What have we achieved?

PwC is honoured to have received a range of awards and accolades for our achievements as an employer, business leader and professional services provider. These honours are pleasing recognition of our ability to respond to the needs of our clients and the community.

Market Leader in BRW Client Choice Awards
The BRW awards are unique in that they are based on an independent survey of 18,000 clients conducted by the specialist consulting firm Beaton Consulting. The survey was completed in October/November 2008 and reflects client interactions with PwC over the previous 12 months. This was the fourth consecutive year PwC received the Professional Services Market Leader award.
Audit Firm of the Year in the CFO Awards
PwC’s winning submission to CFO magazine’s Audit Firm of the Year Award highlighted the firm’s ability to provide market-leading audit services; educate clients and the broader community on climate change; collaborate with the Institute of Chartered Accountants to launch the PwC Transparency Awards for the not-for-profit sector; influence public discussion; and support its people not only in their specific roles in PwC, but in their long-term professional and personal aspirations.
Excellence in Community Practices
PwC won the ‘Excellence in Community Practices’ category for the inaugural BRW ANZ Private Business Awards, which are aimed at raising the profile of outstanding private businesses and encouraging the spirit of entrepreneurship. Nominations for the awards were open to all private businesses and were judged by a panel of industry and academic experts.
Lead Greenhouse Gas Advisory Group in Australasia
In recognition of its outstanding work, PwC’s Australian Sustainability & Climate Change team (S&CC) was named the Lead Greenhouse Gas Advisory Group in Australasia. It was the first time any PwC climate change team received this internationally renowned accolade. The award is the result of the ninth annual market survey run by leading environmental and business publication Environmental Finance. The survey is the largest of its kind, receiving votes from business leaders around the globe.
International Tax Review's Leading Australian Tax Advisers
This award reinforces the position of our 1,000-strong Australian tax practice as the country's leading tax adviser. In addition to our unrivalled local resources and industry knowledge, the Australian team draws on the skills and experience of a network of almost 20,000 tax and legal professionals in jurisdictions around the world.
EOWA Employer of Choice for Women
In 2009 PwC became certified as an Employer of Choice for Women, acknowledging our ongoing support of women and equal opportunity programs that recognise and advance the female workforce.
Global Communities Award
PwC’s Australian Foundation won Best in Class in the global firm’s 2008 Global Communities Recognition Awards. Now in their second year, the awards showcase the breadth of community engagement taking place across the PwC network globally and acknowledge outstanding contributions under the award categories Best in Class, Development and Innovation. This award recognises the achievements and impact of our Foundation over the last six years.
Most Outstanding Fundraising Project for 2009
The UN Refugee Agency UNHCR received the Fundraising Institute of Australia’s National Awards for Excellence in Fundraising for its work with PwC on the UNHCR PricewaterhouseCoopers Power of 10 Initiative. On 11 August 2008, Sam DiPiazza, our global CEO, handed a ceremonial cheque over to the UNHCR for US$4 million – the amount that PwC raised through the generosity of its people and member firms across the globe. This amount is now funding the education of up to 30,000 child refugees in eastern Chad who have fled the conflict in Darfur, Sudan.
Top Company for Global Diversity
PwC was named Top Company for Global Diversity in 2009 by DiversityInc, a leading publication on diversity in the workplace. The evaluators commended PwC for the work and achievements of its global Gender Advisory Council, an international group of 14 senior male and female leaders from around the world who actively work to improve the representation of PwC women in the workplace.
Editors' Special Tax Contribution Award
As chairman of the Tax Design Review Panel, PwC's Chief Operating Officer Neil Wilson helped form a series of tax policy recommendations, which were all accepted and reflected in the government’s FY09–10 budget. In the International Tax Review's 2008 Asia Tax Awards, Neil was recognised by the editor for his significant contribution in this role.
Best use of software in a not-for-profit setting
As part of the firm’s capacity-building work with Mission Australia, PwC advised the organisation’s Community Services Division on developing a software system to streamline its workflow and become more efficient. The resulting MACSIMS system, developed in association with Sydney-based company FlowConnect, resulted in a 95 per cent reduction in internal reporting time and an 80 per cent reduction in time spent producing government-funding reports. It was selected as the ‘best use of software in a non-profit setting’ in the Australian Community Technology Awards.