Global mobility as a driver of sustainability

The influence of global mobility on the sustainability strategy of companies.

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Despite increasing digitalisation, international personnel assignments continue to play an important role. The pressure on companies to take ESG issues - environmental, social and governance - into account and to act in a socially, environmentally and societally responsible manner, even when deploying staff across national borders, is increasing.

This is where Global Mobility comes into play with its comprehensive insights into HR, talent, technology, salary and financial activities: many companies already measure the environmental impact of their employees' travel behaviour, for example, or analyse their remuneration and development system with a view to pay equity and equal treatment. In this way, Global Mobility can make a significant contribution to fulfilling a company's legal sustainability obligations and making the ESG strategy a success by providing sound data and analyses. At the same time, Global Mobility can help to identify and close gaps in a company's own ESG agenda and fulfil the increasing demand for transparency from stakeholders.

Dr. Tobias Preising

Partner, Tax, Global Mobility Services

KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft

+49 30 2068 3422

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The influence of global mobility on ESG

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Assignments, business trips and collaborations with relocation partners have a measurable environmental impact that is difficult to avoid. By analysing travel logs, for example, the impact on the environment can be evaluated and reduced through measures such as CO2 offsetting, incentives for environmentally conscious travel and virtual meetings. Virtual forms of work are also possible for long-term international assignments and can be part of the global staffing strategy.

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Flexible working models promote inclusion and work-life balance by enabling employees to better combine family and career. Companies can support their employees through measures such as homeworking for parents or temporary work in the home country for family care. Global Mobility also contributes to the sustainability strategy by taking into account standards for equal working conditions and DE&I aspects (diversity, equity & inclusion) in international talent development.

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The mobility function uses global mobility and HR data to ensure compliance with tax regulations, reporting obligations and codes of conduct as well as legal requirements, such as the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). By providing employee needs analyses, Mobility managers can also support the reassessment of remuneration models and thus contribute to greater pay equity and fairness.

Our services at a glance

ESG Maturity Assessment

We support you in determining the ESG maturity level of your company in the area of mobility and developing it further with the help of our customised recommendations. All relevant operational and structural parameters are subjected to a systematic review and assessment. This includes both internal and external stakeholders, strategy and objectives, processes and the technological and data-related infrastructure.

ESG Awareness Training

A key factor in the successful implementation of both the statutory and your internal ESG targets is sensitising your Global Mobility team and your international employees to the impact of their actions. To this end, we have developed an ESG awareness training programme specifically tailored to the area of global mobility, which focuses on promoting an understanding of sustainability and strengthening commitment to these issues.

Global Mobility ESG Program Review

We ensure that your Global Mobility programme is ESG-compliant. This includes reviewing guidelines, processes and contracts. After identifying legal obligations to act and optimisation potential, we provide support with the actual implementation. In addition to the legal requirements, we take into account other aspects such as costs, the compatibility of ESG measures with relevant business objectives (business alignment) and employer attractiveness.

Reporting and Data

We work with you to identify relevant ESG metrics and develop appropriate measures to ensure accurate and timely reporting. With the help of technological solutions and comprehensive data analyses, we enable detailed measurements of the impact of your global mobility activities on your sustainability goals.

Structuring a sustainable remuneration system

As part of companies' sustainability efforts, the development and implementation of sustainable remuneration models is increasingly on the agenda. In many countries - including Germany - management remuneration is already linked to the achievement of certain sustainability targets. We advise you on how you can incorporate sustainability aspects and ESG-related incentives into the design of remuneration packages, for example the promotion of environmentally friendly means of transport or rewards for local social commitment.

Green Mobility

We support you in reducing the carbon emissions of your Global Mobility activities. This includes regularly determining your carbon footprint and identifying measures to reduce and offset CO2 emissions for your Global Mobility processes. Well-founded benchmarking with other companies of your industry and size shows you where you stand in comparison with your measures.