SUSTAINABILITY
She says sustainability at Intuit is constantly retooled to match business goals and the wider mission. Sustainability is positioned as a business capability that can reduce risk, support resilience and strengthen trust with customers, employees and investors.
Influencing a lean team Like many sustainability leaders, Debbie works with a lean team and relies heavily on cross-functional influence. She says the team’ s“ superpower” is evangelising the sustainability strategy across the business. That means working closely with colleagues in workplace operations, procurement and other functions that control major emissions and resource decisions. The method is collaborative – sustainability staff align their goals with each team’ s priorities so that climate initiatives are seen as business-enabling, not burdensome. One clear example is Intuit’ s facilities work. By partnering with the workplace team, the company has powered its facilities and operations with 100 % renewable electricity, which also delivers cost savings.
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small businesses have completed the Supplier Climate Action Accelerator
Debbie says the business case matters because it helps sustainability ideas land with operational teams. It also gives Intuit a stronger story to share with stakeholders about how it is reducing emissions while supporting its own financial performance.
The Supplier Climate Action Accelerator A major part of Intuit’ s strategy is the Supplier Climate Action Accelerator, a programme designed to help small and mid-sized business suppliers measure and reduce emissions. It was created because many of those businesses have limited time, money and specialist sustainability expertise. Intuit, which serves small and mid-market businesses through its products, also wants these businesses in its supply chain. The accelerator provides education, funding, software and third-party expertise so suppliers can calculate greenhouse gas emissions and set science-based targets. The programme is free to suppliers and especially valuable because many small businesses are focused on day-to-day survival. The accelerator helps them build sustainability credentials they can use with other customers too. The accelerator is already producing results. Intuit says it has supported 40 small businesses end-to-end through the programme, with more moving through the pipeline. Suppliers have used the accelerator to strengthen brand awareness and improve responses to requests for proposals – making the programme both a climate intervention and a competitiveness tool.
126 July 2026