Measuring our footprint
In 2024, Baker Tilly established baseline GHG emission metrics and assessed climate risk in an effort to drive future sustainability efforts forward.
In full transparency, collecting data is not easy when you’re just starting out. That said, our dedicated team members dug deep (often manually) across our organization to find the information needed to establish baseline metrics. As we reflect on our progress from 2024, we look to our next steps: analyze those metrics, improve our ongoing collection methods and report on many of these metrics in 2025.
Assessing our climate risk
Taking action in accordance with the California Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act, we conducted our first climate risk assessment using the TCFD framework. This assessment focused on the framework’s strategy pillar with the goal of evaluating both physical and transition risks to our business associated with climate change, from extreme weather risk at our diverse geographical locations to evolving regulatory compliance obligations. We examined risks across three distinct time horizons — short term (zero to five years), medium term (six to 10 years) and long term (more than 10 years) — in alignment with our enterprise risk management (ERM) methodology. Results of our climate risk assessment will be published alongside our TCFD-based report by January 2026.
Estimating our greenhouse gas emissions
A huge milestone in 2024 was establishing an estimate baseline for our Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, from which to monitor our performance, identify trends and assess potential focus areas for reduction.
Our methodology involved defining clear organizational and operational boundaries, ensuring accurate and comprehensive data collection, and implementing robust data governance procedures aligned with the GHG protocol. To maintain a consistent and repeatable approach, we established a data entry process (how we record our data) and an inventory management plan (how we calculate our data), which were approved by our senior leadership team.
We are finalizing Scope 1 and 2 estimates of our GHG emissions and plan to begin Scope 3 work at the end of 2025. Our total GHG emission report will be published by January 2026.
Hitting sustainability from all angles
We couldn’t do this alone. So many advances in our environmental sustainability efforts happened because of collaborations with reputable organizations, suppliers and other partners. Let’s take a look at a few of our accomplishments in 2024.
8.6M
The total pieces of paper we saved, in addition to energy, by replacing our office printers with newer, more-efficient models. That equates to 1,034 trees planted in the Trees for the Future reforestation efforts through Flex Technology Group/Flo-Tech.
283
The number of trees planted through the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of our team members who participated in Earth Day activities and joined our Environmental Sustainability team member network.
78%
The percentage of our internal and external events where we put specific sustainable practices in place, including venue selection, food and beverage, transportation, decoration and supplies, and giveaways and handouts.
60%
The percentage of used information technology assets (laptops, monitors, etc.) that were reused. The rest was recycled, all through our partnership with HOBI International Inc. Those efforts helped avoid 5.94 metric tons of CO2 emissions and divert 30,200 kg of waste from landfills.
11
The number of new ESG-certified items added to our Baker Tilly merchandise store this year.
2
The number of group purchasing organizations (GPOs) we aligned with to reduce supplier fragmentation, allowing us to implement systematic controls to streamline orders and deliveries. We decreased the number of delivery trips to our offices.