Rich Goode

Rich is a partner and on the leadership team of our ESG Services practice, serving clients across sectors. He brings more than 20 years of industry and more than a dozen years of professional services experience supporting companies in creating ESG strategies, identifying and leveraging opportunities and mitigating ESG-related risk. Rich has extensive experience with ESG strategy development, greenhouse gas emissions, regulatory compliance, sustainable supply chain, climate-related risk and regulatory compliance, including CSRD, ISSB and the US SEC climate rule.​ Prior to joining PwC, Rich was a chief sustainability officer for a large, Fortune 500 technology equipment manufacturer. His industry experience also includes experience as portfolio manager of a large business unit with P&L responsibility for a $500M/year division. ​

Rich has supported some of the world’s largest companies with developing ESG strategies, evaluating climate-related risk, and navigating complex, multi-national reporting requirements. He leads engagements on sustainability reporting covering a range of sustainability topics and metrics, with an emphasis on helping clients develop processes and controls to produce investment grade sustainability/ESG disclosures​. Rich has assisted numerous firms with calculating and developing science-based and other GHG reduction targets and help prepare the underlying data for transparent reporting​. He was a technical contributor to the TCFD framework and helps shape PwC’s position on climate regulation and GHG emissions reporting​. Rich is also an adjunct lecturer at Harvard University, teaching classes on GHG emissions, ESG reporting and climate change; he is the founder of the Boston Area Sustainability Group and speaks and writes frequently on sustainability issues.