ESG: Environmental, Social and Governance

Unlock ESG opportunities to enhance trust, mitigate risk and create new value, starting now.

KPMG in India can help turn your ESG aspirations into action. Our ESG solutions are both holistic and practical. With capabilities that span the enterprise, we can help instill sustainable innovations across your business and help you gain a competitive edge. Our deep multidisciplinary expertise across critical issues—including green strategies, climate resilience, energy transition, reporting, sustainable finance, and social impact can help create the right blueprint for integrating ESG into all verticals of your organisation. We go beyond strategy, working with you at each step of your ESG transformation to unlock new value as you build a sustainable future.

Environmental

Focuses on an organisation’s net-zero strategy, stewardship of the natural environment, recycling practices, emission control, and conservation of resources.
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Social

Inspects an organisation’s management of relationships with its employees, suppliers, customer, stakeholders, and the community at large.

Governance

Considers the organisation’s management structure, executive compensation, internal controls, and stakeholder rights.

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ESG Conclave and Awards 2024

Reflect | Adapt | Evolve

“India is a key growth area for KPMG and ESG is a watermark for our organisation. It transcends departments and service lines. It defines who we are and how we do business. For the clients we serve, ESG is a driver for business strategy and growth.”

Yezdi Nagporewalla

Chief Executive Officer, KPMG in India

“A crucial component of sustainable growth needs to be the India stack for sustainability. A technology-first and sustainability-ready digital infrastructure that helps manage ecosystems, energy needs, waste, and water resources. India can use its strengths in technology and an intrinsic understanding of digital innovation and circularity to show what a sustainability-first economy really looks like. Artificial intelligence and different tenets of sustainability can both be harnessed for a greener and yet more prosperous India.”

Namrata Rana

Head of ESG, KPMG in India

KPMG in action

The impact we promised and delivered

Excellence in social

Transformational impact for early childhood care centers in India.

KPMG in India is helping impart best-in-class curriculum through smart TVs, hygienic hot-cooked meals, and customized skill training for front line workers (mainly women).

Excellence in strategy, transformation, and Implementation

Accelerating smart power and renewable energy in India

KPMG in India working with global financial institutions is helping shape policy, mobilize investments and build clean energy capacity.

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Excellence in decarbonization, climate and nature

Eco-Industrial park framework preparation

KPMG in India is helping frame guidelines for new industrial zone development to promote sustainable industrialization at national and regional levels.

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ESG solutions and services

ESG strategy and transformation

Driving strategic alignment and transformative solutions for sustainable growth

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ESG reporting and data

Enhancing transparency with robust ESG data management and reporting frameworks

Climate risk, modelling, and strategy

Identifying and mitigating climate risks through advanced analytics and strategic planning

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Sustainable finance

Unlocking capital and financial mechanisms for sustainable development

Sustainable supply chain

Building resilient and sustainable supply chain ecosystems

Circular economy services

Advancing circularity through innovative waste reduction and resource optimization

Economic and social development

Empowering communities through inclusive and sustainable economic initiatives

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Governance and board advisory

Strengthening ESG governance and boardroom accountability

Cyber risks and privacy

Safeguarding digital assets while ensuring compliance and data privacy

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ESG Tax

Optimizing tax strategies to align with ESG priorities and incentives

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India Insights

Our insights is your gateway to thought leadership and in-depth reports. Explore our curated collection of valuable content, where we delve into complex business challenges, share industry trends, and provide actionable insights.

Textile industry embraces sustainability and innovation for future growth and success

By adapting to changing market trends, the textile sector can secure its future success in an increasingly competitive global market

Textile industry embraces sustainability and innovation for future growth and success

Rethinking: Textile sector

India can give the world something that we excel at - sustainable, contemporary yet crafted in tradition

ESG and the Growth Imperative - For Indian companies

CEOs in India and across the world are taking a long-term view on ESG investments, with many expecting significant returns within five to ten years

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Promises to Progress: Bridging the climate finance gap for developing countries

Embracing AI-enhanced climate projects may be the most crucial intervention needed to unlock the full potential of global climate finance flows

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The move to mandatory reporting: Survey of Sustainability Reporting 2024

Companies worldwide are preparing for the advent of mandatory reporting on sustainability, according to the 2024 edition of KPMG’s Survey of Sustainability Reporting

Sustainable finance revolution

How banks can profit from sustainable growth

From talk to action: Paving the way for a circular economy in the consumer goods and retail industry

As the global shift towards a circular economy accelerates, now is the time for businesses to unlock new opportunities for a more sustainable and prosperous future

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State of impact reporting in India

Nifty 250 companies undertake CSR project impact reporting for statutory purpose. The study analyses these reports to ascertain the state of impact reporting in India

Driving Make in India

A Compendium of Central and State Government incentives

From insight to action: A pragmatic approach to combat greenwashing

Understand what is greenwashing, its key regulations and strategies for an authentic engagement with sustainability

From insight to action: A pragmatic approach to combat greenwashing

Unlocking India's blue economy: A pathway to sustainable growth and prosperity

Future of blue economy in India hinges on innovative practices, effective policies and development, ensuring prosperous and sustainable ocean economy.

Unlocking India's blue economy: A pathway to sustainable growth and prosperity

Transition to circular ecosystems in India: role of digitally enabled lifecycle solutions

Green economy has become more relevant in recent years, driven by the need to address environmental challenges and need for sustainable consumption

Transition to circular ecosystems in India: role of digitally enabled lifecycle solutions

Measures organisations can take to redefine and enhance consumer trust

A stronger focus towards ESG compliance would ensure long-term profitability, enhance consumer trust and sustainability for organisations.

Measures organisations can take to redefine and enhance consumer trust

Sustainability Learning

As India strives to achieve its climate goals, empowering the workforce will lead the transformation for green and inclusive growth

ESG in the age of AI

The future is not going to be more of the past. Multiple futures are possible, depending upon the choices we make.

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Podcast series for ESG leaders

Short podcasts addressing the opportunities and challenges of ESG.

Global insights

The electricity economy

Electricity as the new driver of global competitiveness

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Anchoring ESG in governance

Taking a strategic approach towards corporate governance, board-level responsibility and reporting

ESG Regulatory Essentials

A summary of ESG regulatory developments impacting financial services firms

Webcast: Turning the tide in scaling renewables

Watch a replay of the webcast from COP28 discussing critical challenges to scaling renewable energy

How ISSA 5000 will deliver on investor demand for high-quality sustainability reporting

An enhanced assurance standard for sustainability reporting.

Are you ready for ISSA 5000?

The demand for higher quality sustainability information has led to the introduction of ISSA 5000, a focused standard that seeks to bring the rigor of financial statement auditing to sustainability information.

Top 10 takeaways from COP29

Key implications for businesses

Are you ready for value chain due diligence?

A practical guide to demystifying the CSDDD

Media

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KPMG Impact Plan

We believe that sustainable growth is the only way to build a successful business and have a lasting positive impact on our environment and society. That’s why we’ve published our ESG commitments in Our Impact Plan.