Global Annual Review 2022

WEF Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics Report

As part of our commitment to promoting transparent and comparable reporting, we are again this year publishing an overview of our disclosures on the World Economic Forum (WEF) Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics.

PwC was an early supporter of these metrics, and we have been encouraging our stakeholders to use these metrics for their own reporting.

Last year we reported on the 21 core WEF metrics. This year we will do the same but also report on the additional 34 metrics that go into more detail on our impact in the four key areas of Principles of Governance, Planet, People and Prosperity.

Not all of the metrics are material for us as a professional services network. Of the total of 55 metrics, 13 are not relevant to PwC.  Of the 42 metrics that are relevant to us, we are reporting fully against 15 metrics, partially reporting against 20 and not yet reporting against the remaining 7 relevant metrics.   We have made sound progress in our work to report against these metrics this year, but there is more to do and we will endeavour to provide further information against more metrics in the years ahead.

Principles of governance

Our purpose: Build trust in society and solve important problems - Our values: Act with integrity, make a difference, care, work together, reimagine the possible - All of our partners and staff are required to complete annual training on PwC’s anti-corruption policies and procedures - Our code of conduct sets out a common framework on how we expect our nearly 328,000 people to behave - Our global governance board includes an external independent member and met 12 times in FY21 - Each member firm has access to a confidential ethics helpline

Planet

50% of our suppliers of purchased goods and services (measured by emissions) will have science- based targets by FY25 - On track to achieve our Net Zero by 2030 global commitment - Second annual voluntary TCFD disclosure (Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures) - 3% of our offices are located in a protected area or a key biodiversity area - 90% of our electricity has come from renewable sources - Total greenhouse gas emissions down by 37% compared to FY19 baseline though up by 16% compared to FY21 as the pandemic’s impact on travel eased

People

327,947 total headcount - 148,822 people joined PwC - Global ethnicity data published for the first time - 32,576 net new jobs created in the last year - 86% of our people are proud to work at PwC - Average pieces of learning completed per month increased to 1.87 million (up from 1.46 million last year)

Prosperity

Global revenue US$50.3 billion, up 13% over FY21 - No of acquisitions: 17 - 34,254 PwC people volunteered to support their communities - Investments: US$3.1 billion - Volunteering time: 789,579 hours - Total employment taxes paid by 21 largest firms US$1.7 billion (estimate)

Principles of governance

Core Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Governing Purpose Setting Purpose Comply Please see our purpose and values.
Quality of Governing Body Governance Body composition Comply Please see the Governance chapter of our FY22 Global Annual Review for information on our Global Board and Global Leadership Team.
Stakeholder Engagement Material issues impacting stakeholders Comply Please see the Risk chapter of our FY22 Global Annual Review for a discussion on material issues impacting stakeholders.
Ethical Behaviour Anti-Corruption Comply Please see our approach to anti-corruption. Show More
All of our partners and staff are required to complete annual training on PwC’s anti-corruption policies and procedures. For FY22, most of our largest firms reported 100% completion (or near completion with 99%), with every region reporting a minimum of 93%. Every firm is requested to develop a sanctions protocol to require 100% completion for training and institute appropriate follow up, completion and consequences for late completion.

During FY22 one individual reached a plea bargain agreement concerning a corruption allegation related to a previous year. The individual is no longer part of PwC. There were no other incidents of corruption in our 21 largest territories culminating in publicly reported regulatory or court adjudications, related to either the current or previous years. The figures provided do not include matters subject to ongoing legal or regulatory proceedings or appeals.

The PwC network has a robust anti-corruption programme and does not tolerate any form of bribery or corruption. This is clearly stated in PwC’s Code of Conduct [link to Code of conduct section of Risk chapter], in our policies and procedures, in all required training on anti-corruption and in regular messaging and communications by firm leaders. We also require our third parties to comply with our Third Party Code of Conduct which prohibits any form of bribery or corruption.

As part of our overall anti-corruption programme, PwC member firms prepare an annual risk assessment and action plan in order to conduct regular, continuous assessments of the firm’s compliance risk, tailored to the firm’s evolving business profile (including geographies in which we operate and clients we serve) to confirm that the programme is operating as designed and is meeting firm, legal and regulatory requirements and expectations.

Firms have also implemented monitoring programmes that include independent testing and reporting to prevent and detect compliance issues and to facilitate appropriate and timely responses to any risk identified. Testing includes review of a variety of expenses and other high risk areas for government and public sector clients. All partners and staff are required to complete the Annual Compliance Certification (ACC), whereby they must certify that they have read, understand and will comply with all internal policies and guidance related to anti-corruption. Each firm undertakes to follow up on any exceptions for the ACC responses. Finally, as part of our Speak up culture, partners and staff are encouraged to raise any questions or concerns about bribery or corruption and to consult with the anti-corruption subject matter experts or their engagement or firm leadership.
Ethical Behaviour Protected Ethics Advice and Reporting Mechanisms Comply Please see the Risk chapter of our Global Annual Review for a discussion on how we manage ethics and independence. Show More
In addition, we have implemented the PwC Ethics Helpline and Case Management System across the network. Each member firm has a confidential tier of the PwC Ethics Helpline and supporting case management system. The Ethics Helpline is available for all PwC partners and staff as well as clients, third parties and any other external party. Callers can choose to remain anonymous when using the helpline.

