- Report year:2023
- Report author: Elizabeth Broderick & Co (EB&Co.)
- Organisation: EY
EY Oceania is one of Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand’s leading professional services firms. One of the “Big Four”, EY Oceania provides customised services and solutions to a vast array of corporate and government clients. Although an independent entity, EY Oceania is a member of Ernst and Young Global and operates within the broad policy and strategy umbrella of the Global Firm.
EY Oceania’s purpose is to “build a better working world”, and in recent years the firm has embarked on a range of
strategies to ensure that their own workplace is an exemplar of their organisational purpose, vision, and values.
There have been signs of success, in particular progress toward gender parity at the Executive Leadership Team. However, EY Oceania – as is the case with many professional services firms – has also experienced challenges in delivering consistency of opportunity and experience across the firm.
Psychological safety, diversity and inclusion are vital to individual wellbeing, team and organisational performance. Individuals working in organisations that
are inclusive and embrace diversity are more satisfied, more effective and more innovative. This in turn can drive significant organisational benefit, through increased revenue and productivity and as such is a powerful competitive advantage.
EY Oceania’s purpose is to “build a better working world”, and in recent years the firm has embarked on a range of
strategies to ensure that their own workplace is an exemplar of their organisational purpose, vision, and values.
There have been signs of success, in particular progress toward gender parity at the Executive Leadership Team. However, EY Oceania – as is the case with many professional services firms – has also experienced challenges in delivering consistency of opportunity and experience across the firm.
Psychological safety, diversity and inclusion are vital to individual wellbeing, team and organisational performance. Individuals working in organisations that
are inclusive and embrace diversity are more satisfied, more effective and more innovative. This in turn can drive significant organisational benefit, through increased revenue and productivity and as such is a powerful competitive advantage.