2 Southbank Boulevard
Southbank VIC 3006
Phone : 386031000
Fax : 386031999
Contact
Email : pwcfmail@au.pwc.com
Website : http://pwc.com.au
PwC Australia helps organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. We are a member firm of the PwC network, made up of 161,718 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory, tax & legal and private clients services.
PwC is one of Australia’s leading professional services firms, bringing the power of our global network of firms to help Australian businesses, not-for-profit organisations and governments assess their performance and improve the way they work. Having grown from a one-man Melbourne accountancy practice in 1874 to the worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in 1998, PwC Australia now employs more than 6,000 people.
Our vision
To realise and discover the potential of…
PwC people from every part of our business worked together to define what inspires us, what’s important to us, and what reflects our people and culture. We’re inspired by potential – for individuals, teams, clients, communities, everyone – captured in our vision “to realise and discover the potential of…” Realising is about fulfilling existing potential. Discovering is about finding new potential in new stuff, bold ideas, exploration and pushing ourselves beyond where we have been before.
While our vision invites us to consider who we can be, our firm values reflect who we are, and they should be evident in everything we do.
More information about our values can be found on our website
Annual Report
http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/annual-review/index.htm
Media
http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/corporate-responsibility/publications/index.htm
Leadership Team
Luke Sayers is the CEO of PwC Australia and Vice Chairman for East Cluster, PwC’s Asia-Pacific network of firms. Under Luke’s leadership PwC Australia is focused on delivering value to clients, lending expertise to help address important national issues, and contributing to communities around Australia.
Luke joined the firm in 1991, initially working with clients in the Information Communications industry. Luke has been a Global Relationship Partner for some of the firm’s most important clients and lived in Washington DC for five years before returning to Australia in 2001. Luke has been a member of the Australian leadership team since 2004, and was the Tax and Legal business leader for four years. He was the Markets leader from 2008, and appointed National Managing Partner in 2010. He commenced as CEO in April, 2012.
In addition, Luke has a long term commitment to community organisations and external Boards. He is currently on the Board of Special Olympics Australia, the Global Foundation, the Carlton Football Club and the Australian Business Charities Network (ABCN).
More information about PwC’s Executive board can be found here
Our People
Our people are energetic and inspirational and come from a diverse range of academic backgrounds, including arts, business, accounting, tax, economics, engineering, finance, health and law. From improving the structure of the Australian health system, to performing due diligence on some of Australia’s largest deals, and working side-by-side with entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals, our teams bring a unique combination of knowledge and passion to address the challenges and opportunities that face our community.
More information about Our People can be found here
Services and Industries
Learn more about the different services we offer and the different industries we specialise in.
Publications
You can read our latest publications here
Media Centre
You can read our latest media releases here
Employee Giving
PwC’s giving program is our open-choice workplace giving program that gives our people the freedom to support the causes they are passionate about.
Through the Good2Give platform, our people can easily donate to any Australian charity with DGR status. If your charity is registered with Good2Give, our people have the option to donate to your organisation. If you wish to register with Good2Give, please contact them directly via their website.
PwC also contributes to impact fundraising which is initiated and supported by our people.
The PwC Foundation Trust is a Private Ancillary Fund through which funds are collected from various internal sources and redistributed in accordance with the Trust Deed. The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funding.
Staff Volunteering
Social Impact Time
Social Impact Time provides our people with the opportunity to add value to society through activities such as volunteering, mentoring and working with charities and not-for-profits. For our people, there is no cap on social impact hours that use their professional skills.
Social Impact Time signals a fundamental shift in how PwC defines social impact, ensures any investment of staff and business time is captured and celebrated, and gives us the opportunity to fulfil our global purpose of building trust in society and solving important problems.
Find out more here
PwC OnBoard
PwC OnBoard is a program supporting our people to connect to the not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors through seeking Board or Advisory positions. Our Partners and staff are actively encouraged to participate and supported to seek opportunities in organisations in which they are passionate.
If you are a charity or social enterprise with a Board or Advisory role you are seeking to fill we’d love to hear from you. Please email Jane Edwards and our team will be in touch to discuss your needs and how we can help.
Sponsorships
Supporting the charities and not-for-profit sector
Each year we undertake a significant number of pro-bono and low-bono engagements, enabling access to our services by not-for-profit organisations at significantly reduced cost.
Environment
PwC Australia has a long-held commitment to managing our impact on the environment. We strive to be environmentally responsible, and grow environmental intelligence more broadly.
We are the first firm to; publish Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounts, be NCOS (National Carbon Offset Standard) certified, participate in the Corporate Responsibility Index and integrate corporate responsibility into our annual review. In addition, our GHG accounts are third party assured every second year, in line with NCOS requirements.
