Publications

Read our point of view on issues related to Corporate Responsibility, and see what PwC is doing to demonstrate responsible leadership.

	US Corporate Responsibility Update 2012 PwC plays a transformative role in addressing today’s social, business, and environmental challenges. This document covers our most significant accomplishments, recent public commitments, and select Corporate Responsibility performance metrics from the past fiscal year. Please read this in tandem with our FY11 web based report to gain a full understanding of our strategy and the value it creates for our firm and for our stakeholders.

	2012 Houston Corporate Responsibility Value Report This report highlights the Houston office commitment to our diverse, international city. For 75 years, PwC has proudly served the Houston market, and remains committed to making a positive difference in the local professional and civic communities. In 2012, PwC Houston staff and partners dedicated thousands of hours of community service to firm-sponsored volunteer events, in addition to donating their personal time, talent, and dollars to numerous civic and charitable organizations. The report features our commitment to supporting a vibrant business, cultural and socioeconomic environment in our communities with an emphasis on family and youth.

	Talent mobility: 2020 and beyond The business world is in the midst of fundamental change and in the next decade the ability of organisations to manage their global talent efficiently will mark the difference between success and failure.

	US Corporate Responsibility Report 2011 At PwC US our Corporate Responsibility strategy focuses on three societal issues (or cause areas): youth education, climate change, and social inclusion. These act as our guiding principles that focus our actions and serve as a consistent global framework to organize our expanding efforts. This is the executive summary to our latest full report, which uses the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) G3 Guidelines. We are reporting at a self-checked application level of B. For more on our CR strategy, refer to our 2011 CR report and for our most recent progress, refer to our 2012 CR Report update.

	10Minutes on trust and transparency 10Minutes on Trust and Transparency follows the journey companies are taking in an effort to restore, sustain or enhance trust in their businesses?from conducting internal reviews of business practices, to pursuing independent verifications of business information and providing greater disclosure in areas that can present the greatest risk but often lack transparency: supply chain management, data integrity, sustainability and climate change.

	Understanding financial reporting for green and stimulus incentives Worldwide efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, spur domestic adoption of cleaner energy sources, and stimulate infrastructure, research, and other business investments have led governments to create and expand tax incentives for renewable energy, provide start-up capital for green industries, and offer energy rebates for upgrading to more efficient plant and equipment. These initiatives can have a significant impact on operations, project funding, investment strategies, and financial reporting.

	Appetite for change Based on almost 700 interviews worldwide, covering 15 countries, the survey was drawn from the top companies, with a particular focus on industries likely to be most affected by existing environmental policy and legislation.

	Empowering women to empower the earth This paper explores the interconnectedness between gender equality and sustainability along four possible pathways. Many women are stuck in a vicious web of poverty, high fertility, poor health, environmental degradation and lack of opportunities. Women must be empowered as ambassadors of natural resources and the environment and as contributors to socio-economic progress if the earth is to be sustainably developed.

	The global (corporate) citizen (1.49mb) Charity doesn't have to begin at home. Learn how attorneys and business executives are using their expertise to improve the world.

	Going green: Sustainable growth strategies (2.33mb) In this, our fifth volume, we examine how the world’s accelerating concern over climate change is affecting the technology industries as well as their plans to meet the growing clamour for environmentally friendly products and services.

	Green banking Consumer finance update: Corporate sustainability edition: The Consumer Finance Group is pleased to provide a newsletter dedicated to the discussion of sustainability and emerging trends for consumer finance companies.

	How your company can prepare to manage carbon as an asset The paper addresses ways companies can prepare for GhG regulations by assessing their carbon footprint and the potential accounting/disclosure implications of participating in a cap-and-trade program.

	Millennials at work: Perspectives from a new generation Through its college graduate survey findings, PwC explores the dynamics a changing workforce and the ramifications for people management in the future. Some highlights include: (CSR) is very important to millennials with 88% stating that they seek employers with social responsibility values that reflect their own, suggesting perhaps the growing importance of the issue. Very high number (86%) who say they would consider leaving an employer whose social responsibility values no longer reflected their own Climate change is also seen as important to 58% of respondents.

	Tackling emissions growth: The role of markets and government regulation This paper sets out the role that markets and other government interventions, such as energy efficiency standards, will need to play in order to build a low-carbon economy in the next five to ten years.

	Transfer pricing and the green agenda The green agenda will unquestionably trigger many transfer pricing issues. Challenges will arise, but among them will be significant opportunities for effective planning so that businesses can understand the implications of their present and planned green agenda strategies.

	View Winter 2009 issue: Fueling future growth Companies, as well as consumers, are understandably concerned about rising energy prices and diminishing availability. The time is right for US policy makers to get beyond the sound bites and rhetoric of the election and develop a solid and sustainable energy policy that supports economic growth in an interdependent world.