PA Consulting Tackle Global Challenges With Latest Change Day
How PA Consulting employees volunteered with social enterprises supporting people & planet!
The PA Consulting Sustainability Change Day brought together 14 PA Consulting employees to volunteer their skills to supercharge 4 social enterprises supporting people & planet.
About PA Consulting
Finding new and innovative approaches to overcome the world's challenges is intrinsic to who PA Consulting are. With a focus on developing employment skills and opportunities, supporting people facing multiple barriers based on universal or contextual characteristics, PA consulting say, βTogether, weβll tackle the world's challengesβ.
Which is why partnering with We Make Change to deliver a series of Change Days is a perfect fit. Through Change Days, PA Consulting employees have the opportunity to directly contribute to the philanthropic mission of PA Consulting and make a tangible impact on the welfare of many across the world through remote volunteering.
This most recent Change Day gave PA Consulting employees the opportunity to volunteer their skills to support impact startups working to make a difference to people and the planet.
The Social Enterprises
The social enterprises they supported were:
keen hub who created an app that lets users borrow reusable cups and bowls for free for up to 10 days and allows them to return them to any partner in the kleen hub network π©π°
One Climate who enable consumers to live a 1.5 degree compatible lifestyle by guiding them towards climate conscious decisions based on science-backed information π©πͺ
Tailored Food who are a social enterprise consultancy dedicated to building holistic food systems in countries like Liberia, China, the US, and the Congo πΊπΈ
TENERGY who are committed to bridging the logistical and financial barriers that hinder sustainable renewable energy technology adoption π²πΌ
What Happened
Ahead of the day, the PA Consulting employees were matched with a social enterprise based on the skills the social enterprises needed.
On the day, they got to work! During the 4 hour session, the PA Consulting employees worked to support the social enterprises with what they needed, including business development, marketing, operations and a whole lot more!
At the end of the day, the PA Consulting employees and social enterprises reflected on the session and shared the steps they would take beyond the Change Day to grow the impact of the social enterprises.
What ChangeMakers Thought
βAn incredible and most fulfilling few hours of helping shape change happen in a social enterprise with the goal of ending hunger by 2030 in a sustainable way. Thank you We Make Change!β
Madan, PA Consulting ChangeMaker
βGreat way to learn about new businesses and use our day-to-day skills to help them in their growth journey. Also really enjoyed meeting new people!β
Eva, PA Consulting ChangeMaker
What Social Enterprises Thought
βThis Change Day gave me access to world-class business consultation services and consultants who dedicated over 4 hours to learning and understanding TENERGY's distribution model, and the challenges we met and helped develop solutions to these challenges.β
Pius: Founder, Energy
βThe volunteers from PA Consulting helped me step out of everyday business and look at the problems we are tackling from a fresh perspective β all united in the purpose of making the world a better place.β
Simon: Founder, One Climate
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