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Accenture joins United Nations Global Compact
 
 Accenture has joined the
United Nations Global
Compact, the world's
largest voluntary
corporate citizenship
initiative. The firm
said the move represents
part of its commitment
to corporate
responsibility, which is
also supported by
initiatives such as
Accenture Development
Partnerships – an
innovative business
model that brings
Accenture's work to
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 corporate citizenship
and high-performance
businesses and is
bringing its unique
expertise to help
businesses, governments
and organisations
improve outcomes in this
area.
   Launched in 2000, the
Global Compact brings
together nearly 3,700
companies from more than
120 countries to advance
10 universal principles
in the areas of human
rights, labour,
 
 environment and
anti-corruption. Through
the power of collective
action, the initiative
seeks to mainstream
these principles in
business strategies and
operations around the
world and to catalyse
actions in support of
broader UN goals.
   "This is a natural
next step for us," said
Accenture chairman and
CEO William D. Green.
"Supporting the
organisation's 10
 
 principles and its
efforts to advance
corporate citizenship
and promote the social
legitimacy of businesses
and markets is
well-aligned with our
core values and our
corporate vision. It is
simply part of our
character and how we act
and operate each day."
  
  
 
 developing countries –
and the company's work
with the Global Health
Initiative, among
others.
   Additionally,
Accenture has conducted
research that seeks to
understand links between
 
 
Consultancies named on Fortune's "100 Best Companies To Work For" list
 
 Boston Consulting Group,
Ernst & Young, KPMG,
Booz Allen Hamilton,
PricewaterhouseCoopers
and Deloitte & Touche
USA have been named on
Fortune magazine's
11th annual "100 Best
Companies to Work For"
list. According to the
magazine, one driving
factor among companies
selected for the list
this year is how they
excel in creating jobs.
The 100 companies on the
2008 list added 67,000
employees to their
payrolls in the past
 
 year and employ a total
of nearly 1.6m staff,
Fortune reported. This
total was 16% higher
than the number employed
by companies comprising
last year's list.
   Fortune and The
Great Place to Work
Institute, an
independent research
firm, used a rigorous
selection process that
based two-thirds of
scoring on a
confidential survey
distributed to randomly
selected company
employees.
 
    Companies are scored
in a number of areas,
including management's
credibility, job
satisfaction and
camaraderie.
   The Boston Consulting
Group is ranked 11th on
the list, the highest of
the consultancies, and
it was named the best
"small" company for the
second straight year.
The company has been
ranked near the top of
the Top 100 list for the
third year in a row.
   Ernst & Young LLP has
been named one the list
 
 for the 10th year in a
row. The firm ranks
number 57 on the list of
100 companies, and ranks
number 18 on the large
company list. Ernst &
Young is the only Big
Four firm that has been
on the list for 10
consecutive years.
   KPMG moved up 26
places this year – to
rank 71st on the full
2008 list – and 23rd
among large-sized
companies. Booz Allen
Hamilton is ranked at
number 81, followed by
PricewaterhouseCoopers
 
 at number 90.
   For the ninth year,
Deloitte & Touche LLP
has been named on the
list, which is
considered as the
national benchmark that
lists employers who
consistently raise the
bar on talent
initiatives and
corporate culture
improvement for all
employees. This year the
company is ranked 95th.
  
 
 
LV= appoints Atos Origin as part of IT restructure
 
 Investment and insurance
group LV= has selected
Atos Origin to manage
its mainframe and
midrange infrastructure
with effect from the end
of March 2008. The move
comes as part of a wider
review of the group's IT
capabilities that will
bring overall control
and governance of IT
services back in-house
and see the appointment
of strategic third party
suppliers to deliver
"build and operate"
services.
 
    LV= is upgrading and
restructuring its IT
services to support the
growth and wider
transformation of its
business through new
products, customer
channels and
acquisitions such as the
launch of its newly
acquired flexible
retirement solutions
business, announced
earlier this month.
   Atos Origin will
support legacy systems
for LV= Life and General
Insurance business,
 
 taking over management
of its mainframe and
midrange infrastructure,
as well as the support
and development of a
number of key business
applications. This will
enable LV= to focus on
its IT transformation
programme and
development of a suite
of strategic support
systems while realising
considerable operational
savings in relation to
legacy systems.
   Joe Edwards, vice
president, financial
 
 services for Atos
Origin, said: "We will
work with LV= to provide
support through a period
of considerable change
that will enable them to
grow and strengthen
their business. The deal
with LV= is significant
and part of our
strategic plan to
further develop our core
offerings in the life
and pensions market."
   LV= employs more than
2,000 people, serves
more than 2.5 million
customers and members,
 
 and manages more than
£8bn on their behalf.
LV= is the UK's largest
friendly society and a
leading mutual financial
services provider.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
 
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