Doing the right thing
Intro from Ian Powell
Hello and welcome to PwCs 2009 Annual Report. I hope you enjoy reading the information on this site which reflects our vision to be One Firm, a powerhouse of a commercial enterprise that does the right thing for our clients, our people and our communities.
In our Annual Report we've sought to give an insight into the vision and values of our firm, our performance for the financial year ending 30 June 2009, and showcases just a few great examples of the work that we've done with our clients this year.
I hope you find our Annual Report informative, interesting and useful in gaining a deeper understanding of our firm.
Thank you
July 2008
Ian Powell elected UK Chairman and Senior Partner
PwC’s 10th anniversary was marked by Ian Powell taking over from Kieran Poynter as UK Chairman and establishing our vision to become the iconic professional services firm. Ian was previously head of Advisory and has been a partner in the UK firm for 18 years.
August 2008
UNHCR campaign for Darfur refugees
Employees across the PwC network, their friends and their families, gave a record £2m to the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) to help build and operate schools for 20,000 refugee children who have fled Darfur into eastern Chad.
September 2008
Annual Volunteering Excellence Awards
£35,000 was awarded to ten charities and voluntary organisations, recognising their work and the extraordinary commitment of the firm’s employees to volunteering with them. The funds are the latest in an 11-year programme which has so far seen £311,000 distributed via PwC volunteers.
October 2008
Launch of Disability
Our Disability Network – one of 11 networks within the firm – was founded to raise awareness within PwC of the issues of living and working with disability. Diversity and inclusion are key to our strategy for competing in the current and future marketplace.
November 2008
Women of the Future Awards
PwC was highly commended in the corporate award category at the annual Women of the Future Awards in London. The awards bring together the rising stars of business, professional and public life and recognise the organisations doing the most to support and nurture them.
December 2008
St Martin-in-the-Fields Christmas Appeal
Over 30 secretaries from across the firm joined Chairman Ian Powell to staff the phones in support of the BBC Radio 4 Christmas Appeal. The Appeal, which raised over £730,000 in 2008, is broadcast every year to raise funds for homeless and vulnerable people in central London.
January 2009
PwC Pantomime
200 of our people volunteered their time throughout the year to bring Sleeping Beauty to the stage. Over 9,000 people saw the seven performances, including approximately 4,700 pupils from London schools and charities through a free ticket scheme funded by the firm.
February 2009
Launch of School Governors’ Network
Education is one of the key focus areas of the firm’s community affairs programme. At least 210 of our people volunteer as school governors, taking steps to help improve and maintain educational standards in their community. In recognition of this work, the firm launched the PwC School Governors’ Network.
March 2009
Institute of Travel Management Awards
PwC and Hogg Robinson Group won the Corporate Team category in the ICARUS Environmental Supplier Awards 2008/9. Project ICARUS was founded in 2006 by the Institute of Travel Management to answer a need from within the travel and meetings industry to reduce its carbon footprint.
April 2009
Opportunity Now Awards
The Opportunity Now Awards recognise employers committed to creating an inclusive workplace for women. PwC won the Advancing Women in Business Award for our Women’s Leadership programme, which supports women in the firm through to partnership, and the first Global Award, which recognises an outstanding diversity programme extending across at least three countries.
May 2009
Auditor of the Year
PwC was voted Auditor of The Year at the Real FD/CBI FDs’ Excellence Awards. Votes were received from over 500 Finance Directors who evaluated the auditors, banks, technology providers and law firms that support the UK’s companies.
June 2009
World Environment Day
As part of a week-long volunteering event involving 328 people from our London offices, 49 employees each spent a day during the week painting, weatherproofing bird features and weeding waterways at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust in Barnes, south London.
July 2009
Dennis Nally appointed Chairman of PwC International Ltd
Dennis replaced outgoing Chairman Samuel DiPiazza, who retired after a 35-year career with the firm. Dennis was head of PwC’s US firm from 2002 and is a member of the global PwC Network Leadership Team.