PwC at a glance

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At PwC, we draw on the collective skills and experience of more than 370,000 people across our network of firms in 149 countries to help build trust in society and solve important problems. We help our clients transform to build enduring success as they navigate a rapidly changing world. 

Our network

Our global leaders

Our purpose

Our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems.

In an increasingly complex world, we help intricate systems function, adapt and evolve so they can deliver sustained outcomes for communities and society – whether they are capital markets, tax systems or the economic systems on which business and society depend. 

"Business leaders know they cannot stand still. In PwC's 2024 Global CEO Survey, 45% of CEOs said their companies will not be viable in ten years if they do not change course. From the global move toward sustainability to the accelerating deployment of AI, transformative forces are shifting what it takes for companies to succeed. That's why, this year, PwC people in 149 countries have helped over 180,000 clients to reinvent how they create value and navigate change to build enduring success."

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Carol Stubbings
Global Chief Commercial Officer, PwC UK

Our values

When working with our clients and our colleagues to build trust in society and solve important problems we:

Act with Integrity, Make a difference, Care, Work Together, Reimagine the Possible

Evolved PwC Professional

Empowered by our Purpose and Values we have evolved what it means to be a PwC Professional and the behaviours everyone at PwC is expected to demonstrate.  

PwC Professional: Trusted Leadership and Distinctive Outcomes

Trusted Leadership are the behaviours that help us prioritise building trust and delivering sustained outcomes.

As Trusted Leaders we:

  • Inspire | understand our impact and people want to work with us
  • Empower | coach and work side by side with others
  • Evolve | grow as a person and guide us into the future

Distinctive Outcomes are the behaviours grounded in our commitment to quality and integrity that enable us to bring our collective expertise, collaboration and inclusiveness to deliver value.

Delivering Distinctive Outcomes we:

  • Champion | commit to quality, integrity and inclusive behaviour
  • Build | apply a business mindset to our work to increase our collective success
  • Deliver | collaborate across and beyond PwC to deliver quality and distinctive client experience

Our global locations

656 cities | 149 countries

Lines of service

Assurance

Advisory

Tax and Legal Services

Internal Firm Services

Our clients

180,125

clients across our global network

PwC clients across the world

86% of Fortune Global 500

89% of Fortune 500

79% of S&P Latin America

87% of FTSE 100

96% of S&P Europe 350

92% of S&P Asia

Clients by industry

Clients by industry
Label Financial services Industrial manufacturing and automotive Consumer markets Technology, media and telecommunications Government & public services Energy, utilities and resources Health industries Private equity and sovereign investment funds Not classified
PwC clients 27% 15% 11% 11% 6% 7% 8% 9% 5%
  • Financial services 27%
  • Industrial manufacturing and automotive 15%
  • Consumer markets 11%
  • Technology, media and telecommunications 11%
  • Government & public services 6%
  • Energy, utilities and resources 7%
  • Health industries 8%
  • Private equity and sovereign investment funds 9%
  • Not classified 5%
 

Based on revenue by Ultimate Holding Company

Our year

Financial performance highlights

3.7%

Overall gross revenues grew by 3.7% to US$55.4 billion

8.6%

Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) revenues were up by 8.65%

5.5%

Revenues in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) grew by 5.5% while Asia Pacific revenues were down by 5.6%

3.4%

Our revenues in the Americas grew by 3.4% while US revenues grew by 2.9%

Highlights of our year

27 top star ratings Earned top star ratings in all 27 categories in Forbes 2024 ranking of ‘World’s Best Management Consulting Firms’ based on a global survey of clients and consultants on all continents.

700 solutions PwC’s Solvers Challenge, our annual competition to recognise innovative solutions that help to solve the world’s complex problems, included over 700 human-led, tech-powered solutions to client challenges created by more than 35,000 PwC people from 135 territories in our global network.

Partner of the Year Won Microsoft’s ‘Building with AI’ Partner of the Year in recognition of PwC’s global leadership on AI, and won 2023 Digital Innovation of the Year at the International Accounting Forum & Awards for our suite of global AI services.

US$1.5bn investment Continued to invest nearly US$1.5 billion to expand and scale our AI capabilities across our network, and rolled out AI platform ‘ChatPwC’ to over 200,000 people in firms across the PwC network, enabling our people to use ChatGPT technology in a secure environment and always with human oversight.

Global events Contributed insights on key issues from sustainability to responsible AI at global events such as the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, APEC CEO Summit, Climate Week, Bloomberg New Economy Forum, FT Moral Money Summits, World Energy Congress, and the AI For Good Summit.

198,190 people trained Invested in our people’s capabilities to address the challenges of the 21st century: 198,190 active PwC employees have completed sustainability upskilling, while 50,450 active PwC employees have undertaken Inclusive Mindset training.

