the negative impact on the environment for our clients, but we also need to take action ourselves. Part of our sustainability strategy is dedicated to combating climate change.

Forvis Mazars Group joined the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi) in November 2022.This means that Forvis Mazars Group and its offices in all countries officially commit to a net zero trajectory, guided by climate science. For Forvis Mazars Netherlands, this means that we commit to a net zero trajectory. We take our role in limiting the negative impacts of climate change seriously.

In order to reduce our negative impact on the climate and drastically reduce our CO2 emissions, we focus on the largest emission factors. Sustainable suppliers, fully electric/hybrid lease fleet, less business travel and attention to circularity when purchasing products. In this way, we try to contribute as an organisation to a better world and future for all people.