Corporate sustainability

KPMG’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments are outlined in our global ESG plan, i.e. Our Impact Plan. The plan focuses on four categories: People, Planet, Prosperity, and Governance. Within these, guided by our local double materiality assessment, we have identified local priorities and set targets to signpost our journey and hold ourselves accountable for our progress.

Read more about the double materiality analysis and our material sustainability topics, as well as the related targets, in our sustainability report.

The framework of our impact plan

People
Planet
Prosperity
Governance

As a professional services firm, our extraordinary people are our everything— our people are at the core of our business. We thrive in a purpose-driven, inclusive and high-performance culture. We want our people to be proud of KPMG, our Values, and our contribution to society.

Our people’s physical and mental health and wellbeing are a priority for us and form the basis for our business and success. We are committed to providing our people with growth opportunities and a dynamic learning journey, supported by investments in leadership and the development of leadership skills. Our people are encouraged to come as they are and bring their unique experiences and perspectives to deliver insights and innovation.

As a large, global and values-led organization, we recognize our responsibility to measure and mitigate the impact of our operations and services. We will play our part in the transition to net-zero society and help addressing the existential challenges posed by climate change. This is something that also our people, clients, collaboration partners and other stakeholders expect from us. KPMG is globally committed to halving our carbon emissions by 2030 – a target that is aligned with a 1.5°C trajectory and approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

For KPMG, prosperity is about what businesses are doing to make a positive contribution to and impact on society and the communities in which they operate—being a good corporate citizen. We strive to create meaningful employment opportunities, we generate wealth and contribute to the economy through growing our business and paying taxes, we provide services for clients to help them drive sustainability, and we invest in our communities through volunteering and donations. KPMG works alongside its clients to support their sustainable growth and transformations, including our own.

Clients look to us to anticipate market shifts and evolving stakeholder expectations around ESG to help transform their business and, thus, supporting them to achieve their ESG goals is integral to the impact of our work.

Coming together for KPMG Community Day

See moments from the KPMG Community Day 2024.

KPMG is here to help bring positive change and this can only be achieved with strong governance. Governance creates the framework that drives purposeful activity. It helps us ensure we are considering our economic, environmental and social impact in all that we do, both internally and in our work with clients.

Driven by our Values that guide our actions and our Purpose to inspire confidence and empower change, we are committed to the highest standards of personal and professional behavior.

Our ambition is to drive growth across our business and become the most trusted and trustworthy professional services organization that delivers sustainable growth to all our stakeholders. This is an ongoing process to which we are fully committed.