As part of the helpline implementation, we implemented an overall Speak up campaign, encouraging all partners and staff to ask questions or report any issues or concerns about ethical behaviour or organisational integrity. In addition to the helpline, PwC firms have many other reporting channels including resources in Ethics, Human Capital, the Office of General Counsel and Risk & Quality teams, supervisors, coaches and relationship leaders or partners. Many firms have also developed Ethics Committees which meet regularly to review reported cases and trends, work with key stakeholders and firm leadership to address these issues, and develop proactive strategies to promote and maintain an ethical culture.
Risk and Opportunity Oversight Integrating Risk and Opportunity into Business Process Comply Please see the Risk chapter of our Global Annual Review for a discussion of how we identify and manage our key risks.
Expanded Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Governing Purpose Purpose led-management Comply PwC’s purpose to build trust in society and solve important problems is at the heart of our strategy and all our decision making. Show More
Examples of how our purpose is brought to life, what we do and how we behave can be found in the relevant chapters of our FY22 Global Annual Review such as the Chairman’s letter, Our community of solvers, Impact, Risk and Governance.
Quality of Governing Body Progress against strategic milestones Partially Comply PwC’s strategy The New Equation which was launched in June 2021 has at its heart our network’s purpose “to build trust in society and solve important problems”. Show More
Progress against some of the objectives of that strategy such as talent acquisition, financial performance and net zero can be found in the relevant chapters of our FY22 Global Annual Review as well as in the Chairman’s letter.
Quality of Governing Body Remuneration Partially Comply PwC’s Global Board in coordination with territory Governance Bodies oversees the remuneration of the leaders of the PwC network - the Network Leadership Team - in respect of their network roles. Show More
Determining the remuneration of the NLT is based on performance against an agreed set of key performance indicators (KPIs) in line with the PwC strategy, including KPIs related to ESG factors. In addition the global board participates in the determination of the remuneration of PwC’s Global Leadership Team. The KPIs that the GLT is judged upon, depending on role, can include KPIs related to ESG factors.
Ethical Behaviour Alignment of strategy and policies to lobbying Partially Comply PwC participates in public policy development in a variety of ways which are intended to complement the PwC Purpose to build trust and solve important problems. These include active participation in, for example: Show More
  • Standard-setter bodies such as the Global Public Policy Committee (GPPC), the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA), and the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB)
  • Regulatory and other standard setter consultations and comments on exposure drafts and draft regulations and standards
  • Multilateral organisations such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
  • Forums for bringing stakeholders together to make progress on issues of importance to society such as the World Economic Forum (WEF)
  • Development of a wide variety of thought leadership
As shared throughout our FY22 Global Annual Review, PwC supports policy development and thought leadership regarding important topical issues including climate, tax, financial reporting, accounting and auditing, broader business issues, future of work, sustainability reporting and assurance, independence, diversity and inclusion, and use of emerging technologies.

All member firms are expected to follow global policies regarding conduct and compliance with regard to any public policy development or lobbying. By way of example, PwC has put in place a set of principles that our network expects to be followed by all firms when hiring a former government official or when someone from PwC takes a senior post in government in order to avoid any potential for conflicts of interest. This covers not only organisations regarded as strictly governmental but also organisations that regulate or have public oversight of the professional services that we provide. The principles are intended to minimise potential conflicts and avoid the perception that confidences gained from one role could be used in another or for the advantage of a PwC firm. Having a set of principles for use across the PwC network helps us take a consistent approach.

In addition, territories are required to follow any additional local laws or regulatory requirements with regard to participation in public policy development.
Ethical Behaviour Monetary losses from unethical behaviour Partially Comply Our largest 21 firms had total monetary losses aggregating less than $10 million (equivalent to .0002% of our global revenue) as a result of final publicly reported regulatory or court adjudications associated with malpractice or violations of other related industry laws or regulations, fraud, insider trading, antitrust, anti-competitive behaviour, or market manipulation. The figures provided do not include matters subject to ongoing legal or regulatory proceedings or appeals.
Risk and Opportunity Oversight Economic, environmental and social topics in capital allocation framework Comply Our network's purpose and strategy are focused on building trust in society and solving the world’s important problems. Show More
Our Global Board approves our network budget which is set by the NLT in alignment with the network’s purpose and strategy and our net zero commitments (these commitments are detailed in our ESG chapter). The Board oversees PwC’s compliance with ESG-linked regulations. Key budget allocation decisions by the Board this year reflect its mandate. For example, the Board approved a US$1bn investment into enhancing PwC’s ability to deliver quality audits that build trust in the capital markets. The impact of the Board’s oversight can be seen in PwC’s work this year to help solve important problems from diversity (see People chapter) to climate change (see ESG chapter) to building trust in society.

