Corporate Citizenship

Commitment to our communities is at the heart of our firm’s values. KPMG member firms across the world are working alongside other companies, governments and non-governmental organizations to address poverty and make a positive difference in preserving the environment.

We are committed to using our skills and resources to support local community initiatives. By citizenship we mean that part of our strategy which shapes our values and influences the choices we make and the relationships we have with our communities and the audiences with which we interact.

Our work pillars

At KPMG member firms we have committed ourselves, through our values and our brand, to support the communities we work in, and to build, locally and globally, the capacity to achieve our Corporate Citizenship goals. We are determined to act as responsible corporate citizens. In order to do so we bring our skills and resources, and we are becoming increasingly strategic in our Corporate Citizenship work. Our wish is to make the KPMG member firms well known for:

• Setting the pace on citizenship.
• Inspiring the people of the KPMG member firms to think innovatively and engage with significant local community issues as leaders, volunteers and supporters.
• Encouraging the member firms’ people to engage with the big issues facing the world today.
• Working in a collaborative manner with community groups.

This means, more and more, going beyond good governance, compliance, ethical behavior, and philanthropy. It means becoming committed partners with other groups in society in order to tackle global social and environmental issues.

There are some themes that unite the KPMG member firms globally and that provide the pillars for the Corporate Citizenship strategy for each of our member firms around the world. They are: