Pacific Equity Partners: Commitment to encourage businesses to prioritise workplace giving

PACIFIC EQUITY PARTNERSSydney, Australia. Workplace Giving Australia. 2019. Article

FROM THE JUDGES:

Influencing through powerful role modelling and coaching to grow workplace giving.

INNOVATION + IMPACT

  • More organisations adopting workplace giving as part of everyday business
  • Engaging with higher echelons of business and government to advocate workplace giving
  • Challenging other companies to “spread the message” of workplace giving to increase change and impact meaningful causes

OVERVIEW + HIGHLIGHTS

  • Pacific Equity Partners (PEP), established in 1998, is a Sydney based private equity firm
  • In 2017, PEP refreshed its workplace giving program and achieved 100% staff participation, which it has maintained to this date
  • Having achieved 100% participation, PEP turned its attention to continuing the growth of workplace giving across Australia
  • PEP influences the companies in its private equity portfolio and other organisations that it interacts with
  • PEP’s leadership team has empowered its entire workforce to include conversations about workplace giving in each meeting or engagement
  • Leveraged membership bodies such as the Australian Investment Council (AIC) to support the workplace giving message
  • Has engaged board and C-suite executives, senior government officials and influencers on why workplace giving is the most cost effective and efficient way for working Australians to donate to charity
  • Funded events, video materials and a program of interns to support workplace giving growth
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