Planet

Core Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Climate Change Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions Comply PwC’s detailed network GHG emissions are available in our Climate Report. We are on track to achieve a 50% absolute reduction in Scopes 1 and 2 emissions by 2030 compared to our 2019 baseline.
Climate Change TCFD implementation Comply PwC’s response to the TCFD recommendations is available in our Climate Report.
Nature loss Land use and ecological sensitivity Partially Comply We assessed the extent to which PwC’s office locations are in or adjacent to key biodiversity areas and/or protected areas. These are designated areas that have been recognised as contributing significantly to the long term conservation of nature and biodiversity. Show More
Out of 695 PwC office locations, 22 offices were identified as being located within a protected area or a key biodiversity area, while 169 were identified as being adjacent to these areas (i.e. within 1km). All of the 22 are in urban areas. Some of our offices have specific biodiversity plans and we will continue to share their learnings more broadly across our network.
Region Number of offices in or adjacent to key biodiversity areas and/or protected areas
In Adjacent (i.e. within 1km)
Americas 8 36
Asia Pacific 7 16
Europe, Middle East and Africa 7 117
Total 22 169
PwC offices include owned, leased or managed locations as of 30 June, 2022. Key biodiversity areas and protected areas were identified using the The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT). This tool combines three biodiversity datasets – the World Database on Protected Areas, the World Database of Key Biodiversity Areas, and The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Fresh water availability Water consumption and withdrawal in water stressed areas Partially Comply We assessed the extent to which PwC’s 695 offices are located in water stressed regions by overlaying a map of water stressed areas onto our office network. 185 of PwC’s offices (at which 37% of our people are employed) are located in water-stressed regions. Show More
Region Number of offices in water stressed regions % of PwC’s total number of offices % of PwC people
Americas 29 4% 5%
APAC 44 6% 17%
EMEA 112 16% 16%
Total 185 27%* 37%*
Baseline water stress measures the ratio of total water withdrawals to available renewable surface and groundwater supplies. Water withdrawals include domestic, industrial, irrigation, and livestock consumptive and nonconsumptive uses. Available renewable water supplies include the impact of upstream consumptive water users and large dams on downstream water availability. Higher values indicate more competition among users. Baseline water stress was determined using the WRI Aqueduct water risk atlas tool. Water stressed regions are those defined as arid, extremely high and high. *Figures may not equate exactly to numbers above due to rounding.

A number of our territories have set water consumption targets and track their progress against these targets. We will continue to share these findings and learnings more broadly across the network.
Expanded Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Climate Change Paris-aligned GHG emissions targets Comply In September 2020 PwC made a commitment to be net zero by 2030. This is underpinned by science-based targets to reduce our emissions by 50% in absolute terms from 2019 levels. This is in line with a 1.5 degree scenario and has been independently validated by SBTi. We commit to: Show More
  • Reduce absolute scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions by 50% by FY30 from a FY19 base year
  • Reduce absolute scope 3 business travel GHG emissions by 50% within the same timeframe
  • 50% of our suppliers of purchased goods and services (measured by emissions) will have science-based targets by FY25
  • Use 100% renewable electricity in all our territories
Detailed progress on our commitment is available in our Climate Report.
Climate Change Impact of GHG emissions Comply Since there is no standard market price for carbon, (nor a standardised measure of the impact of carbon) there is therefore an inherent challenge in quantifying the valued impact of GHG emissions.Show More
Nonetheless we have summarised in the table below a range of values based on our total gross direct and indirect reported GHG emissions in FY22 using a number of market related carbon pricing scenarios.
Approach Carbon price ($/tCO2e) PwC cost of carbon ($USD)
Carbon pricing schemes are already implemented across 68 national or sub-national jurisdictions. These provide a number of market price benchmarks for the cost of direct emissions. The minimum and maximum prices during the FY22 financial year (July 1st 2021 - June 30th 2022) in the emissions trading schemes (ETS) in the EU, California and China are used to calculate the ranges shown here. EU ETS
$ 55-103
$ 74M-140M
California ETS
$ 20-72
$ 29-105M
China (national) ETS
$ 6-9
$ 9-13M
The IMF proposed an international carbon price floor (ICPF) in order to accelerate emissions reductions through such policy action. This advocates reaching a global tax of $75/tCO2e by 2030 from $15/tCO2e in 2022. PwC analysis found that implementing this ICPF could pay for itself while cutting emissions by 12%. These proposals are used to calculate the range shown here. $15-75 $ 22M - 109M
In sectors not subject to a regulated carbon pricing scheme, carbon credits in the Voluntary Carbon Market (VCM) are available. The 2021 global weighted average VCM price, and the average price of nature-based removals over that period are used to estimate the range of costs shown here. $ 4-8 $ 6M-11M
Methodologies have emerged to estimate the Societal Cost of Carbon. One such methodology, developed by the Institute for Policy Integrity and referenced in the WEF IBC guidance, estimates a Social Cost of Carbon of $129/tCO2e in 2022, applying a 2% average discount rate. $129 $187M
Nature Loss Land use and ecological sensitivity In progress This metric has limited relevance to our operations; as a professional services network, PwC does not directly use land for the production of plant, animal, or mineral commodities.Show More
We are starting to explore the degree to which this is relevant within our supply chain, and plan to carry out an assessment of whether those impacts would be considered material in this regard.
Nature Loss Impact of land use and conversion In progress This metric has limited relevance to our direct operations.Show More
We are starting to explore the degree to which this is relevant within our supply chain and plan to carry out an assessment of whether those impacts would be considered material in this regard.
Fresh Water Availability Impact of freshwater consumption and withdrawal Limited Relevance to PwC operations

Not comply for supply chain
As a professional services network, most of our water use is limited to operating our offices so our water consumption is not considered material. However, many of our offices have water efficiency measures and water management plans in place to reduce their consumption where possible.
Resource Availability Resource circularity Partially Comply Some of our member firms have adopted circularity principles in their business. Show More
For example, PwC Netherlands has set an ambition to be fully circular by 2030 with zero waste and optimal (re)use. An update on their most recent activities can be found here. PwC UK has a strategy to decouple material consumption from business growth and move towards a circular economy. More information about their programme can be found here.
Air Pollution Air pollution

Impact of air pollution
Not Material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.
Water Pollution Nutrients

Impact of water pollution
Not Material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.
Solid Waste Single-use plastics

Impact of solid waste disposal
Not Material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.

