Our Impact
Our Impact
WE makes an impact at home and globally
Our impressive numbers tell the story—whether it’s the female executives, department heads and directors who make up 77% of staff roles, 84% of management positions and 72% of department heads, the proportion of employees who feel connected to our mission or the impacts our people help us to achieve around the world. In our daily work to create sustainable change in international communities and in our commitment to our staff, who are so integral to everything we do, we are always striving to be better. We don’t always get it right, but we do work hard to learn from our mistakes. In the spirit of transparency, we’re sharing the story of our journey as people managers, both in a full-length case study and in a shorter summary format, below.
Who we are
Employees with a passion for change
WE is the first-ever recipient of the Good Housekeeping Humanitarian Seal in 2017
Most influential women in Canada* — Roxanne Joyal and Dalal al Waheidi
Members of the Order of Canada
Of our management team are women
Of employees believe they are making a positive change in the world
Of WE employees feel a personal connection to the work we do
Of WE employees see a future for themselves with WE
Of our team say they are personally engaged by the work they do
How we create change at home
Schools active in the WE Schools program in North America and the UK
Young people are becoming positive change-makers through WE Schools
Different local an global causes have been supported by WE youth
How we create change globally
WE Villages community members in Ecuador gained access to water in 2016
Kenyans received quality health care at our Baraka and Kishon Health Centres
Increase in crop yields in Rural China, improving food security for 3,600 people
How the WE community creates change
Pounds of food collected by WE Day youth for local food banks in 2016
Volunteer hours given by inspired WE youth
Raised by WE Youth for over 5,400 charities
The outcome
Of educators in WE Schools report their students show increased leadership
WE youth are twice as likely as their peers to volunteer at least once a week
Of WE youth participants believe they can make a positive impact on society
*As chosen by Women’s Executive Net and by Trent University.