ESG Governance

Investors, research and rating firms, employees, customers, and regulators now critically assess how companies manage climate change, diversity, and other ESG risks. These factors are integral to a business’s sustainability and value creation over the long term. Our ESG Governance services are designed to help clients establish a strong ESG foundation and effectively operationalize ESG principles. We provide tailored support to financial institutions and public companies, where stakeholder expectations for robust ESG governance and transparent disclosure are paramount.

KPMG’s approach encompasses strategic advisory, policy development, and implementation guidance, ensuring that ESG governance becomes an integral part of our clients’ corporate ethos and decision-making processes. 

KPMG’s ESG Governance, Risk & Compliance Services team provide a broad range of services, including:

• Assessing the organisation’s governance response and providing entity-level guidance regarding ESG matters, including ESG strategy, board composition and committee structure, Internal Audit role, executive compensation and ESG integration with enterprise risk management (ERM)
• Identification of compliance or consulting audits to review the organisation’s operationalisation of ESG, including sustainable supply chain, food safety, HR/culture reviews, ESG regulatory compliance
  
• ESG regulatory compliance advisory, including stock exchange listing rules and other ESG regulatory disclosures

A leading private alternative energy enterprise in China, aiming to issue a green bond for solar and wind projects, faced the challenge of meeting stringent regulatory requirements. Our team, comprising sustainability and assurance professionals, developed a tailored assurance approach aligned with domestic regulations.

We ensured compliance within the bond issuance timeline, enhancing the bond’s credibility with investors. We advised on strengthening internal systems for project evaluation, managing proceeds, and reporting.

Consequently, the client’s bond was the first green bond approved under National Association of Financial Market Institutional Investors (NAFMII)draft guidelines, making them the first non-financial enterprise to issue a green bond in China.