About us
Grant Thornton wants to be a sustainable and impactful organisation. To remain relevant for clients, future employees and other stakeholders. But above all, from our deep conviction that sustainability and social impact are crucial for a future-proof company. Therefore, we are pursuing two tracks: our sustainable and impact services for our clients and our own future-fit business operations.
Making an impact through our services
Grant Thornton is a service organisation. The greatest impact we can make is by helping clients with their transformation towards a responsible economy and sustainable and inclusive business operations. We do this across all our disciplines: accountancy, tax advisory and advisory services. For sustainability advisory services, you will quickly arrive at Impact House by Grant Thornton. Impact House brings all expertise together under one roof: from strategists to researchers, from climate and biodiversity to social inclusion. We have over 20 years of experience working with companies, social organisations, investors and governments.
Future-proof business operations
The CSRD requires companies to be transparent about their efforts in the field of sustainability. Although the legislation has been postponed by a few years, we believe – also as an advisor and accountant in this domain – that it is our responsibility to take steps in this area.
Material topics and value creation model
We conducted an analysis on the sustainability topics Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). From this, our material sustainability themes have been established, including:
- CO₂ emissions and energy consumption
- Working conditions and work environment
- Diversity, equality and inclusion
In our 2024 annual report, you can read more about our sustainability approach and find our value creation model. This model shows which capital flows we deploy, such as people and systems, which results and social effects we achieve and how we contribute to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). In the 2025 annual report, we will revise this value creation model and bring it fully in line with the CSRD guidelines.
Read more about Grant Thornton and sustainability in our 2024 annual report (dutch only).
Setting goals and improving
Grant Thornton has committed to the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi). Based on our complete greenhouse gas inventory, we have established scientifically substantiated reduction targets for emissions in the short and medium term. The goals we have committed to are:
- Net-Zero: by 2050 we will achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across the entire value chain.
- Short term: we will reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 63.0% by 2035 compared to the base year 2024. We also commit to reducing absolute scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 37.5% within the same timeframe.
- Long term: we will reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 90.0% compared to the base year 2024. We also commit to reducing absolute scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions by 90.0%.