Invested US$3.6bn Invested US$3.6 billion including 8 acquisitions and 7 strategic investments to expand professional capability in key areas from product design to supply chain to data governance.

Trust Academy Our Trust Academy convened senior executives and thought leaders from across industries to identify opportunities to earn trust and drive better outcomes in business and society. Speakers at the Trust Academy have included prominent world leaders and trust experts from the World Economic Forum and Harvard Business School.

Global leader in sustainability Recognised by Verdantix as a Global Leader in ESG and Sustainability in its Green Quadrant: ESG and Sustainability Consulting 2024 report, highlighting our ability to provide robust sustainability services to clients across industries.

1,000 nature specialists Celebrated the one year anniversary of our Centre for Nature Positive Business which unites more than 1,000 nature specialists (and growing) from across our network to help our clients to accelerate the global transition to a nature positive and net zero future.

Net zero commitments Continued progress toward our net zero commitments. Today, 95% of our electricity comes from renewable sources, and we have reduced our scope 1 & 2 emissions by 71% when compared to FY19.

LinkedIn’s top 5 PwC US was named as one of LinkedIn’s top 5 large US companies that are great for career building, and climbed 8 spots to #22 on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For 2024, achieving its highest position in seven years.

No.1 graduate employer PwC UK was voted the UK’s number one graduate employer in The Times Top 100 Graduate Employers survey 2023. In addition, PwC UK was named the top UK employer in the Social Mobility Employer Index 2023 which ranks Britain’s employers on action to improve social mobility in the workplace and help people of all backgrounds succeed.

ISQM1 implementation All PwC firms implemented the most recent international standard for quality management (ISQM1) for their assurance business. In addition, PwC achieved a reduction in the proportion of regulator-inspected engagements with findings by more than the 25% International Forum of Independent Audit Regulators (IFIAR) target over the four-year period of the IFIAR Survey from 2019 to 2023.

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Our people

Top findings of PwC Global People Survey 2024

I am proud to work at PwC

84% agree

My personal values align with the values demonstrated at PwC

82% agree

I enjoy working at PwC

78% agree

I feel like I belong at PwC

76% agree

I would recommend PwC as a great place to work

77% agree

PwC people

370,393

Total headcount at end of FY24

102,549

Number of new joiners to PwC

6,161

New jobs created

1.7%

Headcount growth

Number of people employed by region

86,080

Americas

137,835

Asia Pacific

146,478

EMEA

Number of people employed by Line of Service

134,036

Assurance

121,655

Advisory

58,119

Tax & Legal

56,583

IFS

Number of people employed by seniority level

244,352

Associates & below

89,271

Managers

23,343

Directors

13,427

Equity Partners and Principals

Inclusion & Diversity highlights

  • Diversity at the top. This year, Mohamed Kande became our new Global Chairman, our first from a multicultural background. Alongside Mohamed, PwC has many women in leadership positions. Women account for 46% of our Global Leadership Team, 44% of our Global Board, and 20% of our Network Leadership Team.
  • Ongoing execution of our Global Inclusion First Strategy with all PwC firms implementing a local Inclusion & Diversity strategy aligned with our network-wide strategy. 
  • Continued focus on Inclusive Mindset learning across the PwC network. So far 50,450 active PwC employees have undertaken Inclusive Mindset learning.
  • Amplification of Disability Inclusion. We launched our first Global Disability Inclusion strategy in 2022. This year, we saw the number of people with a disability voluntarily self-disclosing in our Global People Survey double since last year, with 77% of our people with a disability saying that they feel that they belong at PwC (an increase of 4%). The number of Disability Inclusion Networks established across PwC firms has grown from 13 to 18.
  • Growth of Shine LGBTQ+ networks. Our Shine Inclusion networks have grown to 36 from just 9 in 2016, with new networks established in Portugal, Uruguay, and Greece this year. For the first time, we hosted multiple global webcasts highlighting our LGBTQ+ leaders and role models across the network.
  • Launched our #InclusionMatters thought leadership to mark International Women’s Day. Our external research from over 54,000 workers across 46 countries underlines the value of inclusivity. We found that women experiencing higher levels of workplace inclusion are 15x times more likely to ask for a promotion and 1.7x more likely to seek out opportunities to learn and develop new skills than those with lower inclusion scores.
  • New Human Rights Policy which will be implemented in FY25 expands on our Human Rights Statement and underscores our commitment to upholding human rights throughout our global network.

Find out more about our Global Inclusion First strategy at www.pwc.com/inclusion.

Our impact

World Economic Forum Metric Disclosure Highlights: Reporting our impact on society

We believe strongly in the value of robust disclosures of companies’ impacts on society. We supported the World Economic Forum to develop its Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics, a rigorous way for companies to measure their true impact on the people and the planet. We were an early adopter of the metrics, and our latest report is here. We believe the metrics heighten transparency and accountability, helping to build stronger communities and a healthier environment.

We are fully or partially complying with 36 of 39 Stakeholder Capitalism Metrics that are relevant to our business, providing a detailed understanding of the PwC network’s impact on the planet, our people, the economy and society. Reporting against as many of these metrics as possible is a key element of our commitment to transparency and we are proud of the progress we have made with our reporting in this area over the last few years.

Our net zero commitments

We have continued to make progress toward achieving net zero greenhouse gas emissions with 2030 goals. For example, we have already reduced our scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 71% compared to FY19 (our goal is a 50% reduction by FY30). In addition, we already use 95% renewable electricity in our territories. Please see our 2024 Network Environment Report for more on our progress on our commitments.

50%

absolute reduction in scope 1 & 2 greenhouse gas emissions by FY30 from a FY19 baseline

100%

renewable electricity used in all our territories by FY30

50%

of our purchased goods and services suppliers (by emissions) to set science-based targets to reduce their own climate impact by FY25

50%

absolute reduction in scope 3 greenhouse gas emissions from business travel by FY30 from a FY19 baseline

Volunteering and pro-bono work

54,524

volunteers

860,126

volunteer hours

1,551,608

beneficiaries

US$221,632,084

community investment

Our humanitarian work

Since 2018, PwC’s Global Office for Humanitarian Affairs (PwC GOHA) has been leveraging the power of our network and aid partners to support forcibly displaced people and vulnerable host community members in the midst of humanitarian crises, across areas including healthcare, sustainable shelter, nutrition, livelihoods, water, sanitation and hygiene, and disaster response. 

Bangladesh

For the past six years, PwC GOHA and Health and Education for All (HAEFA) have been providing free healthcare services to Rohingya communities in the largest refugee camp in the world located in Cox’s Bazar district, Bangladesh. Nearly 276,500 patient footfalls have been recorded in the two PwC supported HAEFA health posts which include the first non-communicable diseases focused pathology laboratory in the district. Recently, new facilities including an ultrasonography machine have been introduced, and we will soon introduce mobile medical services to reach more people in need.

Türkiye

In February 2023 a devastating earthquake occurred, significantly increasing the protection risks faced by vulnerable children and youth in Türkiye. In response, PwC GOHA and PwC Türkiye extended their support to the Turkish Red Crescent with a mobile child-friendly Space in Adana and a mobile Psychosocial Support Unit in Malatya. These resources have enabled the provision of child protection services, psychosocial support, social cohesion programmes, and youth empowerment activities to both Turkish and migrant children, as well as their caregivers, in rural, earthquake-affected regions. PwC Türkiye, with the support of the PwC network, also constructed two schools in Hatay, one of the regions hardest hit by the earthquake. With 16 classrooms and a capacity of 500 students, these schools will help those children most affected to reach their potential. 

Syria

PwC GOHA is providing critical support to nearly 80 internally displaced families in Idlib, Northwest Syria who have been affected by the devastating February 2023 earthquake. Alongside the international aid organisation WATAN (known locally as Vatan Dernegi), a camp has been established with shelters and water, sanitation and hygiene facilities. The families are also being provided fresh bread and water trucking services. Additional shelters have also been set up with local aid organisation Nur Dernegi in existing camps where the families have been provided with food baskets and essential non food items including solar lamps, mattresses and blankets.

Colombia

Colombia is the primary destination for refugees and migrants from Venezuela which is facing the largest displacement crisis in Latin America. PwC GOHA, PwC Colombia and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Colombia are working towards the socioeconomic integration of 200 Venezuelan refugees and migrants, Colombian returnees and internally displaced people in Cali and the surrounding metropolitan areas. The programme is facilitating the training and inclusion of these communities into the labour market by the end of 2024, providing psychosocial support, integrating them into the host community, and strengthening the autonomy of ethnic organisations.

Morocco

In September 2023 Morocco was struck by a catastrophic earthquake that left thousands homeless and exposed to harsh weather, health risks, and social distress. PwC GOHA and PwC Morocco, together with Association Le Grand Atlas Marrakech and WATAN, have supported more than 50 families in the impacted region of Al Hauz with sustainable shelter, food kits and non-food items. Additionally, two sanitation units were constructed, enhancing the living conditions of the families.

Maui

The PwC Charitable Foundation, Inc. contributed US$250,000 to American Red Cross, Americares, Hawaii Community Foundation and World Central Kitchen in support of immediate response efforts and long-term recovery in the aftermath of widespread wildfires on Maui, Hawaii. PwC US partners and staff came together to provide aid through various crowdfunding campaigns and individual donations.