People

Core Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Dignity & Equality Diversity and inclusion (%) Partially Comply Last year we disclosed percentages of male and female employees by line of service and management level. This year we are expanding our disclosure to include ethnicity data by line of service and management level. Show More
Representation of women, particularly at the director and partner levels, remains lower in Advisory, partly due to intense competition for this talent and a relatively low number of senior female leaders in this field. To improve the representation of women in Advisory specifically, some member firms are introducing initiatives to ensure they consider a diverse range of candidates, for example by requiring that all interviews include at least one female candidate. Many member firms are also working with recruitment firms that specialise in finding women and/or minorities to fill more senior Advisory roles.

Our aspiration is to achieve balanced overall gender representation. We also continue to maintain our focus on being recognised as an inclusive employer of choice by developing policies and benefits to attract and retain female and diverse talent at all levels. We recognise the role we play in supporting our people with both their work and personal lives, at all stages of their careers. Please see our community of solvers chapter to learn more.
Employee Category by Line of Service, Management Level & Gender
Line of Service Aggregated Management Level Female % Male % Not declared %
Advisory Intern/Trainee 46.3% 53.6% 0.16%
Associates 43.3% 56.6% 0.09%
Managers 34.9% 65.0% 0.08%
Directors 24.9% 75.0% 0.14%
Partners 16.4% 83.5% 0.02%
Advisory Total   38.8% 61.1% 0.09%
Assurance Intern/Trainee 47.1% 52.8% 0.10%
Associates 54.5% 45.4% 0.03%
Managers 49.0% 51.0% 0.04%
Directors 40.2% 59.8% 0.06%
Partners 24.1% 75.9% 0.00%
Assurance Total   51.2% 48.7% 0.04%
Internal Firm Services Intern/Trainee 48.7% 51.2% 0.14%
Associates 62.7% 37.3% 0.04%
Managers 58.6% 41.3% 0.09%
Directors 52.6% 47.2% 0.13%
Partners 26.7% 73.3% 0.00%
Internal Firm Services Total   59.8% 40.2% 0.07%
Tax and Legal Services Intern/Trainee 51.3% 48.4% 0.22%
Associates 57.8% 42.2% 0.09%
Managers 52.1% 47.8% 0.08%
Directors 40.0% 60.0% 0.00%
Partners 27.1% 72.9% 0.07%
Tax and Legal Services Total   52.8% 47.1% 0.09%
Total   48.7% 51.2% 0.07%
Grouping Includes
Intern/Trainee Intern/Trainee
Associates Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists
Managers Senior Manager, Manager
Directors Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner
Partners Equity Partner
Employee Category by Management Level & Gender
  FY22 FY21 FY20
Aggregated Management Level Female (%) Male (%) Not Declared (%) Female (%) Male (%) Not Declared (%) Female (%) Male (%) Not Declared (%)
Intern/Trainee 47.7% 52.2% 0.14% 49.9% 50.1% 0.06% 46.9% 53.0% 0.04%
Associates 52.8% 47.2% 0.06% 53.6% 46.3% 0.05% 53.3% 46.6% 0.04%
Managers 46.3% 53.6% 0.07% 46.5% 53.4% 0.05% 46.4% 53.5% 0.06%
Directors 35.9% 64.0% 0.09% 35.6% 64.4% 0.04% 34.6% 65.3% 0.04%
Partners 23.2% 76.8% 0.02% 22.4% 77.6% 0.00% 21.6% 78.4% 0.00%
Grouping Includes
Intern/Trainee Intern/Trainee
Associates Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists
Managers Senior Manager, Manager
Directors Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner
Partners Equity Partner
We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.)

Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.

All of the reporting territories have unique ethnic minority classifications and populations. What is consistent however is the higher representation of minorities in more junior grades. Our focus is on minority talent progression/improving representation in more senior grades.
Employee Category by Line of Service, Management Level & Ethnicity
Line of Service Aggregated Management Level Major (%) Minor (%)
Advisory Intern/Trainee 50.1% 49.9%
Associates 66.1% 33.9%
Managers 60.4% 39.6%
Directors 64.7% 35.3%
Partners 76.4% 23.6%
Advisory Total   63.9% 36.1%
Assurance Intern/Trainee 62.9% 37.1%
Associates 56.1% 43.9%
Managers 61.0% 39.0%
Directors 75.7% 24.3%
Partners 82.7% 17.3%
Assurance Total   60.5% 39.5%
Internal Firm Services Intern/Trainee 30.9% 69.1%
Associates 66.4% 33.6%
Managers 69.6% 30.4%
Directors 80.3% 19.7%
Partners 87.8% 12.2%
Internal Firm Services Total   66.5% 33.5%
Tax and Legal Services Intern/Trainee 54.3% 45.7%
Associates 59.3% 40.7%
Managers 65.8% 34.2%
Directors 72.5% 27.5%
Partners 81.1% 18.9%
Tax and Legal Services Total   63.8% 36.2%
Total   63.3% 36.7%
Grouping Includes
Intern/Trainee Intern/Trainee
Associates Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists
Managers Senior Manager, Manager
Directors Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner
Partners Equity Partner
Grouping Includes
Major Defined locally by territories
Minor Defined locally by territories
Dignity & Equality Pay equality (%) Partially Comply Last year, we disclosed gender pay ratios by management level. This year, we are expanding our reporting to disclose the gender pay ratio by Line of Service and the pay ratio by ethnicity. Show More
Our gender pay gap has increased slightly year over year for all management levels. Our pay gap is measured using the World Economic Forum definition as the ratio of the average woman's pay to the average man's pay at each staff level. The calculation is based on the weighted average of gender pay gaps at each staff level in our 21 largest territories.
Global Pay Gap by Management Level
Grouped Management Level Ratio of basic salary: Female to Male (%) Ratio of basic salary and bonus: Female to Male (%)
Associates 95.0% 94.7%
Managers 93.7% 93.2%
Directors 91.8% 91.8%
Grouping Includes
Associates Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists
Managers Senior Manager, Manager
Directors Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner
This is our first year of reporting the gender pay gap by Line of Service.