In 2008 we were the first professional services firm to become carbon neutral and we have continued with this commitment. We achieved carbon neutrality through three key steps:
- reducing our impact;
- purchasing accredited NCOS certified carbon offsets for any residual emissions.
- commitment and engagement of our people
You can find out more here
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About Us
PwC Australia helps organisations and individuals create the value they’re looking for. We are a member firm of the PwC network, made up of 161,718 people who are committed to delivering quality in assurance, advisory, tax & legal and private clients services.
PwC is one of Australia’s leading professional services firms, bringing the power of our global network of firms to help Australian businesses, not-for-profit organisations and governments assess their performance and improve the way they work. Having grown from a one-man Melbourne accountancy practice in 1874 to the worldwide merger of Price Waterhouse and Coopers & Lybrand in 1998, PwC Australia now employs more than 6,000 people.
Our vision
To realise and discover the potential of…
PwC people from every part of our business worked together to define what inspires us, what’s important to us, and what reflects our people and culture. We’re inspired by potential – for individuals, teams, clients, communities, everyone – captured in our vision “to realise and discover the potential of…” Realising is about fulfilling existing potential. Discovering is about finding new potential in new stuff, bold ideas, exploration and pushing ourselves beyond where we have been before.
While our vision invites us to consider who we can be, our firm values reflect who we are, and they should be evident in everything we do.
More information about our values can be found on our website
Annual Report
http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/annual-review/index.htm
Media
http://www.pwc.com.au/about-us/corporate-responsibility/publications/index.htm
Leadership Team
Luke Sayers is the CEO of PwC Australia and Vice Chairman for East Cluster, PwC’s Asia-Pacific network of firms. Under Luke’s leadership PwC Australia is focused on delivering value to clients, lending expertise to help address important national issues, and contributing to communities around Australia.
Luke joined the firm in 1991, initially working with clients in the Information Communications industry. Luke has been a Global Relationship Partner for some of the firm’s most important clients and lived in Washington DC for five years before returning to Australia in 2001. Luke has been a member of the Australian leadership team since 2004, and was the Tax and Legal business leader for four years. He was the Markets leader from 2008, and appointed National Managing Partner in 2010. He commenced as CEO in April, 2012.
In addition, Luke has a long term commitment to community organisations and external Boards. He is currently on the Board of Special Olympics Australia, the Global Foundation, the Carlton Football Club and the Australian Business Charities Network (ABCN).
More information about PwC’s Executive board can be found here
Our People
Our people are energetic and inspirational and come from a diverse range of academic backgrounds, including arts, business, accounting, tax, economics, engineering, finance, health and law. From improving the structure of the Australian health system, to performing due diligence on some of Australia’s largest deals, and working side-by-side with entrepreneurs and high-net-worth individuals, our teams bring a unique combination of knowledge and passion to address the challenges and opportunities that face our community.
More information about Our People can be found here
Products
Services and Industries
Learn more about the different services we offer and the different industries we specialise in.
Publications
You can read our latest publications here
Media Centre
You can read our latest media releases here
Community
Employee Giving
PwC’s giving program is our open-choice workplace giving program that gives our people the freedom to support the causes they are passionate about.
Through the Good2Give platform, our people can easily donate to any Australian charity with DGR status. If your charity is registered with Good2Give, our people have the option to donate to your organisation. If you wish to register with Good2Give, please contact them directly via their website.
PwC also contributes to impact fundraising which is initiated and supported by our people.
The PwC Foundation Trust is a Private Ancillary Fund through which funds are collected from various internal sources and redistributed in accordance with the Trust Deed. The Foundation does not accept unsolicited requests for funding.
Staff Volunteering
Social Impact Time
Social Impact Time provides our people with the opportunity to add value to society through activities such as volunteering, mentoring and working with charities and not-for-profits. For our people, there is no cap on social impact hours that use their professional skills.
Social Impact Time signals a fundamental shift in how PwC defines social impact, ensures any investment of staff and business time is captured and celebrated, and gives us the opportunity to fulfil our global purpose of building trust in society and solving important problems.
Find out more here
PwC OnBoard
PwC OnBoard is a program supporting our people to connect to the not-for-profit and social enterprise sectors through seeking Board or Advisory positions. Our Partners and staff are actively encouraged to participate and supported to seek opportunities in organisations in which they are passionate.
If you are a charity or social enterprise with a Board or Advisory role you are seeking to fill we’d love to hear from you. Please email Jane Edwards and our team will be in touch to discuss your needs and how we can help.
Sponsorships
Supporting the charities and not-for-profit sector
Each year we undertake a significant number of pro-bono and low-bono engagements, enabling access to our services by not-for-profit organisations at significantly reduced cost.
