EY Ripples



EY Ripples connects EY people and their skills, experience and passions to not-for-profits and social enterprises to help deepen their impact on the lives of young people and underserved groups to create an equitable, sustainable future for all. 

Globally, EY is looking to positively affect one billion lives through the EY Ripples program by 2030.

Last year in Canada, over 2,000 EY volunteers worked with more than 150 organizations to further their important work in the areas of environmental sustainability, education and the next-generation workforce, social entrepreneurship, and diversity, equity and inclusion.


How EY Ripples is amplifying impact

Through the EY Ripples program, we mobilize our people to bring their business skills, knowledge and experience to non-profits and social enterprises to increase our collective impact on Canadian communities and the world at large.

Each EY Ripples initiative is unique, providing opportunities for our teams to innovate, co-create and contribute in meaningful ways.

Here are some examples of the work we've done:

EY Connect Days and EY Ripples Connect Weeks increase our collective efforts

As part of the global EY Ripples corporate responsibility program, EY Canada hosts EY Ripples Connect Weeks and Connect Days. Amazing things happen when we come together and focus the full power of EY to make a positive impact right here in Canada.

EY Connect Day is an annual event when our people increase our impact on society through skills-based volunteering with local nonprofit organizations and social enterprises in our EY Ripples network. This year’s EY Connect Day is November 4, 2022.

EY Ripples Connect Weeks take place three times a year. EY Canada people work on the frontlines in our communities to:

  • Support the next generation, January 16-20, 2023: Our focus is to help young people and underserved groups develop mindsets and transferable skills to find and sustain meaningful work in the transformative age. 
  • Accelerate environmental sustainability, April 24-28, 2023: We work to scale adoption of behaviours, technologies and business models that protect and regenerate the environment.
  • Work with impact entrepreneurs, August 21-25, 2023: We help underrepresented and impact entrepreneurs scale innovative business models for tackling the causes and symptoms of social inequality. 


Damian Eleftheriou
EY Ripples isn’t about one individual EY person giving back to society, but rather that any one EY person can bring the full power of the organization and EY networks to create positive impacts in their communities.

Some organizations we support through the EY Ripples program:

cglcc
CDI
Earth day
FACE
Habitat for humanity
Forum
Junior achivement
Lucky iron fish
NEXT
Pathway
Teach
Prosperity
United way Centraide
Upwithwomen

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