Be a Real Santa this Christmas – KPMG Luxembourg supports Stemm vun der Strooss
Under the slogan “Be a Real Santa this Christmas”, our CSR Committee organized a special Christmas action in cooperation with “Stemm vun der Strooss”, a local association helping homeless people in Luxembourg. The action was three-fold:
- Volunteering: to prepare and serve meals to about 100 homeless people in the first week of January - in line with our Volunteering Policy, people could give 4hrs of their working time to help. In addition to giving the time, KPMG Luxembourg – through the KPMG Foundation - also committed to make a financial donation of EUR 50,- per volunteer.
- Donation in Kind: collection of food, winter clothing, backpacks and sleeping bags.
- Financial Donation
This action was a real success with over 55 volunteers registered and the feedback was extremely positive – Emma says: “What a great way to start 2012. (…) participating in this event helped bring us colleagues back together and begin the year with team work and motivation. (…) we felt it was important to take part in such an event to understand just how many people are in need in Luxembourg. This experience made us think about how privileged we are and the importance of giving time to help others.“
KPMG Supports CARE Luxembourg to Fight against Hunger in the Horn of Africa (2011)
In 2011, the worst humanitarian crisis the world has seen this century escalated in the Horn of Africa, with over 13 million people in urgent need of life-saving humanitarian assistance.
In response to this humanitarian crisis, the KPMG Luxembourg Foundation Board agreed on a donation of EUR 10’000,- and a fund raising campaign was launched within the firm through which EUR 3’404,- were collected. The total amount was donated to CARE Luxembourg, which in addition to providing clean water for the refugees also runs an education and vocational training programme in the Dadaab camp.
Going to school does not only mean learning to read and write. It gives children the knowledge and self-confidence to protect themselves from illnesses, abuse and other dangers in the camps.
KPMG Luxembourg supports Japan (2011)
A staff initiative launched on 16 May 2011 to raise funds in favor of the Japanese people resulted in the creation of t-shirts with original Japanese-inspired designs and an artwork gathering “A thousand origami cranes for Japan” all folded by KPMG staff members and for which EUR 5’000,- was donated by the KPMG Foundation.
The total donation of KPMG Luxembourg amounted altogether to EUR 9’000,-, which were allocated to the KPMG Global Japan Appeal to sponsor a one year relief programme with Oxfam Japan.
"A thousand origami cranes for Japan" : Work of art made by KPMG staff
Awareness campaign for Bangladesh (2010)
Over the summer 2010, KPMG in Luxembourg held a small exhibition in its main reception area on the ‘Traditional Boats of Bangladesh’ and organized a conference on “Corporate Social Responsibility” by Mrs Runa Khan, Executive Director of Friendship - an NGO based in the floating islands in the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh supported by the KPMG Luxembourg Foundation -, in order to raise our staff’s awareness about this association’s work.
A fund-raising event was also organized which enabled us to collect a bit over EUR 4’500,- in favor of Friendship Bangladesh.
Exhibition "Traditional Boats of Bangladesh" at KPMG
Every year, the ING Europe Luxembourg marathon takes place in the city of Luxembourg. This event reflects both our corporate involvement as well as creating strong internal staff cohesion within our firm. KPMG sets up a team of KPMG runners and for every kilometer run by a KPMG runner we make a donation to a local association. In 2011, we donated € 6,500 to “Kriibskrank Kanner Fondatioun”; the association chosen by the runners.
Every year, KPMG sends its Seasons Greetings to clients via an electronic or printed card. “Fondatioun Kriibskrank Kanner” is a foundation raising money for the fight against childhood cancer. We provide support to this foundation by sending our cards to all our clients and make a donation for every card sent.
KPMG regularly organizes Jeans Days. All staff members are allowed to wear jeans in exchange for a donation. The event is always a huge success and staff are very involved in the project. During the last Jeans Day, we collected 2,618.30 euros to help Kickstart Kids International, an organization set up by a KPMG Australia employee.
http://www.kickstartkidsinternational.com
The KPMG Blood Donation Campaign has been launched in association with the Centre de Transfusion Sanguine de la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise since November 2007.
This project finds its roots in our willingness to commit as a firm to our community in Luxembourg and to give the opportunity to our staff to become a blood donor.
- There are 70% of potential recipients, but only 3% of actual donors
- The actual blood donation only takes 10 min of your time
- Everyone needs blood once in his life
- you or someone close to you may need some day
- 1 blood donation can save up to 3 lives.
The KPMG Blood Donation Campaign has been launched in association with the Centre de Transfusion Sanguine de la Croix-Rouge luxembourgeoise since November 2007.
On 17 December 2009, we organized a Christmas Hat Day at KPMG. All staff was able to buy a Christmas Hat and wear it during the day in the office. Thanks to the support of our staff, we managed to raise 2,577.30 euros to help Kick Start Kids International. The Christmas Hat Day was followed by our annual Christmas party.
