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Our approach to Corporate Responsibility 

Sustainability is embedded in the KPMG values and we recognise our firm has the scale, influence and business knowledge to make a significant and positive contribution to the issues that affect our communities and environments.

Corporate Social Responsibility

We have a clear vision of the role of KPMG. We believe we should use our skills and our resources to become fully involved in finding sustainable solutions to global and local issues, working alongside government, civil society groups and national and international agencies. This vision is in line with our values — where we make a commitment to the communities in which we work.

 

Today our sustainability agenda touches every part of our business strategy and we take our responsibility of being a good corporate citizen extremely seriously.  Our approach is built on a strong heritage and a dedicated team of practitioners and a sub-group of the UK Board work with the business to continually develop and enhance our approach to corporate sustainability.

 

We have developed a suite of policies and programmes to facilitate the implementation of our UK-wide ambitions, supported by specific targets and rigorous reporting mechanics to ensure that we are continually making a positive contribution to society and reporting our progress in an open and transparent way. Our leading approach has been recognised externally, including the prestigious Business in the Community Platinum Plus standard, for demonstrating that sustainability is at our core.

Award honours for KPMG’s Mike Kelly

Business in the Community this week announced the 127 recipients of its first-ever game changers award – among them KPMG’s CSR director Mike Kelly.
 
The award recognises the brightest stars in corporate responsibility.
 
It recognises those who have made a demonstrable contribution to integrating responsible business policy and practice within their organisation. Each Game Changer is an advocate of responsible business who, by helping to shift corporate responsibility from niche to mainstream, has played a significant part in advancing the movement.		  
“I am delighted that Mike Kelly has been awarded the prestigious game changer award which recognises the significant contribution he has made to the growth of CSR in the firm over the past 10 years and to the external CSR landscape,” said Marianne Fallon, UK Head of Corporate Affairs.

 

“Mike has helped drive the calibre of our work to unlock the potential of our communities by using our skills and talents to make a difference, making us well placed as we embark on our journey towards corporate sustainability.”
 
And Business in the Community commented: “Mike has made a strategic impact on KPMG's CSR programme, leading its development from a philanthropic giving programme in 1999 to one that is now fully integrated into KPMG's European operations.

 

“In a career spanning two decades, he has also had direct involvement in the development of several BITC flagship brands and tools, including the BiE Index (evolved to the CR Index). Mike has served as a Cabinet Office Advisory Board Member, spent three years on BITC's board and was Corporate Responsibility Group Chairman.”

Did you know? In 2010 - 2011:

  • We invested £11.8m in our communities
  • Our people contributed over 48,000 volunteering hours
  • 39% of our people volunteered last year
  • It's our ambition to send zero waste to landfill by 2015

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