How we take responsibility

The transformation towards a sustainable economy is changing markets and companies worldwide. At KPMG in Germany, we take responsibility - in our own actions and as a partner who supports organisations in this transformation.

Our global sustainability programme, Our Impact Plan, brings together all activities that are geared towards sustainable development. It comprises four areas of action:

Governance - integrity, transparency and responsible corporate management
People - diversity, equal opportunities and continuous professional development
Planet - reducing our carbon footprint and protecting global commons
Prosperity - Sustainable business practices and social commitment

We document our progress annually in the Our Impact Report.

What sustainability means to us

Wir verstehen Nachhaltigkeit als gemeinsame Aufgabe. Deshalb arbeiten wir gemeinsam mit allen unseren Stakeholdern kontinuierlich daran, Prozesse zu verbessern, messbare Ziele umzusetzen und Lösungen zu entwickeln, die langfristig Wirkung entfalten – für Unternehmen, Gesellschaft und Umwelt.

Awarded the EcoVadis Platinum seal

A special milestone: in the 2025 financial year, KPMG in Germany was awarded the EcoVadis Platinum seal - the highest possible rating in international sustainability ratings. This puts us in the top 1 per cent of over 150,000 rated companies worldwide. This award confirms our commitment to the environment, labour and human rights, ethics and sustainable procurement.

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Our commitment to society

Social commitment is an important part of our self-image and is firmly anchored in our corporate culture. Our 10by30 initiative pursues a clear goal: by 2030, we want to empower ten million disadvantaged young people economically through education, employment and entrepreneurship.

To this end, we have developed targeted collaborations and programmes that focus on education and the transfer of our knowledge, with an emphasis on forward-looking topics: Sustainability, social participation and technological progress. Our employees can actively participate in these programmes as volunteers. We encourage this voluntary commitment by offering flexible time off.

We are convinced that economic success and social progress belong together. That is why we are constantly working to expand partnerships and find new ways in which we can make a positive contribution together.

Donations - support that works

We also make a financial contribution to charitable projects: We support organisations that are committed to education, social participation and sustainable development. In this way, we help to ensure that important initiatives receive the necessary resources for their work.

Further links

KPMG in Germany is a member of the nationwide corporate citizenship network "Unternehmen: Aktiv im Gemeinwesen".

Our commitment to the environment

Der Schutz unseres Klimas ist für uns mehr als eine Verpflichtung – er ist Teil unserer Haltung. Wir arbeiten kontinuierlich daran, die ökologischen Auswirkungen sowohl unseres Geschäftsbetriebs als auch entlang unserer Lieferkette zu verringern. Denn wir sind überzeugt: Nachhaltiges Handeln beginnt bei uns selbst.

Mit unseren ESG-Services begleiten wir Unternehmen dabei, ihre Geschäftsmodelle, Produkte und Dienstleistungen zukunftsfähig und nachhaltig auszurichten. So leisten wir gemeinsam einen Beitrag zur Transformation von Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft.

Für unseren eigenen CO2-Fußabdruck haben wir klare Ziele: Gemeinsam mit allen KPMG-Mitgliedsfirmen wollen wir bis 2030 wollen wir unsere Treibhausgasemissionen um 50 % gegenüber 2019 senken – im Einklang mit den wissenschaftsbasierten Vorgaben der Science Based Targets Initiative (SBTi). Mit dem nationalen Umweltprogramm „Umwelt 2030“ bündeln wir dafür Maßnahmen in den Bereichen Mobilität, Lieferantenmanagement, Energie- und Ressourcenverbrauch sowie Pendelverhalten.

Unser Umweltmanagementsystem ist nach ISO 14001 zertifiziert und wird regelmäßig überprüft. So können wir sicherstellen, dass unsere Prozesse den höchsten Standards entsprechen.

Unsere Umweltpolitik ist hier zu finden:

PDF: Environmental policy guidelines from KPMG

Our new energy management system is designed to make our energy use more efficient and has now been certified in accordance with the international ISO 50001 standard.

With our partnership with the Malizia sailing team and the Ocean Ambassador Programme, we are creating awareness for the protection of the oceans - and combining education with concrete commitment for future generations.

Strong together with the WWF

By joining the Science Based Target initiative (SBTi), we have committed to reducing our greenhouse gas emissions by 50 per cent by 2030. We are also making a contribution to global climate protection and have entered into a partnership with WWF Germany for this purpose.

Our cooperation with the WWF

We support two nature conservation projects: in the Unganisha nature reserve in East Africa and in the Cerrado in Brazil. Both projects not only have climate protection as their primary goal, but also the protection of the global common goods of water and biodiversity. Furthermore, the success of both projects is essentially based on the involvement of the local and indigenous population.

The projects are financed with funds from KPMG's internal CO2 pricing, which we use as part of our sustainability programme Our Impact Plan to document our own emissions and create additional incentives for sustainable action.

Our projects with the WWF

The Brazilian Cerrado

WWF is using our funds to implement a nature conservation project in the Cerrado with the aim of restoring large areas of the original landscape. In the degraded areas, the focus is on restoring ecosystems, including improving water quality and supply, protecting biodiversity and sequestering CO2 through reforestation and land conservation.

Unganisha project in East Africa

WWF's aim is to connect the Mara-Serengeti, Amboseli-Kilimanjaro and Tsavo-Mkomazi landscapes, which are already largely protected, so that a large-scale network of protected areas can be created. We are supporting an existing and ongoing WWF project that brings together conservationists, governments and people in the region.