Assurance has the lowest pay gap for both base only and base + bonus. The gap for Advisory is the widest of our Lines of Service. This is largely driven by the relative seniority of employees in Advisory and the high proportion of men in these senior roles.
Global Pay Gap by Line of Service
Line of Service Ratio of basic salary: Female to Male (%) Ratio of basic salary and bonus: Female to Male (%)
Advisory 83.9% 82.5%
Assurance 93.3% 92.6%
Tax and Legal Services 88.0% 87.5%
Internal Firm Services 89.0% 88.1%
An additional data point is our global gender pay gap which is 86.4% for base pay only and 85.2% for base pay + bonus.

This is our first year reporting the pay gap by ethnicity (minor to major). Similar to our gender pay gap, the main driver of our ethnicity pay gap is the lower representation of ethnic minorities at more senior levels - which we are working to address.

We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.
Global Pay Gap by Ethnicity
Ratio of basic salary: Minor to Major (%) Ratio of basic salary and bonus: Minor to Major (%)
91.8% 92.8%
Grouping Includes
Major Defined locally by territories
Minor Defined locally by territories
Dignity & Equality Wage level (%) Partially Comply At PwC, we believe in paying people equitably, irrespective of their race, gender or age. Show More
We do not have data on standard-entry wage level by gender compared to the local minimum wage. However, our member firms are required to comply with all applicable local laws, and we have confirmed with all our member firms that they have processes and controls in place to comply with all applicable local wage laws. PwC member firms regularly conduct comprehensive reviews of compensation data to understand any differences between and among staff.
Territory Senior Partner / Employee Pay Ratio - Results
Ratio of the Global Chairman Compensation to the median FY22 employee pay 142
Similar to last year, we are disclosing the ratio of our Global Chairman’s compensation to the median FY22 employee pay (including base pay and bonus).

In FY22, our Global Chairman Bob Moritz earned 142 times the median average remuneration (basic salary and bonus) of PwC people (excluding partners) in our 21 largest territories.

Mr Moritz’s remuneration is determined by the PwC global governance board. It includes a performance component assessed by the global governance board based on the achievement of his and the Network Leadership Team’s (NLT’s) annual priorities, progress against the NLT shared strategic goals, and input collected from relevant leaders. The increase from the FY21 ratio of 130 is due to an increase in our Global Chairman’s compensation combined with a decrease in average remuneration across the network, driven in large part by our significant hiring in lower cost jurisdictions (e.g., our headcount growth in Asia Pacific was >20%, including significant growth in our Acceleration Centres and Service Delivery Centres, vs 6% in the rest of the world). The strengthening US dollar relative to many of the currencies in the countries where we operate also contributed to the decrease in average remuneration (expressed in US dollars) across the network.
Health and Wellbeing Health and safety (%) Partially
Comply
Given the nature of the work undertaken by PwC, we do not believe that reporting against workplace injuries etc. is a relevant metric for PwC. Fortunately the nature of the work undertaken by PwC means that work place injuries are extremely rare. Show More
The safety and wellbeing of our people is a top priority. The community of solvers chapter of our Global Annual Review shares information on how we support our people’s wellbeing.
Skills for the Future Training provided (#, $) Comply This year, we are disclosing the average training hours per employee by Line of Service and management level, as well as the average training and development expenditure per full time employee for our 21 largest territories. This includes internal training costs only. Show More
Average Learning & Development Hours
Fiscal year Average training hours per employee (global)
FY22 69.7
FY21 56.3
FY20 57.9
FY19 52.3
Average training hours by Line of Service
Line of Service Average hours
Advisory 48.3
Assurance 114.1
Internal Firm Services 27.1
Tax and Legal Services 48.3
Average training hours by Gender
Gender Average hours
Female 70
Male 69.2
Not declared 52
Our annual average number of hours of training per employee has risen sharply this year as a result of hybrid learning, an increase in face-to-face training, and our commitment to upskilling as part of The New Equation. Show More
This increase holds true for PwC people across all lines of service and management levels.

Our average learning completions per month have increased to 1.87 million (up from 1.46 million in FY21) showing our people are doing more learning overall.

All Lines of Service (and within this all management levels) have increased their average learning hours compared to FY21. Our Assurance line of service spends the most time on learning, which is expected as they study to achieve their qualifications. While our average learning hours have increased, we have identified some instances in which the requirements have not appropriately been met. We continue to focus on that important issue and are taking measures to address the reliability of training completion and assessment with our people.

Our average learning & development expenditure per full time employee for our largest 21 territories is US$2,088. This includes internal training expenditure only. We do not collect external training costs which, if included, would raise this figure.