Our work in building resilient communities

This year, we helped to build healthy, resilient communities in countries across the world. For example:

Ireland

PwC Ireland, in collaboration with ChangeX, launched a fund to support community projects that provide opportunities for young people and community members to develop needed skills. Among the projects implemented are ‘STEAM in a box,’ inspiring primary students to love STEM subjects as well as artistic skills (the A in STEAM) like creative thinking and design.

China

PwC China is collaborating with the Adream Foundation to enhance digital literacy and design thinking skills through Tech Carnivals in Shanghai’s neighbourhoods.

Brazil

PwC Brazil’s Access Your Potential programme has expanded employment opportunities and empowered over 700 young Brazilians to develop digital skills through mentorship, online courses, and hackathons.

India

PwC India Foundation and The Corbett Foundation in Madhya Pradesh launched a project to help local villagers around the Kanha Tiger Reserve rehabilitate the reserve’s ecology and assist community members in starting eco-friendly businesses.

Ghana

PwC Ghana collaborated with United Way Ghana in celebration of Green Ghana Day by planting trees and educating over 800 students at the Association Community Basic School and La Yahoushua Basic School in Labone on the importance of environmental sustainability.

Supporting global upskilling

We are collaborating with UNICEF in support of Generation Unlimited (GenU) to support their mission to help skill and connect 1.8 billion young people to opportunities. At COP28 in 2023, we participated in the launch of Green Rising, an initiative aiming to equip 10 million young people with the knowledge and skills they need to take climate action by 2026. Green Rising exceeded its ambition after less than a year and has to date worked with over 11 million young people. 

As a founding partner of GenU, we continue to collaborate to address skilling challenges faced locally through on-the-ground programmes such as Youth Hub (India) and Mamelodi Business Hub (South Africa). 

We are a founding partner of the World Economic Forum’s Reskilling Revolution programme which aims to catalyse coalitions to provide 1 billion people with better education, skills and jobs by 2030. Our joint publication featured real-world examples, including PwC’s skills programme, to demonstrate the potential of skills-first approaches to improving labour markets.

Our alliances and partnerships

  • World Economic Forum
  • World Business Council for Sustainable Development
  • Sustainable Markets Initiative
  • UNICEF in support of Generation Unlimited
  • The Global Solutions Initiative
  • Member of the LEAF Coalition
  • Business for Nature
  • Race to Zero
  • Climate Champions
  • Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures
  • Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures
  • International Sustainability Standards Board
  • Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero
  • Science Based Target Initiative (SBTI)
  • Science Based Target Network (SBTN)
  • European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)
  • Global Reporting Initiative
  • Greenhouse Gas Protocol
  • Climate Pledge
  • UN Global Compact
  • RE100
  • We Mean Business
  • Natural Capital Coalition
  • World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos
  • World Economic Forum Annual Meeting of the New Champions
  • 2023 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP28)
  • Climate Week NYC
  • World Energy Congress
  • Mobile World Congress
  • Bloomberg New Economy Forum
  • Milken Institute Global Conference
  • Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation CEO Summit
  • Global Solutions Summit
  • VivaTech 2024
  • Adobe
  • AWS
  • Google
  • Guidewire
  • Microsoft
  • Oracle
  • Salesforce
  • SAP
  • Workday
  • OpenAI

Our thought leadership

27th Annual Global CEO Survey

Economic optimism doubles, yet almost half of CEOs do not believe their businesses will be viable in a decade as tech and climate pressures accelerate.

Global Hopes and Fears Survey

60% of employees experienced more change at work in the past year than in the previous 12 months.

AI Jobs Barometer

Our data suggests AI is already making workers more productive with sectors that are especially exposed to AI experiencing nearly 5 times higher growth in labour productivity.

Climate Risks to Nine Key Commodities

More than 70% of critical minerals key for the net zero energy transition are at risk from climate disruption.

Global Investor Survey

94% of investors believe corporate reporting on sustainability performance contains unsupported claims.

Women in Work 2024

While women’s participation in labour markets is increasing, women continue to face pay disparities compared to men. The gender pay gap widened between 2021 and 2022 in 20 of the 33 OECD countries, including the UK. 

Putting skills first

Opportunities for Building Efficient and Equitable Labour Markets: More than 100 million people would benefit from a skills-first approach which gives people opportunities based on their skills rather than traditional measures like formal qualifications.

Global Risk Survey

Cyber and digital technology risks are a key concern for businesses and risk leaders in 2023, even as 60% see GenAI as an opportunity for their businesses.

State of Climate Tech

Climate tech investments from venturecapital and private equity fell 40% in 2023 as economic uncertainty and geopolitical conflict dent investor confidence.

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Sarah Brown

Sarah Brown

Director, Global Corporate Affairs and Communications, PwC United Kingdom

Tel: +44 7384 248 785

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