Every day, in ways big and small, KPMG in Canada’s Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) team makes a meaningful difference for clients, our people, and the communities we support.
Whether we are helping our clients achieve their ESG ambitions or leading the way with our sustainability commitments, we are embedding ESG into everything that we do. Join our passionate ESG team and help create a positive and lasting change for our planet and society.
Empowering our people through purpose-led work
Do work that matters
ESG is at the center of everything we do. As a reflection of our commitment, we have made a US$1.5 billion global investment to expand our ESG capabilities and support our clients along their ESG journeys.
- Grow your skills and experiences alongside a global network of passionate ESG professionals and be part of a multi-disciplinary and diverse team of consultants, engineers, environmental scientists, economists, lawyers, marine biologists, foresters, and accountants.
- Work with leading companies to help discover innovative, ground-breaking solutions to overcome the challenges of today and create the opportunities of tomorrow.
- Be part of a growing, entrepreneurial team with industry- leading experience, data-driven technology and global partnerships, doing work that has real purpose.
- Become part of a group of thought leaders that have been recognized as one of Canada’s Top Greenest Employers for 14 consecutive years.
Come as you are
- Join a team that encourages authenticity, honours individual priorities, and respects your choices. KPMG's benefits and rewards, diversity networks, and the recognition we've received demonstrate the value we place on the contributions of everyone who works here.
- Celebrate a firm recognized as one of Canada’s Top Diversity Employers for 16 consecutive years.
- Join one of our 30+ People Networks that help create a sense of belonging for our professionals.
- Our Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity programs and collaborations provide scholarships, internships, and mentorship to diverse talent communities. Learn more about Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity in recruitment at KPMG.
Thrive with us
- We provide our people with programs and tools that support and prioritize mental health and wellness, where initiatives are led by corporate Canada’s first ever Chief Mental Health Officer.
- Take advantage of our wellness initiatives including additional time off, vacation time, enhanced hybrid work flexibility, and 50 hours of personal care time.
- Access an annual $3,000 mental health & wellness spending account for both you and your dependents that allows you to allocate benefits in a way that is meaningful to you and your family.
Join our growing team
Learn for a lifetime
- Our commitment to your career development helps to set us apart as an employer. We want to enhance your potential, both for yourself and as a contributor to our firm. That’s why we provide every opportunity to expand your skills, knowledge and experiences through formal education and training programs, leadership development opportunities, and informal one-on-one coaching and mentoring from your KPMG colleagues.
- We believe in a culture of learning. Discover a variety of learning opportunities to develop technical, business, and leadership skills through on-the-job training and our virtual KPMG Business School.
- Through partnerships with the University of Cambridge Judge Business School and New York University (NYU) Stern School of Business Executive Education, KPMG is investing in training for our professionals to develop their specialized skills in ESG.
- Unleash your potential through the KPMG Leadership Academy program, which empowers our senior professionals and managers by building critical leadership skills through immersive and experiential approaches.
Make your mark
- Be recognized for the impact you make through our robust Total Rewards offerings with increased rewards and recognition programs that celebrate our teammates and their many accomplishments.
- Make a lasting impact in your communities through meaningful volunteering opportunities alongside 1,180 KPMG employees who volunteered more than 36,000 hours on charitable projects in 2021, and find inspiration through our Global Impact Plan outlining our commitments to ESG and the prosperity of our communities around the world.
- Have the opportunity to be recognized through our annual KPMG Social Impact Awards, where we celebrate the positive impact our people make on social issues, inclusion, mental health, and the environment through volunteerism, employee-led initiatives, and socially impactful client work.
How we help our clients
Companies that strategically address ESG outperform others both in terms of financial performance and non-financial measures, including client satisfaction, talent attraction, and innovation (Financial Times, 2018) .
A comprehensive sustainability strategy enables a company to address environmental and social risks and to capitalize on the resulting commercial opportunities. To get there, a clear understanding of the complex and evolving policy, regulatory, and business environment issues is required, along with the ability to successfully translate these issues into clear business objectives.
We help clients develop an ESG strategy that creates long- term value and competitive advantage while balancing business needs with those of the environment, external stakeholders, and society.
Our services:
- ESG strategy development
- ESG risk assessment and management
- ESG governance development
- ESG integration into supply chain, operations, and investor relations
Sustainable Finance is growing in popularity as asset owners look for investments that provide a financial return and generate measurable benefits for the environment and society. Increasingly, investors and companies are incorporating ESG risk and opportunities when making investment decisions and throughout the investment life-cycle to allocate and protect capital effectively.
Customers, employees, investors, regulators, and the public are placing greater focus on ESG than ever before. This is leading to changes in the options available to corporate borrowers to raise capital – as well as in the way financial services players distribute it.
Sustainable finance rewards those who perform well on ESG factors, enables lenders to comply with regulations while offering new products and gives more options to investors.
Our services:
- ESG due diligence
- Impact investing strategy
- ESG integration and implementation
- Green, social, and sustainable bonds
- ESG principles-based frameworks
As the global push toward decarbonization accelerates and the physical impacts of climate change play out across every continent, businesses are preparing for a low carbon future and are rising to stakeholder demands for better information on their progress and plans.
Climate change is causing economic transformation, led by fundamental business model change and a rethinking of what business as usual looks like. Helping clients develop a decarbonization strategy includes goal setting, navigating renewable energy sources, and carbon emission abatement and removal.
Our services:
- Climate risk services (including scenario analysis)
- Decarbonization services
- Climate program management
- GHG footprint development
- Software and data solutions
Stakeholders – from regulators and investors to customers and the public – are putting ESG metrics and disclosures under increasing scrutiny. They want access to credible, verifiable, and comparable ESG metrics to support decisions on the areas that matter most to them. Meeting their expectations can mean going beyond mandatory requirements.
Developing and managing a strategy for reporting on ESG is critical to demonstrate credibility to stakeholders, meet investor expectations, and lead among industry peers.
We help clients develop an ESG strategy based on the organization’s reporting and data that aligns with standards, and benchmark material topics, metrics and ratings against peers and industry trends.
Our services:
- Integrated reporting and enhanced MD & A disclosure
- Target setting and KPI development
- Social and economic impact measurement
- Impact methodologies
- DEI reporting accelerator
- Readiness assessments
Organizations recognize the importance of providing stakeholders with confidence in the accuracy and completeness of the information contained in their corporate reporting, including annual reports and ESG, sustainability and climate reports. Traditionally only financial information was subject to independent assurance, but increasingly organizations are seeking assurance on a broad range of non-financial information including ESG key performance indicators (KPIs).
We provide assurance to organizations across a wide range of sectors and a variety of assurance scopes, such as GHG verification and ISO & forestry certification.
ISO and forestry certification
We provide a broad range of ISO, forest certification, consulting and forest carbon related services to clients across the globe. For example:
- Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI) Sustainable Forest Management, Fiber Sourcing and Chain of Custody Standards
- CSA Z809 Sustainable Forest Management Standard
- PEFCTM International Chain of Custody Standard
- Forest Stewardship Council® Forest Management, Controlled Wood and Custody Standard
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