Socially responsible and sustainable practices are at the heart of our business and are grounded in our enterprise values. Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) principles inform and direct our programs and policies across our operations and around the globe.
Engaging stakeholders
Upholding our values-led business approach requires us to actively listen and respond to our employees, candidates, customers, suppliers, shareholders, industry associations, and many others. We engage with and gather feedback through formal surveys and regular communications. This helps us to deliver the programs and services that meet the needs of our stakeholders.
United Nations Global Compact
Robert Half supports the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact, specifically in the areas of human rights, fair labor practices, and anti-corruption, and makes these principles a part of the strategy, culture, and day-to-day operations of our company.
United Nations Global Compact
Women’s Empowerment Principles
We are signatories to the Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs), a joint initiative of the UNGC and the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women.
Women’s Empowerment Principles (WEPs)
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals
In our support of the U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) Robert Half takes measures to align our ESG strategy and programs with many of the SDGs, including gender equality, climate action, zero hunger, and more.
U.N. Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
Materiality assessment
Our materiality approach utilizes findings from our inaugural formal materiality assessment, conducted in 2022, and focuses on topics that are most likely to impact Robert Half’s success and those of the greatest importance to our stakeholders.
Topics related to human capital management, including diversity, equity and inclusion, data protection, and ethics emerged as top priorities and are considered critical to our approach to business integrity and innovation.
Learn more about our material topics by reading our 2022 ESG Materiality Assessment summary.
2022 ESG Materiality Assessment summary
Accountability
Our ESG team develops and deploys our ESG program, with guidance and oversight from senior leadership and the board of directors.
Reporting to the chief ESG and DEI officer, the team is responsible for the day-to-day assessment, management and monitoring of our risks and opportunities, with the goal of driving long-term growth and value creation for our stakeholders.
The chief ESG and DEI officer reports directly to our CEO who, along with other members of our senior leadership team, reviews and advises on the execution of the ESG program.
Our approach to reporting
We have adopted an annual publishing schedule to deliver regular updates about our progress in addressing the ESG topics that are most important to Robert Half and our stakeholders.
In addition to seeking alignment with the United Nations initiatives described above, we also currently use these global standards to inform our annual reporting disclosures:
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) StandardsGlobal Reporting Initiative (GRI) StandardsTaskforce on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) Climate Change
Leading with Integrity report
Learn more about our accomplishments, partnerships, and goals in our annual report.
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