Please see the community of solvers chapter in our Global Annual Review to learn more
Expanded Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Dignity and Equality Pay gap (%, #) Partially comply Please see our disclosures on inclusion and diversity where we share our pay gap ratios broken down by both gender and ethnicity plus Line of Service for the PwC network as a whole.
Dignity and Equality Discrimination and harassment incidents (#) and the total amount of monetary losses ($) Partially comply During the year PwC has not incurred monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings relating to employee discrimination and harassment incidents which have been publicly reported by way of a regulatory or court adjudication. Show More
Where concerns about discrimination or harassment are raised internally, a wide variety of responses are utilised to prevent or sanction potential or actual misconduct, depending on the nature and severity of the concern raised. These measures may include but are not limited to formal warnings, training and coaching, impact on evaluation, compensation and promotion, impact on title, role and client assignments, and impact on continued employment from suspension to termination.
Dignity and Equality Living Wage Not Comply At PwC, we believe in paying people equitably, irrespective of their race, gender or age. We do not have data on current wages compared to the living wage in the countries we operate in.Show More
However, our member firms are required to comply with all applicable local laws, and we have confirmed with all our member firms that they have processes and controls in place to comply with all applicable local wage laws.
Health and well being Employee Well-being In progress Most PwC firms around the world have best practice health and wellbeing programmes in place which are available to all of our people. Please see our People and community of solvers chapters to learn more about our work to promote our people’s wellbeing.
Skills for the future Monetized impacts of Training - increased earning capacity as a result of training intervention (%, $) Comply Our spend on training and development is made up of a few different categories: territories invest mainly in L&D staff, learning development and delivery, and professional qualifications. Show More
Our global L&D functions cover the costs of learning platforms such as our Learning Management System and Learning Experience Layer, attendance tracking, evaluation and assessments, and curated learning, as well as global development and delivery of key talent programmes.

In FY22 we invested 3.3% of payroll costs on training. In addition, our people are given time away from their daily roles to learn or teach. Beyond formal training, they also learn on the job, from coaching and through various other development activities.
Effectiveness of the training and development
L&D effectiveness question FY22 Score FY21 Score
“The Learning & Development I have used at PwC, including classroom/virtual classroom, digital assets, webcasts, reading, job aids, eLearns and other digital learning has helped me prepare for the work I do” 70% 68%
In this year’s Global People Survey, 70% of our people agree that PwC training helps to prepare them for the work they do, an increase of 2 points compared to prior year.
Dignity and equality Risk for incidents of child, forced or compulsory labour
Human rights review, grievance impact and modern slavery (#, %)
Not material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas. Show More
We do not use child, forced or compulsory labour in any of our own operations. Our suppliers have to abide by our Global Third Party Code of Conduct, or its equivalent, which is explicit in our opposition to and intolerance of any form of child labour, human trafficking and modern slavery.
Dignity and equality Freedom of association and collective bargaining at risk (%) Not material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.
Health and wellbeing Monetized impacts of work-related incidents on organization (#, $) Not material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.
Skills for the future Number of unskilled filled positions (#, %) Not material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas.

Prosperity

Core Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Employment and wealth generation Absolute number and rate of employment Partially Comply To deliver on our strategy - The New Equation - which launched in June 2021, we have committed to creating over 100,000 net new jobs over a five year period, with a clear emphasis on hiring specialists in increasingly critical areas such as cybersecurity, cloud, climate, transformation, and supply chain. Show More
Despite the challenges of a year overshadowed by the pandemic, our recruiting efforts significantly increased in FY22 and we increased our headcount by 32,576 to a total of 327,947.

Similar to last year, we are disclosing our hires and total turnover broken out by region, LoS and gender. Additionally, this year we are also providing headcount, hires and total turnover by ethnicity.

Overall, our hiring is quite balanced from a gender perspective: 48.4% of our FY22 hires are female. However, consistent with the underrepresentation of women in our Advisory business, we continue to hire more men than women in Advisory across all regions. To improve the representation of women in Advisory specifically, some member firms are introducing initiatives to ensure consideration of a diverse range of candidates. For example, some firms require that all interviews include at least one female candidate. Many member firms are also working with recruitment firms that specialise in finding women and/or minorities to fill more senior Advisory roles.
Hires by Region, Line of Service, Management Level & Gender
Region Global Line of Service FY22 Hires Rate of New Hire Female (%) Male (%) Not Declared (%)
Americas Advisory 10,374 49.7% 39.2% 60.4% 0.41%
Assurance 11,008 45.0% 49.5% 50.3% 0.21%
Internal Firm Services 4,473 34.6% 56.2% 43.4% 0.41%
Tax and Legal Services 6,138 38.4% 51.2% 48.3% 0.48%
Americas Total   31,993 43.1% 47.4% 52.2% 0.36%
Asia Pacific Advisory 27,259 69.1% 39.6% 60.4% 0.03%
Assurance 28,205 61.6% 58.4% 41.5% 0.03%
Internal Firm Services 5,212 48.1% 56.7% 43.3% 0.04%
Tax and Legal Services 6,385 40.1% 57.7% 42.2% 0.03%
Asia Pacific Total   67,032 59.9% 50.4% 49.5% 0.03%
Europe, Middle East and Africa Advisory 15,576 46.7% 38.4% 61.5% 0.04%
Assurance 20,538 39.4% 47.0% 52.9% 0.04%
Internal Firm Services 6,431 31.1% 54.5% 45.5% 0.05%
Tax and Legal Services 7,223 31.9% 54.3% 45.6% 0.07%
Europe, Middle East and Africa Total   49,768 38.6% 46.3% 53.7% 0.05%
Grand Total   148,822 47.3% 48.4% 51.5% 0.11%
This is the first year that we are reporting hires by ethnicity.

