Social Impact

Being socially responsible matters at Plural. We offer the opportunity for our team to create a positive impact on the wider community through pro-bono projects for charities and non-profit organisations.

We are passionate about making a positive impact, whether that is for our clients, team, or wider community. One of the ways we achieve this is by giving our employees the opportunity to take part in pro-bono consulting work, access projects and other charitable activities throughout the year.

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Pro bono consulting work

It is important to us to give back. To deliver an impact to wider society, we offer our team the opportunity to apply their skills in a pro-bono project.

Through our partnership with Impetus, we have worked on the strategic and operational development of a breakfast hunger charity and an outdoor mental health programme in Scotland.

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Days of giving

Days of giving are another way for Plural employees to directly give back to their local community.

Once a year, our London and New York employees are given the opportunity to go and volunteer with local community charities or shelters during a workday.

These days are a great way to improve wellbeing and have fun with colleagues in a meaningful and impactful way. Read about our 2023 Days of Giving.

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Community outreach

At Plural, we take active steps to ensure that consulting is a field open to everyone.

To achieve this, our employees frequently engage in outreach programs throughout the school year in both the US and UK. Activities range from hosting assemblies to leading mock interviews.

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Environment

Plural’s environmental impact is just as important to us as our social one.

Our employee-led environmental committee continuously looks for ways to improve our footprint; and is always looking to hear new ideas.

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Charitable giving

At Plural, we also sponsor our employees in their own charitable endeavours and take part in ad hoc initiatives.

Recently we supported Henry and his team on their challenge rowing across the Atlantic for two charities: Mind and The Oli Hilsdon Foundation. Read more about the atlantic challenge.

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Plural’s support was so valuable and gave such an evidence-based framing for decision-making. Plural has been pivotal in helping us take these steps forward and, ultimately, helped us ensure that hunger isn’t a barrier to learning.

– Lindsey Macdonald, CEO, Magic Breakfast

Plural were excellent to work with, the team were really engaged and very quickly understood our organisation’s ethos and need. I was very impressed by how quickly they understood and mapped out the marketplace. Working with Plural has really fast-forwarded our ability to roll out our new service, backed by a solid evidence base. The work has also vastly improved our position when seeking funding and articulating the work.

– Mike Strange, Head of Operations, Venture Trust

This was a great project to use all the tools and skills learnt from corporate strategy and commercial due diligence work and apply it to an important societal issue that impacts children across the country.

– Hamdi Rouz, Senior Associate, Plural Strategy

I found this project really rewarding as it required a different way of thinking to identify strategic objectives and new initiatives. There was a lot to synthesise so that we could provide meaningful insights to the charity, but it was worth all of our hard work knowing that we were helping them move towards their aim of ending morning hunger as a barrier to learning.

– Matthew Beazeley, Associate, Plural Strategy

I found it extremely rewarding to see how the skills I have learnt as a consultant can be applied to such an important societal issue and contribute to the ongoing development of a great organisation in Venture Trust.

– Henry Putt, Senior Associate, Plural Strategy