Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) at Workiva
Our commitment to building a better future.
Environment, Social, and Governance (ESG) goes far beyond Workiva's standards for financial and sustainability reporting. We are building a comprehensive approach focused on delivering business and social value driven by truth, trust, and transparency. We know the world is complex. Doing the right thing shouldn't be.
Environmental
How Workiva performs as a steward of the environment including, energy emissions, waste management, resource depletion and climate change.
Social
How Workiva manages its relationships with employees, suppliers, customers and the community—including employee relations, diversity, health and well-being, privacy and cybersecurity, and impact on communities.
Governance
How Workiva is governed, including executive compensation, board diversity, ethics and compliance, and structure audits.
Workiva is committing to ESG through authentic and purposeful action—supporting our people and customers, protecting the environment, and conducting good business practices.
Our Materiality Assessment
A materiality matrix is a visual tool used to demonstrate how the priority topics for Workiva map in terms to the business and importance to society. Each topic listed below is considered important to Workiva and will be addressed in our ESG strategy.
Our Strategic Pillars
Our Value Chain
As a cloud-based platform provider, our value chain is simple. It demonstrates the priority issues we identified in our materiality assessment, and where our business practices create value impact to our stakeholders and society in alignment with the UN Sustainability Development Goals.
Workiva is on the cutting edge of ensuring data is driving good decisions for companies as they work towards creating a stronger company, and ultimately, a better world.
Marty Vanderploeg, CEO and President
At Workiva, we always strive to be a part of the solution for creating a better tomorrow. We were honored to be the first SaaS company to join the UN Global Compact CFO Task Force where we work alongside and support global CFOs to achieve greater transparency and accountability in their non-financial reporting, like ESG. With transparent data, companies who are prioritizing ESG initiatives will be able to use their efforts as a differentiator when presenting their performance to company stakeholders.
Jill Klindt, CFO and Chair of Workiva ESG Task Force
It was an easy decision to join Workiva when I saw how passionate everyone is about empathizing with our customers and their needs. My coworkers have made it easy to stay because of our environment of lifting each other up, where you can ask questions without feeling intimidated or looked down on. You have plenty of growth opportunities, whether your focus is mostly coding or if you’re involved in employee resource groups.
Software Engineer
Awards and Recognition
Our ESG Data Center
More ways to discover sustainability at Workiva.
Blog
It’s Proxy Season, and All Eyes Are on ESG Reporting
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters are getting more face time at annual shareholder meetings. As proxy season rolls on, Workiva CEO Marty Vanderploeg, Senior Director of ESG Mandi McReynolds, and Financial Services Industry Principal Arthy Kumar riff on their perspectives. Watch the video.