PwC people are committed to helping improve the communities in which they live and work. Every year, hundreds of community projects around the world count on the participation of our people as volunteers, leaders, and facilitators. In response to the increasing number and growing diversity of local community projects that involve our people, PwC launched Global Communities. PricewaterhouseCoopers maintains a wide range of commitments in Switzerland too:
Environmental commitments
PricewaterhouseCoopers has set itself the goal of becoming the first CO2-neutral company in its sector; with this end in mind, it has joined together with "myclimate" to develop a CO2 programme to monitor the energy efficiency of its infrastructure and processes.
Engagierte Unternehmen gründen die Klimastiftung Schweiz (PDF File 92 KB, Deutsch)
Economic commitments
PricewaterhouseCooperS' experts are involved in many consultations on reforms in Switzerland. We are partners in the Swiss Economic Forum (Thun), which promotes networking among Swiss businesses and also in the World Economic Forum (Davos), which fosters dialogue and the sharing of views among businesses globally. We join with Ypsomed Holding in awarding the Ypsomed Innovation Prize in Berne every year.
Social commitments
Above all else, PricewaterhouseCoopers has a responsibility towards its employees. All its efforts in this respect are summarised under the aspiration to be a "great place to work" and in the programme of the same name.
In addition, we have commitments in the following areas:
- Nachbarschaftshilfe Zürich
PwC is the main sponsor promoting and supporting contacts and mutual assistance in the Oerlikon neighbourhood, where its headquarters are located. - ICRC
The International Committee of the Red Cross is a neutral and independent organisation, whose sole humanitarian mission it is to protect the life and dignity of victims of war and of violent conflict within countries. - UNHCR
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has the mandate of running and co-ordinating international projects to protect refugees and of resolving refugee problems worldwide. - Professorship programme
Selected professorships in the fields of accounting, finance and capital markets at leading universities are supported by PwC. - Multiple Sklerose Gesellschaft Schweiz
Supporting people with multiple sclerosis (MS), their families, specialists in the disease and volunteers throughout Switzerland with advice, information material, seminars and further training. - Krebshilfe Schweiz
20 cantonal and regional associations in Switzerland and the Principality of Liechtenstein helping people with cancer and their families. - Socential
Socential aims to nurture social entrepreneurship through an innovative online marketplace in which social investors and vetted social entrepreneurs can collaborate, invest, share information and identify synergies. PwC actively supports Socential through its know-how and network.
Cultural and sporting commitments
Zurich Festival, Amicitia Handball, Lucerne Blues Festival, Montreux Jazz Festival
