Deloitte 2023 Global Impact Report: a message from our Leadership

The global business environment has been incredibly dynamic over the past year. The pace of change and the increasing complexity we see in the world around us are relentless—and that momentum shows no signs of slowing down.

While the COVID-19 pandemic shaped the global outlook during the first few years of this decade, driving forces over the past year included unpredictability in the world economy and profound shifts in the geopolitical landscape. The need to adapt and respond to the rapid adoption of game-changing technologies like generative artificial intelligence (AI) has added further complexity. We have seen markets and supply chains disrupted, international relationships rewritten, and expectations about the globalized world economy upended. Amidst all this, also top of mind is the urgency to address climate change and social inequities. The reverberations from each of these forces can be felt around the world and across business, industry, and society.

While this dynamic environment has created challenges, it also continues to bring forth incredible human ingenuity, creativity, determination, and resilience—with the aim of advancing toward a better future. We have been energized by how organizations and individuals have innovated and adapted, and we are proud to work alongside them to help navigate some of the most complex challenges and breakthroughs of modern times.

Deloitte’s business success goes well beyond financial performance. It is also driven by our commitment to embedding our purpose, to make an impact that matters, in everything we do. We have a responsibility to create a positive impact with our clients, our people, and society. Our organization continues to thrive by focusing on the value we create across all dimensions—environmental, social, governance, and financial.

We also draw strength from our multidisciplinary model, which brings together the tremendous range of experiences and capabilities in our organization globally to address the near- and long-term forces reshaping business and society. Our multidisciplinary model enables us to bring our purpose to life and deliver significant impact for our stakeholders: Deloitte clients value the breadth of capabilities, our people value the diversity of experiences and career paths, the markets value the quality we deliver, and our communities value the impact we make on many big societal challenges.