Shanghai is located on China's central eastern coast near the mouth of the Yangtze River. It is a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government. Shanghai is considered the largest economic and trade center in China, as well as one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world with more than 20 million people in its extended metropolitan area. Plante & Moran offers financial, audit and tax accounting consulting services to a variety of clients in the Shanghai area.
Recognitions
Plante & Moran has been named one of FORTUNE magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For” the past 12 consecutive years. In 2009, Plante & Moran was the leading accounting and management-consulting firm on the list. The firm was also cited as one of 18 “Great Companies for Millennials” by HRE magazine.
For the second consecutive year, Leadership Development magazine named Plante & Moran to its annual list of the Top 100 Leadership Development Programs. We ranked first in the “small-to-midsize organizations” and “large consulting groups” categories.
Community Involvement
Plante & Moran in Shanghai genuinely cares about our communities. Individually and collectively, our staff donates thousands of hours annually to help make our communities better.
In 2007-2008, the firm adopted Quilts for Kids as our firmwide initiative. Quilts for Kids exists to transform discontinued designer fabrics into quilts that are donated to children with life-threatening illnesses as well as battered and abused children. We a goal of 15 quilts—1 per U.S. office—which would then be donated to the organization at the June 2008 Firm Conference.
For 2008-2009, Plante & Moran offices are working with an organization to send care packages to U.S. troops fighting overseas. Each office is donating snacks, condiments, games, and toiletries and working together to assemble these care packages to send them off to our troops.
Sustainability
All of us at Plante & Moran have long prided ourselves on being responsible corporate and community citizens, so it’s only natural that we adopt an even stronger environmentally friendly and sustainable approach going forward. We’ve made significant strides in the areas of building design and furnishings, energy efficiency, paper conservation, and environmental awareness/waste reduction. Here are just a few of the initiatives currently in place:
- Each staff has work tools that allow remote access and document sharing from different locations. This has reduced gas consumption and provided greater flexibility while improving collaboration.
- We’re increasing our use of recycled paper products, including our firm letterhead and new firm brochure.