Diversity accolades and awards from around the world
Our firms around the world are investing significant resources in diversity programmes, making PwC a great place to work. As a result of these efforts, we have been honoured with a number of awards and accolades, some of which we highlight here.
And that's not all. As an employer of choice, we are proud to have some of the best and brightest women working for our organisation, many of whom have been recognised for their outstanding performance.
- National ACCI/BCA Work & Family Awards 2007
- Canada Top 100 Employers 2007
- Toronto Top 50 Employers 2007
- 2007 Adoption in Action Award
- YWCA Innovative Workplace Award 2007
- EQUAL - 2007 Business Award for Female Employment in Cyprus
- First Business Award for Women's Employment in Cyprus 2007
- 4th Employer in Czech Republic 2006
- 1st non-financial institutions Auditor 2006
- Voted #1 Great Place to Work 2008
- Top Graduate Employer 2008
- ACCA Platinum Employer
- HR Brand of the Year 2006
- Attractive Employer Young Specialists 2006
- Best Employers of Moscow Diploma
- No. 1 Employers of Russia 2006
- Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants — Special Award, 2002-2007 inclusive
- Shortlisted for the 2008 Opportunity Now award for Advancing Women in Business, for our pioneering actuarial model which assesses the rate at which men and women leave and are promoted within the organisation.
- Platinum status in the Opportunity Now benchmarking exercise for gender diversity in 2007
- Opportunity Now Award for Innovation (2004) for the work achieved by the PwC women network
- Silver Status in the Race For Opportunity Awards 2006
- Ranked in the Times/Aurora Top 50 workplaces Where Women Want to Work in 2006 and 2007
- PwC was ranked second amongst consultancy firms in the 2008 Stonewall Workplace Equality Index, which showcases the top 100 employers for lesbian, gay and bisexual employees. The event saw the firm make an impressive move from 51st position in 2007 to 9th in the overall rankings for 2008.
- Special Commendation at the Working Families Employer of the Year Awards 2004 for establishing a groundbreaking network for employees with children with special needs.
- Catalyst Award winner, 2007
- Awarded Top 10 Best Company for Working Mothers. PwC was recognized as one of Working Mother magazine’s “Top 10 Best Companies” for working mothers in 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006 and 2007. This was the 13th year in a row that PwC has been recognized in the Top 100, and the fifth year we’ve been in the Top 10
- Awarded 4th position in Diversity Inc's 2008 list of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity
- Recipient of 2006 Out & Equal's Significant Achievement Award for advancing workplace equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees
- 100 per cent on the Human Rights Campaign Corporate Equality Index for gay and lesbian employees in 2006 and 2007
- Among the 100 Best Companies to Work for in America since 2005, published by Fortune magazine
- One of the “Best Companies for Women of Color” in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008 by Working Mother magazine; also voted as one of the Top Five Companies in this category in 2008.
- Recipient of 2006 NABA Corporate Diversity Award
- Recipient of 2005 and 2006 Corporate Recognition Award at the annual Tribute to Women and Industry awards dinner, in recognition of our commitment to women in the workplace
Our award-winning women
- PwC South Africa: Shirley Machaba: winner of Business Women's Excellence Award 2006
- PwC South Africa: Funeka Ntombela: winner of the Black Management Forum’s Achiever Award
- PwC UK: Genie Lutz: shortlisted for the BlackBerry Women and Technology Awards, 2006
- PwC UK: Moira Elms, Chair of the Gender Advisory Council and a member of the Opportunity Now advisory board, was short-listed for the prestigious 2008 First Women Awards in the Business Services category.
- PwC UK: Nishma Gosrani: Finalist, Young Achiever of the Year 2006 — Asian Women of Achievement Awards — shortlisted
- PwC UK: Seema Malhotra: Finalist, Social & Humanitarian Award 2007 — Asian Women of Achievement Awards — shortlisted
- PwC UK: Olivia Gillan has been named as one of the Top 35 Women under 35 in Management Today’s 2008 list.
- PwC UK: Sponsors of and shortlisted (Partner — Ruby Parmar) for the Asian Women of Achievement Awards, 2006.
- PwC US: Deborah Bothun, principal in the Advisory practice in the Los Angeles office has been announced as a recipient of the Cruz de Plata Award of Distinction, 2006. She leads the U.S. advisory entertainment, media and communications practice and is the global leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers' digital convergence initiative.
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