Global awards

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.


 Global awards

  • PwC has earned the top spot on DiversityInc's 2009 "Top Companies for Global Diversity" list, a select group of ten companies chosen for their strong commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive global culture. Read PwC's news release »
  • PwC has won the prestigious inaugural 2009 Opportunity Now "Global award", which recognises an outstanding diversity initiative that extends across at least three countries. The award is in recognition of the work and achievements of PwC’s global Gender Advisory Council (GAC), an international group of senior male and female leaders from around the world who actively work to improve the representation of PwC women in the workplace. Read PwC's news release »
  • PwC was named one of DiversityInc’s 2008 "Top Five Companies for Global Diversity", a select list of companies chosen for their strong commitment to creating a diverse and inclusive global workplace. Read PwC's news release »

 Australia

  • Recognised by the Australian government's Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA) as a 2009 Employer of Choice for Women
  • National ACCI/BCA Work & Family Awards 2007

 Canada

  • Canada Top 100 Employers 2007
  • Toronto Top 50 Employers 2007
  • 2007 Adoption in Action Award
  • YWCA Innovative Workplace Award 2007

 Cyprus

  • PwC is the first firm in Cyprus to be accredited, in 2009, as an Employer of Choice by the Channels of Access programme. This accreditation recognises our firm's efforts to use alternative working patterns in order to facilitate the employment of female talent.
  • EQUAL – 2007 Business Award for Female Employment in Cyprus
  • First Business Award for Women's Employment in Cyprus 2007

 Czech Republic

  • 4th Employer in Czech Republic 2006
  • 1st non-financial institutions Auditor 2006

 Ireland

  • Voted #1 Great Place to Work 2008
  • Top Graduate Employer 2008

 Russia

  • 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

 Southern Africa

  • Association for the Advancement of Black Accountants — Special Award, 2002-2007 inclusive

 United Kingdom

  • Winner of the 2009 Opportunity Now "Advancing Women in Business" award for the Advisory Women's Leadership programme.
  • 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, 2007, 2008 and 2009.
  • 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.

 United States

  • Awarded Top 10 Best Company for Working Mothers. PwC has been recognised as one of Working Mother magazine's "Top 10 Best Companies" for working mothers for the sixth year in a row. This was the 15th year that PwC has been listed in the Top 100, earning us a place in Working Mother's "100 Best" Hall of Fame, reserved for companies that have made the "100 Best" list for 15 years or more. PwC was also recognised as "Best in Class - Flex in Company Culture", for being a leader in offering flexibility programmes for its people. PwC US Chairman and Senior Partner Bob Moritz comments that: "At PwC we believe that courageous leadership includes taking the long view. It means doing the right thing for your people—even during challenging times. This economic environment requires that we be even more creative about how we support our people—including our working parents".
  • Ranked number one in Training magazine's "Training Top 125" annual ranking of organisations that excel at employee training and development, for the second year in a row (the firm also ranked number two in 2007).
  • Highly ranked on BusinessWeek's lists of "Best Internships" and "Best Places to Launch a Career"
  • Awarded 4th position in Diversity Inc's 2008 list of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity
  • Catalyst Award winner, 2007
  • 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: 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.