Our Impact
We believe sustainable growth is the only way to build a successful business and have a lasting impact on the world. So, we're leading by example. For the first time, we're bringing together all of KPMG UK's Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments and publishing Our Impact Plan. Read on to find out more about our impact, the progress we're making and where we're holding ourselves to account to go further.
This is our commitment to support the UK in a connected world.
Our impact
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Our impact
Our commitment to a fairer future
We’ve outlined bold ambitions and set long-term targets to 2030 as part of our new Inclusion, Diversity and Equity plan - Our KPMG: A fairer future for all.
The power of neurodiversity
To help our clients solve the complex global issues they face, we need people who approach problems in different ways - we’ve worked with Auticon since 2018 to hire neurodiverse consultants in our audit, financial services, and technology teams.
Celebrating National Numeracy Day
This year, we’re celebrating 5 years of National Numeracy Day – a campaign that raises awareness of the important of numeracy in everyday life and helps people feel confident with numbers.
Helping our colleagues to thrive with us
We recognise the importance of health and wellbeing and have put in place a number of initiatives to help our colleagues to be at their best.
Taking steps to build our Culture
We’re building a culture that is open, safe and inclusive, and operates to the highest ethical and quality standards. As a firm we’re continually listening, learning and evolving.
People quite rightly want to know more about the organisations they are working with, buying from, and investing in. That's why, for the first time, we're reporting collectively on our impact across five areas: our firm, our people, our clients, our communities and of course, our planet.
This is just the start, and we know we have further to go, but by taking this important step we're giving people a common way of measuring our ESG progress and holding ourselves accountable to drive change.
Jon Holt / Chief Executive, KPMG in the UK
The climate crisis is becoming more extreme, the impact of COVID-19 has brought social injustice even more into the spotlight and the landscape for corporate reform is rapidly evolving. We have a responsibility to help shape disclosures and to convene and support business to accelerate progress on their ESG journey. This is a real opportunity for UK business to lead the way and position the UK as a great place to do business and invest.
Bina Mehta / Chair, KPMG in the UK
Our commitments
Our firm
Behaving ethically and upholding our professional, ethical and quality standards at all times, guided by Our Values and Our Code of Conduct.Working with our stakeholders to restore trust in the audit profession.
Engaging 100+ suppliers to make significant carbon reductions across our supply chain through our sustainable procurement programme.
Our people
Protect the health and wellbeing of our people and empower them to work in new and more flexible ways, so everyone can thrive with us.Deliver against our ambitious 2030 Inclusion, Diversity and Equity commitments to create an environment, where diversity of experience, background and perspective are truly valued, and you’re empowered to come as you are.
Develop a continuous learning culture that supports people to grow in their own way and provides opportunities to learn for a lifetime. A place where everyone can make their mark.
Ensure we do work that matters outside of our firm to build a stronger fairer, society.
Our communities
Between 2020 and 2025, we will work directly with 150,000 beneficiaries to develop essential skills and improve social mobility.By 2025, we will convene over 2,000 organisations to support our literacy and numeracy flagships to improve social mobility.
By the end of 2022, we will raise the percentage of community beneficiaries we reach in social mobility coldspots, Opportunity Areas and areas of high deprivation to 30%.
We'll raise £1m for Marie Curie by September 2023 (through fundraising and pro bono support).
Our planet
We'll be Net Zero by 2030.We'll achieve this by:
Using 100% renewable electricity across our estate by 2024.
Switching to renewable gas across our estate by 2030.
Engaging 100+ suppliers to make significant carbon reductions across our supply chain through our sustainable procurement programme.
Making significant carbon reductions on our business travel through our ambitious 'greening' travel strategy.
We'll become a zero-waste business – eliminating all avoidable waste from our operations – by 2030.
We have a long history across the UK, stretching back over 150 years. We support the UK in a connected world and below you can discover what that means for some of our people, clients and communities.
Years supporting the UK
Our founder believed in our profession's potential to be a force for good in society as well as the economy. Over the years, we've held onto that idea, striving to break down barriers inside the firm and make a difference outside.
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Voices of Place: Building tomorrow's workforce
The Skills City report is based on the voices of leaders and influencers in four metropolitan cities: Birmingham, Glasgow, Liverpool and London. It discusses the skills we need to focus on and what needs to change to deliver them.
Read the report
Partnering with universities to support regional growth
We have partnered with the University of Leeds and the University of Nottingham, the first in a number of strategic partnerships driving insight for clients and supporting regional economic growth.
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Shining a light on the game changers, disruptors and tech titans of tomorrow
FIDO Tech have been named the UK's top tech innovator in a competition run by KPMG Private Enterprise. They will go on to compete with 17 other countries in the Global Tech Innovator Web Summit.
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Connecting to the world with new ways of working
Tom's hybrid working story
Combining passion and skill to help clients prepare for ESG
How Beth is helping clients prepare for ESG
KPMG is a global organisation of independent professional services firms. Our people work with clients and communities across the world to deliver our purpose: to inspire confidence and empower change. We’ve made a global commitment to spend more than $1.5 billion US dollars over the next three years, specifically to focus on the Environmental, Social and Governance change agenda. Our global Impact Plan brings together our commitments in these areas.
Countries and territories KPMG operates in / 145
As at Dec 2021
KPMG employs people worldwide / >236,000
As at Dec 2021
KPMG employees are globally mobile - UK in/out assignments / > 1100
FY19
Committed spend on ESG / $1.5bn
FY21 - FY24
Our Values are shared globally / Integrity. Excellence. Courage. Together. For Better
