KPMG Transparency Report: Performance with Integrity

At KPMG, the quality and integrity of our people and our work is paramount to everything we do. The quality and integrity of the accounting profession is vital to confidence in global capital markets.

This first KPMG Transparency Report should be read alongside our KPMG International Annual Report 2004 (.pdf). Supported by a set of global values, a KPMG Global Code of Conduct (.pdf), and common processes, our policies and controls help to maintain our standards of professionalism, integrity and technical competence. These then together promote consistency in the provision of quality audit services to our member firms' clients working in global markets.

We are open and honest in our communication and this report sets out our global governance and structure, our audit quality statement and our financial report. KPMG member firms are committed to providing consistently high quality services in an ethical and independent way. This has always been the case, but the need to demonstrate our commitment is heightened by the greater scrutiny, increased regulation and enhanced expectations of the accounting industry from all our stakeholders. In our Transparency Report, KPMG is leading by example.

We are proud of our history and success at KPMG, and believe that the strength of our professional reputation is the cornerstone of our future.

Download the KPMG International Transparency Report (.pdf).