The minority representation of our hires (32.9%) is slightly less than the minority representation of our overall staff (36.7%) and our focus has therefore been on attracting and recruiting ethnic minority talent through targeted programmes and recruitment campaigns.

Note on ethnicity data: We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.
Hires by Line of Service, Management Level & Ethnicity
Line of Service Aggregated Management Level Major (%) Minor (%)
Advisory Intern/Trainee 63.3% 36.7%
Associates 77.6% 22.4%
Managers 62.9% 37.1%
Directors 62.8% 37.2%
Advisory Total 72.8% 27.2%
Assurance Intern/Trainee 61.5% 38.5%
Associates 63.8% 36.2%
Managers 57.2% 42.8%
Directors 76.1% 23.9%
Assurance Total 62.8% 37.2%
Internal Firm Services Intern/Trainee 24.7% 75.3%
Associates 74.5% 25.5%
Managers 64.7% 35.3%
Directors 73.6% 26.4%
Internal Firm Services Total 64.0% 36.0%
Tax and Legal Services Intern/Trainee 52.1% 47.9%
Associates 64.2% 35.8%
Managers 64.0% 36.0%
Directors 70.8% 29.2%
Tax and Legal Services Total 61.9% 38.1%
Total 67.1% 32.9%
Grouping Includes
Intern/Trainee Intern/Trainee
Associates Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists
Managers Senior Manager, Manager
Directors Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner
Grouping Includes
Major Defined locally by territories
Minor Defined locally by territories
Like all organisations, we have been impacted by the great resignation. In FY22, 65,375 people left our member firms (FY21: 53,503), resulting in a total turnover rate of 23.5% (FY21: 20.9%).

We remain focused on improving retention and delivering a differentiated people experience to ensure that PwC continues to be a great place to work. We are in contact with many of our former colleagues via our strong and active alumni network.

While our overall turnover rate is higher in FY22 than in FY21, the ratio of female to male leavers has remained relatively consistent and proportionate to our overall headcount.
Total Turnover by Region, Line of Service & Gender
Region Global Line of Service Total Terminations Turnover Rate (%) Female (%) Male (%) Not Declared (%)
Americas Advisory 4,210 22.4% 36.5% 63.4% 0.19%
Assurance 6,352 29.6% 47.5% 52.3% 0.13%
Internal Firm Services 1,735 14.0% 64.5% 35.3% 0.17%
Tax and Legal Services 3,473 24.9% 49.9% 50.0% 0.09%
Americas Total 15,770 23.7% 47.0% 52.9% 0.14%
Asia Pacific Advisory 8,590 24.1% 34.1% 65.8% 0.12%
Assurance 11,322 28.0% 55.1% 44.9% 0.04%
Internal Firm Services 1,660 16.8% 60.4% 39.6% 0.06%
Tax and Legal Services 3,418 23.9% 55.0% 45.0% 0.03%
Asia Pacific Total 24,990 24.9% 48.2% 51.8% 0.06%
Europe, Middle East and Africa Advisory 7,194 24.8% 37.5% 62.5% 0.03%
Assurance 10,926 24.4% 46.0% 54.0% 0.04%
Internal Firm Services 2,487 13.5% 56.5% 43.5% 0.04%
Tax and Legal Services 4,008 20.9% 56.0% 43.9% 0.05%
Europe, Middle East and Africa Total 24,615 22.1% 46.2% 53.8% 0.04%
Total 65,375 23.5% 47.1% 52.8% 0.07%
The turnover of our minority staff is slightly lower than the overall reported minority population.

Note on ethnicity data: We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.
Total Turnover by Line of Service, Management Level & Ethnicity
Line of Service Aggregated Management Level Major % Minor %
Advisory Associates 72.2% 27.8%
Managers 58.5% 41.5%
Directors 60.4% 39.6%
Advisory Total 67.3% 32.7%
Assurance Associates 63.9% 36.1%
Managers 62.6% 37.4%
Directors 74.3% 25.7%
Assurance Total 64.0% 36.0%
Internal Firm Services Associates 68.2% 31.8%
Managers 67.1% 32.9%
Directors 85.4% 14.6%
Internal Firm Services Total   69.1% 30.9%
Tax and Legal Services Associates 64.6% 35.4%
Managers 62.3% 37.7%
Directors 72.8% 27.2%
Tax and Legal Services Total 64.5% 35.5%
Total 65.8% 34.2%
Grouping Includes
Associates Senior Associate, Associate, Administrative, Specialists, Interns (ML only)
Managers Senior Manager, Manager
Directors Managing Director, Director, Salaried Partner
Grouping Includes
Major Defined locally by territories
Minor Defined locally by territories
Employment and wealth generation Economic Contribution Partially Comply Given the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not produce consolidated financial accounts for PwC globally; however, we do provide some information related to revenues, net income, employment taxes paid, and so on. Show More
Please see the Financials chapter of our Global Annual Review.

