PA Consulting Supercharge Sustainable Transport Solutions

How PA Consulting employees volunteered with social enterprises building sustainable solutions to transport challenges

The PA Consulting Transport Change Day brought together 15 PA Consulting employees to volunteer their skills to supercharge 4 social enterprises building sustainable solutions to transport challenges.

Why Sustainable Transport?

Sustainable transport is crucial for reducing environmental and climate impact.

Sustainable transportation can enhance economic growth and improve accessibility. It also can achieve better integration of the economy while respecting the environment. Sustainable transport is also a method of improving social equity, health, resilience of cities, urban-rural linkages and productivity of rural areas.

The Change Day gave PA Consulting employees the opportunity to volunteer their skills to support sustainable solutions to transport challenges.

The Social Enterprises

The social enterprises they supported were:

BD Waste who are an end-to-end digital platform connecting waste generators with collectors, processors and recyclers in Africa 🇬🇭

CarryLarry who offer a comfortable and cool 4-wheeled e-bike with a roof enabling anyone to safely enjoy the freedom of cycling 🇦🇹

Electrek Explorer who help tackle the climate crisis by incentivising low carbon electric vehicle (EV) travel and nature tourism 🇬🇧

Skipit who enable people to use the most sustainable mode of transportation in any country using just one app 🇩🇰

What Happened

Ahead of the day, the PA Consulting employees were matched with a social enterprise based on the skills they 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, strategy, 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

“Having the opportunity to turn a problem on its head; bring fresh thinking and learn so much about a new area of transport was an awesome way to volunteer. I left feeling enthused and rewarded because I knew we had helped a really worthy social enterprise push forward their plans to make a more positive future for us all.”
Rory, PA ChangeMaker

“Participating in the Transport GTM specific Change Day was a fantastic way for me to meet new colleagues, collaborate on an interesting and valuable topic, strengthen my consulting skills and ultimately support a fantastic social enterprise to drive sustainable transport innovation.”
Katie, PA ChangeMaker

“Participating in a Change Day was a fabulous use of my time. I learnt so much about a whole side of the business we were supporting. I also learnt that I knew more than I thought I did. Had some valuable comments and loved sparking off my colleagues' thoughts and ideas.”
Joanna, PA ChangeMaker

What Social Enterprises Thought

“The Change Day helped me to structure my work. Thanks to the Input I will be able to use my time in a more productive way to speed up the company's development.”
Michael: Founder, CarryLarry

“The Change Day helped us to get insights, feedback and invaluable support from a group of very competent individuals. Thank you for everything!”
Conor: Co-Founder, Skipit

“Fantastic insight from leading consultants to help build a community to help shape the future of sustainable travel and eco tourism.”
Elaine: Founder, Electrek Explorer

*****

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