Accenture PLC

##### C12.3f What processes do you have in place to ensure that all of your direct and indirect activities that influence policy are consistent with your overall climate change strategy?

**Our governance structures and processes drive consistency: Accenture has governance processes to drive a**
common approach to climate change and environmental strategies and programs across the organization, including
external engagement that might influence policy.

How our governance processes work: Accountability for sustainability outcomes at Accenture starts at the top with our
Board, which includes our CEO, and cascades through our business. Below that sits the Global Management Committee
(GMC), our most senior management group. These senior leaders, from multiple corporate functions and geographies,
engage regularly on these topics and are responsible for making final decisions on strategies, goals and policies
recommended by our management bodies.

Individual members of our GMC sponsor our corporate citizenship and environmental strategies. Among the GMC,
Accenture's Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead oversees the integration of sustainability
and responsibility for all stakeholders into our client services as well as our operations. The chief responsibility officer
works closely with clients and ecosystem partners to help transition industries to low-carbon energy; reduce the carbon
footprint of IT, cloud and software; design and deliver net-zero, circular supply chains; embed sustainable practices; and
reskill workforces.

**How those processes drive consistency of activities that might influence policy with our overall climate change**
**strategy: Our Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead is responsible for setting our**
environment and climate strategy, which envelops our net-zero goal and SBT. He directly oversees 1) Accenture's own
strategy with regard to climate and 2) how we deliver sustainability-related services to our clients; 3) how we embed
sustainability into our client work in a broader way; 4) how we engage externally with thought leadership and action e.g.,
SDG Ambition, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference.

It is because of this very explicit connection across our operations, client services, wider presence in terms of
perspectives and insights that all sit under our Chief Responsibility Officer, that we are able to maintain a coordinated
view across all our business concerns.

For example, our client-facing people may collaborate with third-party organizations to produce joint points of view or
thought leadership pieces. These insights are shaped by leaders who are connected to Accenture's own operational
programs on sustainability through our Environment team and other related teams, and can therefore a) shape research
insights knowing Accenture's own policy and operational stance on the environment, and b) share those insights, once
complete, within Accenture to continue to inform our own operational strategies in a virtuous circle.

This is also the case at the geographic level, where we have local client service teams, local (market unit) Environment
Leads and local (market unit) Corporate Citizenship teams, as well as Procurement teams and others. Collectively they
are tasked with rolling out global policy objectives and programs, including those focused on climate. For example, our
local teams have an essential role to play in increasing procurement of renewable electricity, to position Accenture to
meet its 100% renewable energy goal by 2023. But again these actions are governed by global targets and priorities.

#### Governance

Board-level oversight and competence

Responsibility for environmental, social and
governance (ESG) matters starts at the top,
with our Board actively overseeing our ESG
strategies and progress in meeting our ESGrelated commitments, and cascades throughout
the business. The Nominating, Governance
& Sustainability Committee (Committee) is
responsible for overseeing our overall ESG
performance, disclosure, strategies, goals
and objectives, and monitoring evolving ESG
risks. The Committee receives periodic reports
throughout the year from management on key
ESG matters, including the sustainability services
we provide to clients, our actions around being a
responsible company and citizen, our progress in
meeting our ESG-related commitments and our
integrated reporting, which demonstrates our
commitment to transparency and accountability
of our goals and progress.

The full Board receives an annual review of the
Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) program,
which includes the annual risk assessment
process and Accenture's approach to
sustainability. The Audit Committee receives
quarterly briefings on our ERM program. The
quarterly ERM briefing details our most critical set
of risks for review. This process means we could
escalate climate risks to the Board as frequently
as necessary if climate-related risks (which are
already formally included in the ERM process)
were within the most critical set of risks escalated
for review. The Audit Committee also oversees
our approach to the quality of ESG-related data
and controls.

Our directors, as a group, have diverse areas
of expertise and experience, which include
environmental and climate-related matters.

Executive management responsibility

Our Global Management Committee (GMC)
sponsors our responsible company strategies.
These senior leaders, spanning multiple corporate
functions, industries, services and geographies,
engage on these topics and are responsible for
implementing strategies, goals and policies.
Together, they make strategic recommendations
and decisions on our ESG initiatives, including
sponsorship of our non-financial goals.

Our ESG Executive Committee, made up of a
subset of the GMC, is accountable for approving
strategic global decisions aligned to Accenture's
corporate environmental sustainability
commitments. Our ESG Executive Committee
and Steering Committee (which is comprised
of leaders across Accenture) meet regularly to
monitor our sustainability performance, identify
improvement areas and elevate matters to the
Board as appropriate through the GMC.

Operationalizing our strategy

The execution of our environmental strategy
is managed by our Environment Operations
organization, which sits within Accenture's
Corporate Services & Sustainability functional
group. This organization consists of a global
team, as well as leads for each of our market
units with workstreams covering environmental
measurement, management and compliance
activities.

Accenture has governance processes to drive a common approach to climate change and environmental strategies across the organization, including external climate-relevant engagement that might influence policy. At Accenture, responsibility for ESG matters starts at the top, with our Board actively overseeing our ESG strategies and progress in meeting our ESG-related commitments, and cascades through the business. Our global management committee sponsors our responsible company strategies. These senior leaders, spanning multiple corporate functions, industries, services and geographies, engage on these topics and are responsible for implementing strategies, goals and policies. Together, they make strategic recommendations and decisions on our ESG initiatives, including sponsorship of our non-financial goals. Our ESG executive committee, made up of a subset of the global management committee, is accountable for approving strategic global decisions aligned with Accenture's corporate sustainability commitments.

