Avanade is a global business with operations and activities across many countries. Established in 2000, Avanade is a joint venture between Accenture and Microsoft, and is a majority owned subsidiary of Accenture. Avanade’s environmental commitments and targets are set at a global level, both within Avanade and our parent organisation Accenture, with strategies and direction propagated down to the local market unit (MU) level. Environmental reporting for Avanade UK is completed by Accenture UK (and all Accenture UK subsidiaries) and then aggregated, and internally and externally verified to provide the global dataset.