A Message from Our CEO

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Every day, in every decision, colleagues at RRA are driven by our purpose: to improve the way the world is led.

We prepare leaders to face the future and stay ahead in a fast-moving world. We have a responsibility to live and breathe the advice we give our clients on how to lead with purpose and navigate the complex challenges that affect our society and our planet. This inaugural sustainability report is a meaningful step in our firm’s journey to do exactly that.

We’re building our sustainability program by taking bolder steps to embed sustainability principles into the way we work. Beyond engagement with our own colleagues, we recognize the critical importance of working together with our clients and community partners to achieve our shared goals of protecting the planet and supporting our communities.

In 2022, we made three significant commitments that place the priorities of our clients, colleagues, and communities at the heart of our culture. First, we added ”sustainable” as a core value for the firm, signaling its importance to guiding our everyday decisions.

We also pledged to protect the planet and support our clients’ climate transition goals by committing to set near-term and long-term carbon reduction targets aligned with the goals of the Paris Agreement: to achieve net zero emissions by 2050. At the writing of this report, we are awaiting review and validation of those goals by the Science-Based Targets initiative.

Finally, we adopted a new approach to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in our hiring, development, and promotion efforts. To promote equality in a local context, we’ve asked each of our office leaders to establish time-bound goals aligned with their local DE&I aspirations. Although their long-term targets are ambitious, we’re proud of local office leaders’ commitment to drive exceptional results in year one.

Much like the topic of leadership, sustainability is a journey without a fixed end; there’s always room to learn, improve, and grow. We‘ll continue to refine our roadmap as we go, but I’m confident that we’re moving forward in ways that will instill a new sense of pride in our colleagues and strengthen our relationships with clients who share our ambition to put sustainability at the core of their business and by doing so, to shape a better future for all.

I am proud to share our firm’s first sustainability report with our clients, colleagues, business partners, and the communities in which we live and work. We hope you will join us on the journey.

Sincerely yours,

Constantine Alexandrakis
Chief Executive Officer