Risk Advisory
BDO's Risk Advisory team proactively works with clients, from startups to Fortune-500 companies, to help manage risk through tested, real-world strategies and best practices.
Each company’s path toward sustainability is unique. BDO can help you incorporate ESG into your corporate strategy by aligning your business model with the issues and concerns of highest importance to your stakeholders. Building sustainability and resilience into your business doesn’t happen overnight. It’s a journey that cultivates the greatest benefits via a disciplined and pragmatic approach.
In addition to better responding to the demands of customers, investors, employees and other stakeholders, organizations that develop an ESG strategy and program frequently enjoy competitive advantage, preferential access to and reduced cost of capital and lower reputational risk. They also attract and retain superior talent, address greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reporting requirements and drive organizational resilience.
BDO works with you to build an ESG program that creates long-term, sustainable value for your organization and your stakeholders. We focus on setting achievable goals and milestones that advance your sustainability agenda at your own pace.
Design a company's sustainability strategy and program roadmap
Advance ESG reporting and disclosure readiness including reporting for climate-related risks
Support improvement of ESG ratings and sustainability storytelling
Prepare GHG inventory and devise science-based targets and net-zero strategies
Establish ESG and sustainability practices aligned with global standards and frameworks (including GHG Protocol, SASB, UNPRI, UNSDGs, GRI, CDP, TCFD)
Map processes and develop controls over ESG reporting subject to SOX (Sarbanes-Oxley Act)
Our dedicated ESG professionals meet you where you are to guide you along your journey. We’ll take you through our five-phased approach to develop a customized program that delivers lasting impact.
Conduct industry benchmark and gap analysis
Understand your vision and your stakeholders
Develop your strategy and plan
Develop process and metrics
Design ESG reporting
The proposed SEC Climate Disclosure Rule has made ESG reporting a priority for public companies and many private companies within their value chains. Not only would the rule require disclosure of GHG emissions in annual reports and registration statements, but it also requires certain businesses to obtain third-party assurance over their reporting.
You can trust BDO to listen and understand your needs as you prepare for compliance with the proposed disclosure requirements. We can help you establish and implement new systems and internal controls over ESG data as well as automate data capture, analysis and ongoing reporting.
A joint release from BDO’s ESG Center of Excellence and SEC Practice
At BDO, we can help demystify ESG and bring clarity to the complex, no matter where you are in your journey. Together, we’ll create a roadmap that gets you from where you are today to where you want to go.
Starting your ESG journey
Identifying your most important ESG factors
Developing your ESG strategic roadmap
Managing reliability of your ESG data
Navigating your ESG reporting and communications
Transforming your business to align with your ESG strategies
Every company has an opportunity and responsibility to address the significant environmental, social and governance (ESG) challenges we face as an interconnected, global society. Increased awareness of ESG is driving rapid change. To address emerging risk areas, companies are responding by developing ESG strategies and programs.
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This report highlights BDO’s commitment to sustainability and ESG and details the actions the firm is taking to continuously evolve its business to be more responsible and resilient.
As we work to advance sustainability across the firm, learn more about our goals, commitments and actions.
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To catch up on key trends in the nonprofit industry, read the latest issue of BDO's Nonprofit Standard newsletter.
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BDO’s 2023 Shareholder Meeting Agenda presents the most pressing issues for boards and management teams to consider ahead of this year’s annual shareholder meetings.
The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service released guidance on February 13, 2023, providing taxpayers with information and timelines on the program under Section 48C(e)(1) for the allocation of $10 billion of Section 48C credits under the recently passed Inflation Reduction Act.
With the energy transition already underway, businesses have a range of opportunities to help scale renewables and alternatives — and benefit a broad range of stakeholders.
The changes to credits and incentives create new opportunities for energy organizations to optimize the benefits they receive, but there are several considerations for companies taking advantage of these credits.
The regulatory landscape for financial institutions and financial services companies is ever evolving. Consumer behavior and expectations are primary catalysts for new or amended regulation.
As the economic downturn pressures fintechs, the industry can expect a continued flurry of headlines about fintech layoffs.
This article provides an introduction to renewable energy tax credits and highlights several key factors that buyers and sellers of these credits should consider.
The decision has meaningful implications for budget, time commitment, and confidence in your reporting.
To help guide planning, we’ve highlighted key topics under focus from regulators worldwide and what those developments could mean for business.
The Chips for America Actintends to address the chip shortage by offering about $52 billion in subsidies and incentives to expand domestic semiconductor production.
The pressure on U.S. companies importing goods from overseas to document that their supply chains are free from forced labor has never been greater or more critical.
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National Practice Leader – Risk Advisory Services
Director – ESG & Sustainability – Risk Advisory Services
BDO's Risk Advisory team proactively works with clients, from startups to Fortune-500 companies, to help manage risk through tested, real-world strategies and best practices.
BDO provides third-party assurance that enhances the credibility of your ESG information and instills confidence in your stakeholders.
At BDO, we work with you to set an ESG tax strategy that furthers your ESG and business objectives.
BDO's Community Resilience team both supports our clients’ investments in their communities and equips those they serve with the resources they need to thrive.