PwC

PwC Australia helps organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. We are a member firm of the PwC network, made up of 161,718 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory, tax & legal and private clients services.

PwC is one of Australia’s leading professional services firms, bringing the power of our global network of firms to help Australian businesses, not-for-profit organisations and governments assess their performance and improve the way they work. Having grown from a one-man Melbourne accountancy practice in 1874 to the worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in 1998, PwC Australia now employs more than 6,000 people.

Our vision

To realise and discover the potential of…

PwC people from every part of our business worked together to define what inspires us, what’s important to us, and what reflects our people and culture. We’re inspired by potential – for individuals, teams, clients, communities, everyone – captured in our vision “to realise and discover the potential of…” Realising is about fulfilling existing potential. Discovering is about finding new potential in new stuff, bold ideas, exploration and pushing ourselves beyond where we have been before.

While our vision invites us to consider who we can be, our firm values reflect who we are, and they should be evident in everything we do.

More information about our values can be found on our website

Annual Report

http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/annual-review/index.htm

Media

http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/corporate-responsibility/publications/index.htm

Luke Sayers is the CEO of PwC Australia and Vice Chairman for East Cluster, PwC’s Asia-Pacific network of firms. Under Luke’s leadership PwC Australia is focused on delivering value to clients, lending expertise to help address important national issues, and contributing to communities around Australia.

Luke joined the firm in 1991, initially working with clients in the Information Communications industry. Luke has been a Global Relationship Partner for some of the firm’s most important clients and lived in Washington DC for five years before returning to Australia in 2001. Luke has been a member of the Australian leadership team since 2004, and was the Tax and Legal business leader for four years. He was the Markets leader from 2008, and appointed National Managing Partner in 2010. He commenced as CEO in April, 2012.

In addition, Luke has a long term commitment to community organisations and external Boards. He is currently on the Board of Special Olympics Australia, the Global Foundation, the Carlton Football Club and the Australian Business Charities Network (ABCN).

More information about PwC’s Executive board can be found here

Our People

Our people are energetic and inspirational and come from a diverse range of academic backgrounds, including arts, business, accounting, tax, economics, engineering, finance, health and law. From improving the structure of the Australian health system, to performing due diligence on some of Australia’s largest deals, and working side-by-side with entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals, our teams bring a unique combination of knowledge and passion to address the challenges and opportunities that face our community.

More information about Our People can be found here

Services and Industries

Learn more about the different services we offer and the different industries we specialise in.

Publications

You can read our latest publications here

Media Centre

You can read our latest media releases here

PwC’s giving program is our open-choice workplace giving program that gives our people the freedom to support the causes they are passionate about.

Through the Good2Give platform, our people can easily donate to any Australian charity with DGR status. If your charity is registered with Good2Give, our people have the option to donate to your organisation. If you wish to register with Good2Give, please contact them directly via their website.

PwC also contributes to impact fundraising which is initiated and supported by our people.

The PwC Foundation Trust is a Private Ancillary Fund through which funds are collected from various internal sources and redistributed in accordance with the Trust Deed. The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funding.

Social Impact Time

Social Impact Time provides our people with the opportunity to add value to society through activities such as volunteering, mentoring and working with charities and not-for-profits. For our people, there is no cap on social impact hours that use their professional skills.

Social Impact Time signals a fundamental shift in how PwC defines social impact, ensures any investment of staff and business time is captured and celebrated, and gives us the opportunity to fulfil our global purpose of building trust in society and solving important problems.

Find out more here

PwC OnBoard

PwC OnBoard is a program supporting our people to connect to the not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors through seeking Board or Advisory positions. Our Partners and staff are actively encouraged to participate and supported to seek opportunities in organisations in which they are passionate.

If you are a charity or social enterprise with a Board or Advisory role you are seeking to fill we’d love to hear from you. Please email Jane Edwards and our team will be in touch to discuss your needs and how we can help.

Supporting the charities and not-for-profit sector

Each year we undertake a significant number of pro-bono and low-bono engagements, enabling access to our services by not-for-profit organisations at significantly reduced cost.

PwC Australia has a long-held commitment to managing our impact on the environment. We strive to be environmentally responsible, and grow environmental intelligence more broadly.

We are the first firm to; publish Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounts, be NCOS (National Carbon Offset Standard) certified, participate in the Corporate Responsibility Index and integrate corporate responsibility into our annual review. In addition, our GHG accounts are third party assured every second year, in line with NCOS requirements.

In 2008 we were the first professional services firm to become carbon neutral and we have continued with this commitment. We achieved carbon neutrality through three key steps:

1. reducing our impact;
2. purchasing accredited NCOS certified carbon offsets for any residual emissions.
3. commitment and engagement of our people

You can find out more here