Step into KPMG Switzerland's Sustainability Report 2023, your gateway to understanding our sustainability journey as we strive to meet our long-term commitments across the four pillars of our sustainability strategy: Governance, People, Planet, and Prosperity.
This report covers the period from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023 and showcases the progress we have achieved, the obstacles we are facing and how we are adressing them, and where we are looking to contribute to a more sustainable future.
Governance
"Putting our values at the heart of the way we do things"
Commitments
- Always act with a clear purpose
- Lead the profession in audit quality
- Act lawfully, ethically and in the public interest
- Work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery
- Maintaining exemplary standards in data and information safeguarding, privacy, and security
- Respect human rights
People
"Creating a caring, inclusive and values-led culture for our people"
Commitments
- Achieve 20 percent female representation in our partnership by 2025
- Have an inclusive culture, built on trust
- Foster an educated, empathetic workforce
- Advocate for equal opportunity
- Protect the health of our people – both physically and mentally – and enable them to be effective and productive
- Develop a continuous learning and development culture
Planet
"Reducing our impact on the environment to build a more sustainable and resilient future"
Commitments
- Achieve a 50 percent reduction of our direct and indirect GHG emissions by 2030 compared to our 2019 baseline.
- Purchase verified carbon credits in the amount of any remaining GHG emissions we cannot remove from our operations, thus contributing to a technology- and nature-based solution to our GHG footprint.
- Give financial markets, clients and our leaders clear, comprehensive, high-quality information on the impacts of climate change.
Prosperity
"Driving good corporate citizenship and wealth creation for our communities"
Commitments
- Enrich our services by forming alliances with top technology vendors
- Delivering our ESG ambitions through Audit, Tax and Advisory Services
- Developing an agile, effective and resilient organization that steers digital transformation towards sustainable business agility
- Supporting education and lifelong learning with our corporate citizenship program
