EY reduces its plastic waste by 7.7 million items

Financial Services Company EY have announced that it will stop providing single-use cups (both plastic and paper) in all its UK offices, switching to reusable alternatives instead. This is its biggest step yet in tackling plastic waste and marks a significant step forward in reducing the environmental impact of EY’s buildings. Caroline Artis, London Senior Partner and Environmental Lead says: “Our commitment as an organisation to minimise our environmental impact has resulted in the decision to switch all our offices away from single use plastic by the end of 2018.…

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EY and SheWorks! join forces to attract more women to the workforce by offering flexible job opportunities worldwide

EY have announced a new collaboration with SheWorks!, the cloud-based technology platform that provides women access to remote and flexible job opportunities around the world. This commitment, officially announced at the Labor Inclusion session during the Women20 (W20) Argentina meeting in New York City in June, will support and accelerate the SheWorks! platform in order to maximize employment opportunities for women through the gig economy. The initiative has the ambitious objective of leveraging this technology to create 100,000 job opportunities for women by 2020. Julie Teigland, EY Regional Managing Partner—Germany,…

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