Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) at Workiva
Our commitment to building a better future.
Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) goes far beyond Workiva's standards for financial and sustainability reporting. We are building a comprehensive approach focused on delivering business and social value driven by truth, trust, and transparency. We know the world is complex. Doing the right thing shouldn't be.
Environmental
How Workiva performs as a steward of the environment, including energy emissions, e-waste management, and climate change.
Social
How Workiva manages its relationships with employees, suppliers, customers, and the community—including employee relations, diversity, health and well-being, privacy and cybersecurity, and impact on communities.
Governance
How Workiva is governed, including ESG governance, risk management, executive compensation, board diversity, ethics and compliance, and audits.
Our Stakeholders
We value and account for all of our stakeholders in our journey towards building a better future.
Our Materiality Assessment
A materiality matrix is a visual tool used to demonstrate how the priority topics for Workiva map in terms of impact on our business and on society. Each topic listed below is considered important to Workiva and will be addressed in our ESG strategy.
Our Strategic Pillars
Our Value Chain
As a cloud-based platform provider, our value chain is simple. We have integrated our ESG efforts with our value chain by aligning the ESG priority topics from our materiality assessment with key business activities and identifying where our business practices can create value for our stakeholders and society, in alignment with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our ESG Targets
Workiva is committing to ESG through authentic and purposeful action. Learn how we're supporting our people and customers, protecting the environment, and conducting good business practices.
Innovation
Enable transparent reporting for more companies, customers, cities, governments, and other stakeholders by doubling our impact through focused education, awareness, and innovative leading-edge technology by 2025.
Environment
Things we love: Our planet. Science. Ambitious targets. We’re committed to reducing our Scope 1 and 2 emissions by 63%, accelerating Renewable Energy Certificate (REC) and carbon offsetting initiatives, reducing our Scope 3 emissions by 2034 and progressing towards carbon net zero across our value chain by 2040.
Philanthropy
Leverage our expertise, resources, and reach to narrow the digital divide by partnering with 10 community-based organizations that support historically marginalized communities, and engaging 70% of employees through giving and volunteerism by 2025.
People
Drive high workforce engagement and trust by maintaining a >90% employee engagement score, achieving 100% employee participation in diversity, equity, and inclusion training, and reaching 40% employee participation in our Business Employee Resource Groups by 2025.
Our ESG Data Center
Awards and Recognition
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