Sustainability
Environment
PwC Australia has a long-held commitment to managing our impact on the environment. We strive to be environmentally responsible, and grow environmental intelligence more broadly.
We are the first firm to; publish Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounts, be NCOS (National Carbon Offset Standard) certified, participate in the Corporate Responsibility Index and integrate corporate responsibility into our annual review. In addition, our GHG accounts are third party assured every second year, in line with NCOS requirements.
In 2008 we were the first professional services firm to become carbon neutral and we have continued with this commitment. We achieved carbon neutrality through three key steps:
- reducing our impact;
- purchasing accredited NCOS certified carbon offsets for any residual emissions.
- commitment and engagement of our people
You can find out more here
News & Media
Tax Reform: Why you should care
News
Sector leaders say upskilling in these specific areas is one way to help address the current jobs crisis and increase staff retention.…Read more
More than 60 per cent of NFP CEOs expect a surge in cyber incidents this year, yet training and compliance is not seen a priority, a new…Read more
PwC’s first ever NFP CEO survey reveals the questions charity leaders should be asking themselves when it comes to upskilling, collaboration…Read more
Seventy-seven per cent of NFP CEOs say COVID-19 has made digital upskilling a higher priority COVID-19 has shone a light on the need…Read more
There is “huge potential” for business and social sector collaboration to tackle pressing issues in Australian education, according…Read more
A survey of the not-for-profit sector has found that less than one-third of respondents believed most NFPs are well-run, while only…Read more
What it means for a not-for-profit organisation to be “well-run” is the focus of a new sector survey. Good Foundations, in collaboration…Read more
Business leaders are showing skepticism about the touted benefits of globalisation, including climate change mitigation and closing…Read more
The Council of Australian Governments (COAG) Disability Reform Council (DRC) has agreed to work more closely with the National Disability…Read more
The “IT debacle” that hampered the roll out of the $22 billion National Disability Insurance Scheme has been blamed on a “short-lived…Read more
Australia spends more than half a trillion dollars annually on “social purpose” goods and services directed at health, welfare and…Read more
Eight out of 10 Australian CEOs have acknowledged in a new report that their top talent want to work with companies with social values…Read more
PwC has recently announced the launch of its new digital volunteering platform and is inviting Not for Profit, social enterprise and…Read more
A PricewaterhouseCoopers report for the Law Institute of Victoria has recommended changes to the service delivery model of Victoria…Read more
Company board directors are less satisfied with their peers’ performance and women care more about board diversity than men, according…Read more
The Australian arm of the global aid organisation, World Vision has been named Australia’s best run organisation in a national…Read more
Consultancy business, Good Foundations in conjunction with professional services firm PwC, is undertaking research to understand…Read more
Celia Hodson, CEO of the School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) Australia reviews the out-takes of a recent panel discussion outlining…Read more
Eighty-four per cent of Not for Profit Chief Executives anticipate an increase in demand for their services over the next 12 months,…Read more
Leaders of Australia’s emerging social enterprise sector have been recognised with the announcement of the winners of the…Read more
In this week’s Executive Insight, Amanda Bartley, Director of Corporate Responsibility at PwC Australia talks Shared Value,…Read more
Investors are significantly dissatisfied with the current level of corporate transparency and reporting of sustainability information,…Read more
Depression Not for Profit beyondblue has launched a national campaign in conjunction with the Mentally Healthy Workplace Alliance…Read more
Australian CEOs are proving more socially and environmentally conscious than their global counterparts in thought but not in action,…Read more
Preliminary findings from Australia’s first study into Creating Shared Value (CSV) have been released at the CSV Forum in Melbourne.…Read more
Registration for 2013 Annual PwC Transparency Awards is now open to Not for Profits nationally. The PwC Transparency Awards are designed…Read more
The Australian Charities Fund and international professional services company, PwC have launched a new mobile app that raises money…Read more
An international aid organisation has taken out the top prize for transparency at the sixth annual PwC Transparency Awards in Sydney.…Read more
A new report commissioned by beyondblue reveals the cost and long-term impact of perinatal depression and anxiety.
Australia’s Not for Profits are dogged by pessimism and a lack of confidence in meeting demands and are losing the war on attracting…Read more
The Cancer Council NSW and Opportunity International were named as the major winners of the fifth annual PwC Transparency Awards last…Read more
In the UK, one fifth of charities are now considering merger as a means of survival, almost double the previous year’s figure,…Read more
Christian community service organisation, Mission Australia and children’s family cancer charity Camp Quality are the winners…Read more
As part of PricewaterhouseCoopers' (PwC) support for the improvement of transparency and quality of reporting in the Not for…Read more
World Vision has been declared the winner of the third annual Australian PwC Transparency Awards, with judges praising entrants for…Read more
