People and purpose

Our programme is having a positive impact on the communities in which we live and work by helping five million people access education, employment and opportunity by 2030.

But this has taken on a new importance, with the most disadvantaged being disproportionately affected by the pandemic. We’ve committed to donate 7,500 laptops to help close the digital divide experienced by some schoolchildren, and have given £8,000 to each of our 26 partner schools to expand digital learning, mental health support and food provision.

2,920 of our people have volunteered this year – and over 1,400 of us came together to volunteer virtually through our Futures Month initiative, tutoring pupils and providing employability advice to people who are out of work or at risk of redundancy.

As a firm for the future, we want to be part of the solution to one of the greatest challenges facing the planet – climate change. Our WorldClimate strategy launched last year and commits us to achieving net zero emissions by 2030.

In addition to helping clients implement sustainability initiatives we’re empowering our own people to be catalysts of change and help drive the transition to a low carbon economy.

Inclusion

Diversity and inclusion have always been at the heart of our firm. Everyone at Deloitte should feel able to be their true self, be heard and supported, and know they belong.

Accountability and transparency underpin our inclusion work. Our leadership is accountable for making progress towards ambitious goals, like having 40 percent female partners by 2030, and 12 percent ethnic minority and three percent black partners by 2025.

Our dedicated Black Action Plan, published in 2020, is delivering meaningful and sustainable change where it’s needed most.

Deloitte’s pay gap reporting is more detailed than ever, with our new Pay Report now providing data for Black and ethnicity pay gaps, along with statutory gender pay gap disclosures.

Our move to hybrid working is central to our role as a firm for the future.

We’re making sure it’s inclusive for all our people and accommodates how they want to work. This includes enabling teams to have open, honest and authentic conversations about how we deliver our best work for clients, while helping our people to manage their lives and wellbeing.

Ally networks

Over the past year, we've seen how important it is to educate ourselves and think about how we can help create a safer, fairer and more inclusive environment for everyone.

Our firm’s 12 diversity networks bring together people from different communities and those who want to be allies. This year, we launched a cross-network allyship toolkit to help everyone support our colleagues from minority groups.

In response to the challenges of COVID-19, we have encouraged our people to stay connected while working at home.

Our firmwide Wellbeing Movement has offered a weekly schedule of virtual events and activities, including a Buddy Network and the online Deloitte Coffee Club that pairs people with colleagues – approximately 11,000 matches were made in a year.

Our new ‘My Wellbeing’ site and mobile app brings together our resources and initiatives in one place and includes a free subscription to a mindfulness app for all our people.

This year has been unlike any other, one that has made clear how people are at the heart of our business. Learning from what has worked well over the past year and continually reflecting on what we need to do better, we’ll be focused more than ever on building a firm where everyone can thrive and do their best work, that is truly inclusive and reflective of society and celebrates our connections to each other, our clients and society.