Transparency and accountability are embedded into Accenture's public policy, political spending and lobbying actions. [...] The PAC is managed by the Office of Government Relations (Government Relations), headed by a Managing Director who is a member of our United States Leadership Team. Government Relations approves all PAC contributions. [...] All PAC activities (including solicitation of Accenture leaders and contributions to parties and candidates) are governed and overseen by its governing body, the PAC Committee, which includes senior leaders from across the company's U.S. business. [...] The Managing Director of Government Relations, General Counsel, Country Managing Directors, and Operating Group Chief Executives where appropriate, have oversight over political, lobbying, grassroots lobbying communications and compliance activities, working with the company's internal and external legal counsel as required. The Managing Director of Government Relations periodically updates the Nominating, Governance & Sustainability Committee of the Board of Directors on the company's political, lobbying and other grassroots advocacy activities and U.S. Political Action Committee, as well as the company policies that govern these activities.

For Accenture's Political Contributions and Lobbying Policy, please visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/companypolitical-contributions-policy. [...] Our governance structures and processes drive consistency: Accenture has governance processes to drive a common approach to climate change and environmental strategies and programs across the organization, including external engagement that might influence policy. How our governance processes work: Accountability for sustainability outcomes at Accenture starts at the top with our Board, which includes our CEO, and cascades through our business. Below that sits the Global Management Committee (GMC), our most senior management group. These senior leaders, from multiple corporate functions and geographies, engage regularly on these topics and are responsible for making final decisions on strategies, goals and policies recommended by our management bodies. Individual members of our GMC sponsor our corporate citizenship and environmental strategies. Among the GMC, Accenture's Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead oversees the integration of sustainability and responsibility for all stakeholders into our client services as well as our operations. The chief responsibility officer works closely with clients and ecosystem partners to help transition industries to low-carbon energy; reduce the carbon footprint of IT, cloud and software; design and deliver net-zero, circular supply chains; embed sustainable practices; and reskill workforces. How those processes drive consistency of activities that might influence policy with our overall climate change strategy: Our Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead is responsible for setting our environment and climate strategy, which envelops our net-zero goal and SBT. He directly oversees 1) Accenture's own strategy with regard to climate and 2) how we deliver sustainability-related services to our clients; 3) how we embed sustainability into our client work in a broader way; 4) how we engage externally with thought leadership and action e.g., SDG Ambition, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference. It is because of this very explicit connection across our operations, client services, wider presence in terms of perspectives and insights that all sit under our Chief Responsibility Officer, that we are able to maintain a coordinated view across all our business concerns. For example, our client-facing people may collaborate with third-party organizations to produce joint points of view or thought leadership pieces. These insights are shaped by leaders who are connected to Accenture's own operational programs on sustainability through our Environment team and other related teams, and can therefore a) shape research insights knowing Accenture's own policy and operational stance on the environment, and b) share those insights, once complete, within Accenture to continue to inform our own operational strategies in a virtuous circle. This is also the case at the geographic level, where we have local client service teams, local (market unit) Environment Leads and local (market unit) Corporate Citizenship teams, as well as Procurement teams and others. Collectively they are tasked with rolling out global policy objectives and programs, including those focused on climate. For example, our local teams have an essential role to play in increasing procurement of renewable electricity, to position Accenture to meet its 100% renewable energy goal by 2023. But again these actions are governed by global targets and priorities.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your engagement activities are consistent with your overall climate change strategy[…]Accenture has governance processes to drive a common approach to climate change and environmental strategies across the organization, including external climate-relevant engagement that might influence policy.

How our governance processes work: Accountability for sustainability outcomes at Accenture starts at the top with our Board, which includes our CEO, and cascades through our business. Below that sits the Global Management Committee (GMC), our most senior management group. These senior leaders engage regularly on these topics and are responsible for making final decisions on strategies, goals and policies recommended by our management bodies. Individual members of our GMC sponsor our corporate citizenship and environmental strategies. Among the GMC, Accenture's Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead oversees the integration of sustainability and responsibility for all stakeholders into our client services as well as our operations.

How those processes drive consistency of activities that might influence policy with our overall climate change strategy: Our Chief Responsibility Officer and Global Sustainability Services Lead is responsible for setting our environment and climate strategy, which envelops our net-zero goal and SBT, how we support our clients on sustainability outcomes, as well as how we engage externally with thought leadership and action e.g., SDG Ambition, and the United Nations Climate Change Conference. It is because of this very explicit connection across our operations, client services, wider presence in terms of perspectives and insights that all sit under our Chief Responsibility Officer, that we are able to maintain a coordinated view across all our business concerns.

More generally, transparency and accountability are embedded into Accenture's public policy, political spending and lobbying actions (www.accenture.com/us-en/about/governance/political-contributions-policy). All political, lobbying and civic activity by the company and its employees must comply with applicable law and Accenture's code of Business Ethics.

Describe the process(es) your organization has in place to ensure that your external engagement activities are consistent with your climate commitments and/or climate transition plan?[…]Accenture has governance processes to drive a common approach to climate change and environmental strategies across the organization, including external climate-relevant engagement that might influence policy.

Does your organization have a public commitment or position statement to conduct your engagement activities in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement?[…]Yes