Mhairi Poole Head of Sustainability

Mhairi works as Head of Sustainability, leading our Corporate Sustainability team to execute the strategy relating to our environmental and community aspects, as well as more general sustainability ratings and reporting.

Experience

Mhairi has been our Head of Sustainability since 2023. Prior to that, she held senior positions in Operations and HR at Forvis Mazars.

As a knowledge-based firm, we see education as a powerful enabler of community empowerment. Mhairi and her team work with charities to ensure our team members can direct their skills and expertise to improve social and economic conditions in our local communities, helping to create transformative opportunities for the next generation.

We are also taking robust actions to reduce our environmental impacts. Having set clear, science-based emissions targets to drive the transition to net zero, Mhairi is responsible for continuing to develop a range of initiatives to reduce our emissions and manage our resources in line with a more circular economy.

Mhairi's varied experience means that she is very knowledgeable and well-connected, further helping to ensure that our sustainability strategy is embedded across the firm.

Mhairi also works with other Forvis Mazars member firms to drive forward our global sustainability ambitions.

Work highlights

In recent years, Forvis Mazars has had its emissions targets validated by the Science Based Targets initiative. We have also achieved their goal of sending net-zero waste to landfill across their UK offices and obtained ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certification.

Mhairi is particularly proud of her collaboration with IntoUniversity, a charity that supports young people across the UK facing personal or systemic barriers to education and employment. This partnership has involved volunteering, mentoring, and fundraising efforts.

Additionally, Mhairi continues to help the firm publish our sustainability report annually, highlighting our progress and outlining future priorities. Our most recent sustainability ratings reflect our growth, having been awarded Silver from EcoVadis and a B from CDP.