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46 US Sustainability Report 2015 3 — How purpose helps us create lasting growth for our clients Alliances to discover innovation for our clients As the pace of change accelerates, alliances between EY and the world’s top organizations give clients access to new, innovative capabilities — quickly and when they need it most. Alliances to fill competency gaps provide new approaches to address emerging business issues and allow us to bring diverse teams of leading subject-matter resources to the table for our clients. This fosters innovation through exposure to new people, tools and processes. Plus, by aligning with powerful organizations, we can leverage our respective relationships and deliver the benefit of these services to even more organizations. Over the past several years, we have grown and matured our alliance strategy. Our enhancement has been to make sure alliance partners are a strong fit with EY culture and purpose, as well as our strategy. Currently, EY US has 14 active strategic alliances. Alliance partner Adobe Cognizant EMC 2 Guidewire Hortonworks IBM Purpose Expansion of digital marketing and web content services Capability and capacity in offshore delivery Enterprise intelligence, advanced analytics and big data platforms; IT transformation Technology and resource strategy for Property & Casualty ("P&C") and workers’ compensation insurers Big data Realizing the digital world LinkedIn Sales effectiveness through digital technology Los Alamos National Laboratory Advanced cybersecurity Microsoft Realizing the digital world Pega Business process management Procter & Gamble Manufacturing and initiative delivery SAP Business transformation SAS Analytics YourEncore Compliance and industry knowledge for life sciences and consumer products companies
US Sustainability Report 2015 3 — How purpose helps us create lasting growth for our clients 47 Contributing to the public debate The world is still feeling the aftershocks of the global financial crisis and the worst economic slowdown in a generation. Through its global network and intimate knowledge of the needs of business and the regulatory requirements of governments, EY is acutely aware of its important role in promoting transparency and supporting investor confidence and economic growth. In these tumultuous times, bolstering public confidence in the capital markets is crucial, and it’s a task that aligns with our purpose of building a better working world. Regular dialogue with our stakeholders, including governments, policymakers, regulators and standard setters, is a priority for us, and what we hear helps inform our viewpoints on some of the most topical issues relating to auditing, financial reporting and the capital markets. In regular commentaries, EY sheds light on the effectiveness and potential concerns regarding public policy proposals so that they can most effectively achieve their stated goals without placing undue burdens on companies as they strive to grow and create jobs. Such topics include: • The Base Erosion and Profit Shifting project • Proposals by such entities as the Financial Accounting Standards Board on issues like fair value measurement disclosures • Principles of corporate governance • Audit Quality Indicators • Initiatives to boost audit transparency • EU mandatory audit rotation For more information regarding public policy activities, please visit ey.com/publicpolicy and ey.com/accountinglink. We believe in asking better questions, and in the context of public policy it’s vital to look at issues from all angles, from many stakeholders, for the right solution. Les Brorsen EY US Partner and EY Americas Vice Chair, Public Policy
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