KPMG Ready for Assurance

KPMG Ready for Assurance is a proprietary service designed to help organizations assess whether the preconditions for sustainability assurance are present to support a smoother limited or reasonable assurance engagement in the future.

Regardless of the reporting framework, this service examines your organizations ESG measures and determines whether you have the evidence that would be required to support the disclosures you want to make. Performing this work now will reduce the risk when you are required to have your information assured. It’s your opportunity to validate what’s in place—before it’s subject to public or regulatory scrutiny.

Powered by KPMG Clara, our intelligent audit and assurance platform, KPMG Ready for Assurance delivers a seamless, insight-rich experience.

Why is it important to you?

ESG is an increasingly high priority for everyone – investors, stakeholders, regulators and customers. Gaining assurance over the ESG information your business discloses is an essential part of the process, and will likely also be a regulatory requirement, giving your disclosures credibility so that they are trusted by the market.
Why is my auditor the right person to also do my ESG assurance work?

There is debate in some quarters over whether ESG assurance should be delivered by an organization’s auditor or by a third party. In today’s world, financial and non-financial information is increasingly inter-related – having responsibilities over assuring them separated would dilute the value to stakeholders in how the information is presented.
What is the difference between KPMG Ready for Assurance and other advisory work?

KPMG Ready for Assurance is geared toward audit clients where we expect to assure. We do not design processes or procedures or be involved in the implementation of them as part of the KPMG Ready for Assurance service. For non-audit clients, KPMG Advisory resources can assist you in getting ready for your ESG reporting.

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Learn more about the KPMG Ready for Assurance service offering and how it can help you understand whether the necessary preconditions for assurance are in place.