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Through our PwC in the Community programme we recognise our broader responsibilities within society. Our programme enables us to contribute our time, skills and resources while also offering opportunities to everyone involved to gain new skills and personal fulfilment. The success of our programme also helps us to strengthen our business relationships and underpins our vision of doing the right thing for our clients, our people and our communities.
PwC has had a commitment to supporting the community for over 15 years. And perhaps more than any other area of our sustainability efforts, a fundamental part of this commitment is involving our staff. During FY09, 4,600 of our staff across the country donated 41,300 working hours to a wide range of national and regional activities which focussed on education, employability and the environment. In FY09, our total community contribution – including cash, time and in-kind support – amounted to £7.9m.
As a professional services business, the development of our staff and their ability to give sound business advice to clients are fundamental to the success of the firm. Involvement of our people in community projects enables them to:
Some of the employee volunteering programmes in which our staff are involved include:
We deliver a variety of programmes from our offices around the UK and across all our projects, our aim is to be fully integrated with our communities. A good example is our programme in Southwark, south London, where our wide-ranging efforts stretch back to the early 1990s. More details on our programme in Southwark can be read in our PwC in Southwark case study.
Whilst much of the firm's community effort is channelled through our community partners, we also recognise the commitment our staff give to supporting charities in their own time and more details can be found in our policy.
In 2008, PwC was one of the first businesses to be awarded the CommunityMark, the national accreditation, developed by Business in the Community, to recognise businesses that are deemed the best investors in their communities. To achieve the accreditation, the firm underwent an in-depth independent assessment of how the firm invests in and works with their local communities, including scrutiny by our employees and community partners. The feedback from our community partners was very high, representing the best in the class for large companies across many areas.
The accreditation is valid for three years and to sustain and build on our community impact and to attain this recognition we have set ourselves objectives which include:
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