From the desk of PwC India Foundation
Lending a helping hand to the flood affected families
PwC India Foundation recently handed over 69 transitional shelters and sanitation units to identified families in Mananthavady municipalty of Wayanad district who lost their homes during the floods that hit the state of Kerala in August 2018. Sustainable Environment and Ecological Development Society (SEEDS) India, an NGO which specialises in disaster response and the rehabilitation space, assisted the Foundation on this project on ground.
This project is part of the foundation’s efforts to provide safe shelters to disadvantaged communities in times of natural disasters. The shelters and sanitation units have been made using materials that were locally sourced and which can be reused when the families consider more permanent shelter solutions.
Our former COO Satyavati Berera met the affected families and penned down a blog on her experience.
PwC India Foundation bags the ICC Social Impact Award 2018
The foundation won the ICC Social Impact Award 2018 in January this year. The social impact award recognises the excellence of organisations in the sphere of social investment, CSR and sustainability.
The foundation was declared the winner in the small projects category for its project focussed on reducing hunger, conserving water, enhancing agricultural production and incomes in 10 villages in Hamirpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The interventions were in response to the severe and consecutive droughts that the villages had been facing, leading to extreme vulnerabilities among the communities.
Arijit Chakrabarti, Partner, Advisory Consulting, represented the foundation at the Awards summit. The result was a mix of audience voting and jury’s decision. Read about the journey of the project here.
10 years of PwC India Foundation
In September 2018, the foundation completed a decade of dedicated service in the field of corporate responsibility. Over these years, the foundation’s programmes in the six thematic areas – water, sanitation and hygiene, education, environment sustainability, social entrepreneurship, issues of urban children and humanitarian response, have impacted thousands of lives. The volunteering initiatives and pro bono projects have also helped beneficiaries and non profits/ charitable institutions in improving their capacities and operations respectively. Read more about the Foundation here.
Towards a better tomorrow: Corporate responsibility global ambitions
The PwC network has set two global ambitions relating to community and environment to accelerate the efforts on our Corporate Responsibility agenda. The two ambitions are as below:
- Our global community ambition is to reach 15 million people, NGOs, social and micro enterprises to help them maximise their potential by FY 2022.
- While driving efficiency to reduce our absolute carbon impact, the network commits to offsetting air travel emissions from FY 2019 and to sourcing 100% renewables for its electricity consumption and offsetting residual energy use by FY 2022.
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