Q5 named Pro Bono Company of the Year at Better Society Awards

Q5 has picked up an award for its efforts supporting the third sector. The agency was named professional bono firm of the yr at the 2026 Better Society Awards.

Better Society Information is a information and evaluation web site, devoted to reporting on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) efforts of the personal and not-for-profit sectors. For the final 11 years, this has seen the community organise the Better Society Awards, aiming to reward business corporations who’re serving to create a greater, extra equal, moral and sustainable world for all.

Amongst the winners this yr, UK consultancy Q5 has been lauded as professional bono firm of the yr. The prize displays the rising affect of the Q5 Basis – which has supported greater than 220 organisations since 2020.

Q5 Basis

First launched in 2009, Q5 is a worldwide administration consulting agency that specialises in organisational well being. With workplaces in London, Leeds, Cardiff, New York, Sydney, Melbourne, Oman and Houston – in addition to joint ventures in place in France, Sweden, Italy and Germany, Q5 is ready to serve a spread of companies; from multinational gamers to small, household corporations. It additionally provides a bunch of professional bono companies to non-profits round the world – supported by means of its Q5 Basis.

Based in 2010, the Q5 Basis goals to deal with financial inequality and poverty. It extends our charitable work past our core consulting enterprise, with a devoted staff working every year to drive initiatives to help susceptible folks getting into the workforce, begin enterprise initiatives, and supply government teaching companies free of cost in the third sector.

After Q5 celebrated one other yr of affect, publishing its annual Impression Report earlier in 2026, this award reiterates that rising affect.

Commenting on the victory, Emma Hakansson, early careers lead at Q5, stated through LinkedIn, “Since 2020, we’ve supported 227 organisations globally, with 196 by means of Pop Up Consulting alone. In 2025, our groups delivered over £1.2 million of professional bono consulting, powered by over 80 Q5ers. And the momentum is constructing, in simply the first 4 months of 2026, 54 Q5ers have already contributed 1,665+ hours, delivering round £330,000 of assist to companion organisations. Congratulations as effectively to the different nominees and winners from the night.