KPMG and the Environment 

We support a wide range of programs at the local, regional and global level that help address the challenges facing our environment. Our performance includes:

• Our Global Green Initiative: KPMG's Global Green Initiative is a three pronged approach to tackling the climate change challenge by: measuring, reporting and reducing our greenhouse gas emissions; supporting environmental projects within our wider commitment to our communities; and working with our employees, suppliers and clients to help them improve their climate change impacts.
• Reducing our greenhouse gas emissions: Our 2011 results indicate that, since 2010, we have achieved a 1.1 percent net emissions reduction per full-time equivalent, as well as a 2.5 percent reduction in gross emissions per full-time equivalent. Moreover, by focusing on enhancing our building efficiency in 2011, we facilitated a 1.3 percent reduction in kilowatt hour (KwH) consumption per square meter, and increased our procurement of renewable energy to 25 percent. This builds on our earlier successes, which includes a 29% reduction in net emissions per FTE between 2007 and 2010.
• The Global Sustainability Conference: Our Global Sustainability Conference in 2012 named: ‘Business Perspective on Sustainable Growth: Preparing f or Rio +20’ brought together some of the world’s top CEOs to work with politicians and diplomats to create a better understanding of the business impacts of sustainability. Our work helped articulate the sustainability agenda for businesses and effectively galvanized business leaders into action.
• Local initiatives: By engaging our people, suppliers and clients, we believe we can magnify the impact of our environmental actions. In 2011, activities included:
  • India: Since 2008, KPMG in India has supported 11 solar projects at two local colleges, three schools, and six social organizations. The firm also supports solar projects at development partner sites and other educational institutions.
  • United States: In October 2011, the Montvale data center, owned and operated by KPMG in the US, was the first data center in the world to win recognition from the EPA Combined Heat and Power Partnership.
  • Malaysia: KPMG people from Malaysia, Singapore, the US, and Vietnam went to Tioman Island, Malaysia, to undertake a survey of local reefs to help evaluate the global health of coral reefs and to better understand the impacts of climate change.

“At Rio +20, KPMG was encouraged to see what amounted to a new front being opened in the fight for sustainability. Indeed, the conference signaled a turning point where businesses of all sizes put their hands on the reins of the sustainability agenda, even absent the guiding force of political pressure.”

- Michael Andrew, Global Chairman, KPMG International

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