|
Our Approach to CSR
 KPMG
is committed to its communities;
our CSR agenda is to inspire,
challenge and
empower our people to make a
positive contribution to local
communities and the
environment. We are committed
to integrating CSR and sustainability
into all we do – from the
advice we provide clients, to
being a great place to work,
investing in our local communities,
minimising our environmental
impacts and working closely with
our suppliers.
Really
effective CSR – work that
makes a difference inside and outside
the business– requires
strong leadership. So in 2006 we established
our first CSR Leadership Team,
headed by Dr Ashley Steel a member
of the Board of KPMG Europe.
The leadership group
defines our CSR strategy, makes
sure our performance is measured
more rigorously and
report back regularly to the
main Board. Our priorities are
to integrate CSR into the business
and help KPMG people understand
fully why CSR is important.
An important objective of the
firm is to develop closer relationships
with clients, suppliers and
people, to help embed CSR into
the way of life at KPMG. Our
work was recognised in 2007
when we were short listed for
an Environmental Leadership Award
from Business in the
Community for successfully integrating
environmental strategy into the
business.
A new code of conduct
for suppliers, due to be launched
in 2008, will help us spread
best practice even further by
ensuring that all major KPMG
Europe LLP suppliers meet high
environmental, community and
employment standards.
 “Almost
35,000 children leave primary
school with very low literacy
skills. This year I saw the
results of the KPMG Foundation’s
Every Child a Reader programme
for myself. Through this
programme, highly skilled Reading
Recovery teachers are helping
5,000 children to develop
better reading skills. We’re
delighted to be playing a central
role in addressing such a vital
issue.”
 Benchmarking and measuring our performance
We have a policy of actively seeking opportunities to benchmark our performance, examining the impact we have on our key stakeholders and benchmarking ourselves against our peers. This helps to drive improvements across the firm. Measuring and monitoring our environmental and community performance is a key part of this - ensuring that we are continually making a positive contribution to society and reporting our progress in an open and transparent way.
Supporting our people
Community and environmental projects
are an exciting way for our
people to broaden their skills.
KPMG the UK firm provides the
following opportunities:
- Everyone has 3.5 hours of firm time each month to volunteer.
- We have donation budgets to support volunteering.
- We run a Give As You Earn Scheme,
with all donations made to our Staff
Selected Charity, matched pound for
pound up to the value of £100,000.
- Each of our offices has a CSR forum which decides its local priorities within a clearly defined national framework.
We continue
to be committed to giving at
least one percent of our relevant profits
to the
community and use the London
Benchmarking Group model to assess
our total community
contributions. Our application
of the model is independently
assured by the Corporate
Citizenship Company.
| |
2003-04 |
2004-05 |
2005-06 |
2006-07 |
2007-08
(target) |
Total community
investment |
£4.3m |
£4.4m |
£4.6m |
£5.7m |
£6m |
Number of people
volunteering
during the
working day |
2300
28 percent of
our people |
3100
35 percent of
our people |
3100
31 percent of
our people |
3500
35 percent of
our people |
3600 |
Number of
hour
contributed to
communities |
14,500 |
26,000 |
32,000 |
38,000 |
40,000 |
Awards in 2007
KPMG in the UK has won more than 35
major CSR awards in the last
10 years. In 2007 our awards included:
- The Sunday Times ‘Best
Big Companies to Work for 2007’: ‘Best
for Giving Something Back.
- Financial Times ‘Best Workplaces
2007’: ‘Special Award
for commitment to Corporate Responsibility’:
runners-up in the ‘Special
Award for Sustainability’.
- Business in the Community ‘Corporate
Responsibility Index 2007’.
This is the UK’s leading benchmark
of responsible business. KPMG was
awarded this top tier recognition
(Platinum) for our ongoing commitment
to responsible business practices.
- Business
in the Community ‘Awards
for Excellence 2007’. Awarded the
coveted ‘Big Tick’ by BITC
for the positive effect five of
our CSR programmes are having in the
community and in the environment.
Top 
|
