Social Impact Initiative Impact report

At PwC Japan Group, our purpose is ‘to build trust in society and solve important problems’. With this purpose in mind, all members of the Group, including partners, are conducting day-to-day work and making important decisions. At PwC Consulting LLC (hereinafter referred to as ‘PwC Consulting’), the Social Impact Initiative (hereinafter referred to as ‘SII’) was initiated in 2019 by a group of volunteers from various divisions and positions who had a desire to create a better society. As an organisation that demonstrates PwC’s purpose, SII is conducting a wide range of activities.

As part of these efforts, PwC Consulting is promoting the Strategic Pro-bono Development Program to directly approach social issues that are difficult for businesses to address, and contribute to solving them. This program also aims to develop consultants who recognise on-site issues, and formulate and solve them from a social systems perspective. A total of 362 consultants have participated in the program, supporting 59 projects from 33 organisations as of November 2023. By collaborating with supported organisations in conducting projects, we are achieving even greater quality output. 

This is the second year we have published the Impact report. In the first report, we introduced the activities of the NPOs we have supported using a logic model. The second report focused on supporting the activities of NPOs by clarifying the social values they create. It selected not only logic models but also other methods that seemed appropriate for expressing social impact according to each organisation’s current situation and challenges.　 

Over the past year, the circumstances surrounding society have once again greatly changed. It is impossible for anyone to singlehandedly resolve these issues that are becoming ever more complex and wide-ranging, and there is a need for us to equip ourselves with an even greater ability to collaborate. We hope that this report will help strengthen cooperation among stakeholders who will face issues that Japanese society and the international community must overcome in the future.

Table of contents

1. About the report
2. Overview of the Strategic Pro-bono Development Program activities
3. Introduction to organisations
   1. Japan Reskilling Initiative
   2. Mirai Keiken Project
   3. Public Interest Incorporated Association of Marriage For All Japan—Freedom of Marriage For All
   4. PIECES
   5. Fairtrade Label Japan
4. Future activities
5. Significance of the Strategic Pro-bono Development Program activities
6. Editorial notes