EY flew more than 2,000 workers and their colleagues to Florida for a shingle at a Universal Studios theme park this week, signaling the return of big-budget corporate bonding events after the epidemic.
Photos shared by the newly promoted partners of the Big Four accounting firm on social media show them enjoying a fireworks display, a gala dinner at the Marriott Hotel and a rollercoaster ride. Escape from the Gringots, Modeled in goblin-driven banks Harry Potter.
Carmine de CBO, EY’s global chair and chief executive, was among the executives who attended the two-day event, seven months after she said the 312,000-person organization would tell its people to “think harder about how far they should fly” once the company’s carbon The travel ban was lifted to reduce footprints.
In a futures analysis of the business trip last May, EY predicted the completion of the big event in the short term, saying the 1,000-person gathering was likely to split into multiple regional locations.
Reducing business travel, which accounts for 75 percent of EY’s carbon output, is the first point of the firm’s plan to reduce net emissions to zero in the next three years.
EY Orlando declined to confirm the estimated carbon footprint of the event but said it was “modeled on our plan to have a net zero by 2025”.
The event in Orlando was held in 150 countries by EY for newly promoted partners and their partners over the past two years. Prior to the epidemic, annual jamborees were held in cities such as Shanghai, Singapore, and Barcelona. This year’s event, where EY partners were featured with the letters Shrek And Minions The films, however, were larger than usual because they included two partner “intakes” after the 2021 edition was postponed.
One YY insider said the inclusion was usually “a bit of a joy for everyone” for new partners.
“They can all tell themselves how wonderful they are and how they have paid for their lifelong work,” the person said.
Since the last gathering of new partners, EY has attracted the attention of regulatory scrutiny over its work as auditor for German payment company Wirecard and FTSE 100 Hospital Group NMC Health, both of which have been embroiled in fraud scandals. But the annual revenue reached a record 40 40 billion last year as demand for professional advisers increased.
Epidemic restrictions will permanently cut off business travel as companies adapt to remote work and introduce plans to reduce their contribution to climate change.
The London office of Boston Consulting Group has evaded luxurious weekends where potential employers have been sent to cities like Florence and Lisbon to drink and eat.
In an effort to reduce emissions, large consultancies such as KPMG, Deloitte and BCG have launched online tools that show the CO2 impact of their travel plans before booking employees. Many businesses are avoiding international travel by hosting meetings online.
But EY defended the private gathering, saying: “Staying together, connecting and training is very important for maintaining our culture and giving our people an exceptional experience.” The event included training sessions, business updates and keynote speeches from firm leaders and external speakers, it says.
“This event contributed to the continued return to ‘normalcy’ which was the key to our global economic recovery and the return of hundreds of foreign workers, including hotel and event staff. [at] This incident, ”it added.
The EY event occurred when airlines reported partial recovery on business trips, with American Airlines returning to two-thirds of the 2019 level of business bookings.
“Doing business is a social function,” Doug Parker, then chief executive of the United States, said at a conference last month that business travelers would find new reasons to connect personally.
Additional reporting by Steve Chavez in Chicago