In addition, please see the Impact chapter for information on our pro-bono and volunteering work.
Innovation of better products and services Total R&D expenses ($) Comply Despite the economic uncertainty of the past year, continuing to invest in the future of our people, new technologies, further enhancing the quality of our work, and new products and services to meet the developing needs of our stakeholders remains a key priority for PwC. Show More
Across the PwC network, we invested over US$3.1bn during FY22 in areas such as strategic deployments, investments in critical markets, technology, risk and quality initiatives, and acquisitions. These investments collectively help PwC to drive innovation and be fit for the future.
Community and social vitality Total tax paid Partially Comply It is a characteristic of partnerships that payment of the taxes on the income produced in the partnership is an obligation of the individual equity partners. Show More
Given this and the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not collect comprehensive information at a global level on taxes paid on income by each individual firm. However we are this year providing in our Financials chapter details of some of the taxes paid by PwC firms around the world.
Expanded Metrics
Topic Metric Adoption status More information
Employment and wealth generation Significant indirect economic impacts Partially comply PwC is a community of solvers and we are committed to supporting and working with others to increase inclusivity and enable more people to participate in and benefit from the economy and society more broadly. Show More
Our New world. New skills. programme seeks to enable everyone to have the digital skills they will need to thrive in the workforce of the future. We’ve activated this programme by empowering our people in their communities, joining forces with others such as our collaboration with UNICEF in support of Generation Unlimited, and through our work with clients.

For more detail on how we are building trust, supporting the development of public policy in the public interest, working on ESG topics, and having a positive impact on society, please see our chapters on Trust, ESG, and Impact, plus our Community Report in our FY22 Global Annual Review.
Innovation of Better Products and Services Social value
generated (%)
Partially comply We estimate that work that we classify as “entirely” ESG has generated US$301m of revenues in FY22. Show More
We do undertake further work on ESG matters as part of larger, multi-disciplinary projects and we plan to reflect that ESG work in future versions of this report.
To learn more about the range of our work that provides social benefit, please see our ESG, Trust, and Impact chapters.
Vitality Index In progress We are proud of the recent innovations in our services in areas such as sustainability (see our ESG chapter). Show More
Currently, we collect data on our revenues in accordance with our lines of service. However we will look at the feasibility of analysing revenues in line with this metric and reporting information on services recently added to our portfolio.
Community and social vitality Total Social Investment ($) Partially comply Across the world, we contribute to our local communities by volunteering and offering our services on a pro-bono or discounted basis. For example, in this financial year, 34,245 PwC volunteers gave 789,000 hours of volunteering. Show More
Over the last year, the financial value of our community activities is US$222.5 million. This includes contributions for disaster and in-kind responses from our 21 largest territories totalling US$6,183,584.

Another of our key societal impacts is supporting our people’s learning and development. On average we spent US$2,088 per employee on internal learning and development activities. This translates to an average of 69.7 hrs per person, up from 56.3 hrs in FY21.
Across our network, 226,042 people completed one or more pieces of learning related to inclusion and diversity in FY22 (up from 210,201 in FY21). This includes our Inclusive Mindset training programme with 83,651 learning hours completed to date. The total investment in the Inclusive Mindset programme was US$684,403.

More information on our community activities can be found in the Impact chapter of our FY22 Global Annual Review.
Community and social vitality Additional tax remitted Partially comply Given the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not collect comprehensive information at a global level on taxes paid by each individual firm. Show More
However this year we are providing details of some of the taxes paid by PwC firms around the world including taxes such as VAT collected on behalf of others. To review this information, please see the Financials chapter of our Global Annual Review.
Community and social vitality Total tax paid by country for significant locations Not comply It is a characteristic of partnerships that payment of the taxes on the income produced in the partnership is an obligation of the individual equity partners. Show More
Given this and the separate legal structure of PwC network member firms, we do not collect information at a global level on taxes paid by each individual firm. We do provide some information on some taxes aggregated at a network level (see the Financials chapter of our Global Annual Review) and some of our individual firms do provide information on their total tax contributions.
Employment and wealth generation Financial investment contribution

Infrastructure investments and services supported
Not Material As a professional services network, we do not consider our impact to be material in these areas. Show More
Since PwC is a network of privately owned separate legal entities, the metric on financial investment contribution is not relevant to PwC.

As a professional services network, we make limited investments in infrastructure outside of renting property. However, our commercial work involves infrastructure-related work that serves to benefit communities. For example, see our ESG chapter for examples of how we are supporting the development of plastic recycling infrastructure in India and green energy infrastructure in Germany and Australia.
  1. Some numbers may not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding.
  2. All numbers are at 30 June 2022 - the end of our FY22 financial year unless otherwise stated.
  3. Some of the data reported relates to the 21 largest PwC territories known as the Strategy Council. These countries or regions included in the strategy council are: Australia, Africa Central and Southern Africa, Brazil, Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, China, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Middle East, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States.
  4. We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.
  5. In this report the terms PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, our, we and us are used to refer to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited or, as the context requires, to one or more PwC member firms.

Notes:

1:  Some numbers may not add up to exactly 100% due to rounding.

2:  All numbers are at 30 June 2022 the end of our FY22 financial year unless otherwise stated.

3:  Some of the data reported relates to the 21 largest PwC territories known as the Strategy Council.  These countries or regions included in the strategy council are:  Australia, Africa Central and Southern Africa, Brazil, Canada, Central and Eastern Europe, China, France, Germany, Italy, India, Japan, Korea, Mexico, Middle East, Netherlands, Singapore, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and United States. 

4:  We report ethnicity data for nine of our larger territories that together employ 42% of our global workforce. (We are unable to report ethnicity data for our other larger territories because either the territories do not collect this data or local laws prohibit sharing the data.) Each of the nine reporting territories has mapped the majority/minority ethnicity of its workforce.

5:  In this report the terms PricewaterhouseCoopers, PwC, our, we and us are used to refer to the network of member firms of PricewaterhouseCoopers International Limited or, as the context requires, to one or more PwC member firms.

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