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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 developing
 
  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 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."
  
  
 
 countries – and the
company's work with the
Global Health Initiative,
among others.
   Additionally,
Accenture has conducted
research that seeks to
understand links between
corporate citizenship and
high-performance
 
 
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.