It goes without saying that transformation is critical to the sustainability of our firm – our profitability, future and competitiveness depend on it. We are aware of the fact that, in order for true transformation to take place within our firm, multiculturalism needs to be embraced and enhanced. We strive to be representative of the demographics of our country. Not only is this of benefit to the firm, but also to clients, staff and the communities we serve.
Our values of Leadership, Teamwork and Excellence support the notion of a diverse workforce and the importance of managing diversity effectively in the workplace. Through motivation and training in diversity management, the firm seeks to ensure that all stakeholders are committed to enhancing diversity, valuing differences and similarities. The management of diversity has many benefits such as improved morale, increased competitiveness, improved productivity, creativity, sustainabilityand enhanced teamwork.
Our successes in the area of tranformation speak for themselves:
- "A" rating by Empowerdex*
- We have a strategy in place to address transformation, called "Phambili 2010"
- We strive to have the black (african, coloured and indian) professionals among all professional services firms in our industry and have made significant progress in this regard:
- 48 partners
- 44% of our Governing Board
- 50% of our EXCO
- 43% of total staff
- 44% of female staff
- We are the highest contributor of black CA(SA)s to the economy
- 56% of our staff are female
- We have a "Women in PwC" empowerment programme in place
- Through our Business Skills for South Africa (BSSA) programme we have trained 20 000 entrepreneurs
*Empowerdex is "BEE verification Agency".
