People

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity

Diversity, Inclusion and Equity are central to our Purpose and are directly connected to our corporate value Together: We respect each other and draw strength from our differences. We strive to cultivate a culture where our people across race, gender, age, religion, identity and experience can be the best version of themselves at work. We believe that championing a more inclusive and equitable workplace provides our people with a genuine sense of belongingness, social connectedness and fulfillment that helps us in creating a more equitable world. ​

Encourage all our people to become active allies, and increase awareness and acceptance of LGBTQ+ human rights, acknowledging our LGBTQ+ people for all that they are and contribute to our Global organization.​

LGBTQ Inclusion: Conducted the Usapang Pride to proudly share our employees’ stories and journey as being part of the LGBTQ Community to promote awareness and make our people feel safe, recognized, and heard. ​

Hosted the National Coming Out Day to celebrate the power of love, and to honor the courage of those who choose to live openly.

Women Empowerment: Celebrated the International Women’s Day where a discussion on women's rights, gender inequality, abuse against women and violence were discussed to educate and empower more women to do the same.​

Health and well-being

Our approach to employee health and well-being is underscored by our Purpose to Inspire Confidence and Empower Change. We believe that our work is not where we go, but what we do. We do what matters – especially for our people. This includes striving to protect their health and ensure that we provide them with the holistic health that we believe each of our individual employees deserves. In turn, we believe that this enhances our employee engagement and strengthens the bond between them and the firm, creating purpose, success and productivity. ​

Since 2019, the firm has maintained its #KPMGishereforyou Program to build a positive culture of support in the firm where anyone can talk about their mental health struggles without fear of judgment and discrimination. ​

We have adopted a Work for Excellence set-up wherein people can work from home, the office, or a client’s office, whichever is most conducive to creating excellent work. ​

To help alleviate the financial challenges our employees face especially during sickness and health risk, we have provided our employees the financial assistance they need in these trying times​

In celebration of World Mental Health Day, we invited a psychologist to discuss the importance of courage in seeking professional help and recognizing when it's time to do so.​

We partnered with a mental health center to give out free counselling sessions to make it easier for our people to discuss their health concerns with the right people. In-office physical checkups were also conducted to aid the need for accessible health care.​

To support and encourage the personal development of our people, we created hobby clubs for sports, arts and food. Having a shared space in the workplace to express themselves and do the things they love is essential to ensuring that our people are taking a break and making time for themselves. ​

We periodically facilitate fun games and activities to provide wellness breaks for our employees, especially during busy season for them to refresh their minds and prevent burnout. ​

To help ensure we create a positive, enabling, and nurturing environment for our employees, we annually conduct a Global People Survey (GPS) to determine that we stay on the right path across five categories: Engagement, Trust, Growth, Inclusion & Diversity, well-being and Work Environment & Enablement. ​

Continuous Learning

Continuous learning and development (L&D) help our organization stay competitive, advance our employees’ careers and achieve long-term professional goals. We believe that appropriately equipping our employees with the right technical knowledge, skillsets and ethical behaviors would bring productive and quality business outcomes for enterprises, industries and communities. ​

We strive to effectively support our people and the next generation to develop future-ready skills. Continuous improvement of our talent attraction and recruitment activities helps us towards our vision of becoming the preferred employer for prospective talent. This enables us to meet our growth demands and skills needs which ultimately allow us to deliver exceptional work and foster a thriving workplace. Developing and retaining our talents are the next key steps in achieving our overall Purpose.​

We have launched the ESG curriculum to help them gain critical ESG knowledge, which in embedded in our Learning Management System (LMS). The curriculum covers four topics:​

• ESG 101: Three internally developed modules: Time is Now, Time for Impact, Time to Act​
• ESG 201: Cambridge ESG Curriculum with 10 self-paced e-learning modules for all KPMG client-facing professionals​​
• Enterprise Business Services (EBS): Building ESG Expertise consisting of 10 video-based modules​​
• ESG Assurance: Includes the 2023 Assurance for Auditors through e-learning​​

Responsibility to respect human rights

We have committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, building on our longstanding support for the United Nations Global Compact. We recognize human rights, as set out in the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights, as the basic rights that form the foundation for freedom, justice and peace. It is embedded in our policies as part of our Due Diligence procedures included in our Global Quality & Risk Management and People & Inclusion policies and the KPMG Global Code of Conduct. We also maintain a reporting mechanism through the KPMG International Hotline for any concerns causing or contributing to any adverse human rights incidents.​​