Short description
KPMG International has been piloting - and is now rolling out - the "KPMG Global Development Initiative" - which is about deploying the core skills and capabilities of KPMG member firms in pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals. KPMG is in over 140 countries and its member firms have over 137,000 employees. Working in partnership with the KPMG International Development Services teams, various projects around the world demonstrate how seriously KPMG is taking the principles of the UN Global Compact and making a proactive and serious commitment to the issues facing the world - that need business skills and that need business to work in partnership with NGOs and civil society.
Project benefit
- Education for children
- Tackle world poverty
- Face the challenges of climate change
- Connect economy, politics, science and civil society
Key Facts
| Initiator | KPMG |
| Project start | 2008 |
| Status | ongoing |
| Region | Worldwide |
| Contact person | Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick CBE |
| Awards | - |
Main Issue
| Anti-Corruption | - |
| Business & Peace | - |
| Development | X |
| Environment | - |
| Financial Markets | - |
| Implementing UNGC Principles in your Corporate CSR Management | - |
| Human Rights | X |
| Labour Standards | - |
| Local Networks | X |
Project Type
| Advocacy of global issues | X |
| Business opportunities in low income communities/countries | - |
| Project funding | - |
| Provision of goods | - |
| Provision of services/personal | - |
| Standards and guidelines development | - |
Partner
Putting our skills to work in pursuit of the MDGs
By Lord Michael Hastings (KPMG International)Our people are getting involved in hundreds of citizenship projects around the world, and our member firms are developing initiatives to suit their local communities and environments. By harnessing the skills we use every day and applying them to the world and communities around us, we can help make positive changes in our communities – locally and across the world. more[...]
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