Devastating natural disasters are occurring all around the globe with increasing frequency, exacerbated by climate change. These often disproportionately affect those who  are least resilient.

As a global network of member firms, natural disasters affect everyone at KPMG – our people, our communities and our business. Our responses to recent catastrophic natural disasters powerfully demonstrate our values that, "We are committed to our communities," "We work together" and "We lead by example."

KPMG International and KPMG member firms, including KPMG in the Cayman Islands, have been involved with a number of significant relief and recovery efforts.

Following a disaster, our member firm will typically organize fundraising efforts. Funds raised are then channeled through our preferred NGO and development organizations.

Examples of fundraising activities include:

• Nepal earthquakes, 2015
• Super Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines, 2013
• Pakistan floods, 2010
• Haiti earthquake, 2010
• Hurricane Paloma in Cayman Brac, 2008
• Hurricane Ivan in Grand Cayman, 2004

In recent years, KPMG in the Cayman Islands have applied our business skills as well as money to make a greater and more lasting difference.

To do so, we collaborate with non-governmental organizations and KPMG International programs that have vast expertise, operations on the ground, and a global reach and outlook to match KPMG's network of firms. 

Working alongside them, we help to alleviate suffering, promote economic development and rebuild communities. Our firm also often maintains lasting commitments to the Cayman Islands community throughout post-disaster recovery and development, such as on-going support to educational institutions and involvement in subsequent rebuilding projects.

In 2008, KPMG International announced the Global Green Initiative (GGI), a commitment to address climatechange by focusing on three pillars:

1. To measure, reduce and report KPMG’s global emissions across the KPMG network; 
2. To support environmental projects within our wider commitment to our communities, and advance sustainability; 
3. To work with our partners, employees, suppliers and clients to help them reduce their climate change impacts.

Our member firm accepted this challenge and continues to develop new ways to address the climate change based on the three pillars. 

Annually, KPMG supports the Earth Day Cleanup in the Cayman Islands. This initiative is an island wide program that allows employees, friends and family to collect litter that is hazardous to our environment. The firm also invest in the CCMI’s Ocean Literacy program, which is an environmental initiative educating Cayman’s youth on the importance of the Ocean and the life within it. 

Our member firm continues to decrease the use of printed material and publications by providing web accessible versions; purchasing less newspapers; and finding new ways to use outdated stationary. We continue to distribute environmentally friendly tote bags and 89% recycled bottle material pens to staff. Each floor within our building has recycling bins for staff to recycle aluminum, plastic and glass items. 

KPMG in the Cayman Islands and KPMG (BVI) Limited use business cards that are printed on 100 percent recycled paper and annually, both firms send out Christmas e-cards to clients, which decreases the use of paper cards.