We’re a people business. When the best people build a career with us, we can all thrive: our clients, our colleagues, our communities and our planet. We want the world to think of our people when they think about KPMG.
People’s needs have changed, including their expectations of what work is, where it happens and what it gives them. We have an opportunity to improve what work is by delivering a more human relationship between KPMG and our people. It’s about understanding our people as individuals and respecting the fact that they care about their work but also their life as a whole.
“Businesses are having to navigate complex tensions in the new world of work, and we’re no different. We’re thinking hard about the lessons learned over the past few years and what we want to be known for. We need to help ensure our people feel they are being actively heard, looked after and responded to while enabling them with the skills they need to develop exciting careers doing work that matters and thriving as individuals.“
Inclusion, diversity and equity (IDE) underpins our Values and is vital to our Purpose. There’s an expectation from our people, clients and society that we have a robust IDE agenda — linked to Our Impact Plan and our strategy. Improving our employee value proposition to attract and retain the best talent also aligns with the “S” in our ESG commitments.
We strive to do what’s right, which means we must provide all of our people with the environment to help them be the best version of themselves — their true selves. What makes us different is what makes us stronger.
How we define IDE:
- Inclusion is about belonging: We commit to creating a safe environment built on trust, where we can bring our authentic selves to work and feel valued for our unique contributions and perspectives.
- Diversity is about difference: We commit to embracing and respecting the variety of unique experiences, cultures, identities and perspectives we collectively bring to KPMG.
- Equity is about access to opportunities: We commit to standing against systemic barriers and biases. We help level the playing field and ensure everyone can succeed and thrive at KPMG.
“IDE is core to KPMG: building teams with diverse views that represent the world we live in plays a key role in unlocking our full potential across member firms. It’s incredibly encouraging to see IDE principles being reflected across the globe. Given the trajectory we’re on, I can’t wait to see what we’ve achieved a year from now.“
Our Global Management Team is made up of 50% women, as of
1 October 2022.
These senior leaders are responsible for developing our global strategy with the Executive Committee of the Global Board and driving alignment across our KPMG firms.
Source: KPMG International.
KPMG's Global Management Team
From left to right: Carl Carande, Nhlamu Dlomu, Bill Thomas, Melissa Hardaway, Larry Bradley, Paul Korolkiewicz, Jane Lawrie, Anne Collins, Gary Wingrove, Lisa Heneghan, David Linke and Regina Mayor.
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Driving accountability
Established in FY21, the aim of our inaugural global IDE policy is to ensure we have a consistent method for IDE across our global organization by setting baseline requirements. To drive accountability in all KPMG member firms and measure how we are effecting change, we’re tracking progress against policy milestones.
One of these core requirements is for all KPMG firms to appoint an IDE lead. In FY22, all Reporting KPMG Firms appointed an IDE lead, which was critical to driving change.
In addition, we developed a set of dedicated global IDE goals to help all of our people understand expectations, build their skills and embrace actionable commitments as they progress through their careers at KPMG. This year, we’ve seen an uptake from the majority of Reporting KPMG Firms. Our people are embracing these goals, including them in their goal setting and engaging in activities that support their progress.
People of KPMG
Our global learning programs focus on building allyship, listening to the voices of our people and educating ourselves on the perspectives and life experiences of others, with the aim of creating an environment in which all of our people can bring their best and most authentic selves to work.
In FY22, we continued to leverage technology to bring our people together to support one another with digital on-demand training, dedicated global learning summits and campaigns in recognition of the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (IDERD), International Day of Persons with Disabilities, International Women’s Day (IWD) and Pride Month.
- Our people from more than 45 countries or territories have taken IDE e-learning courses from global inclusion experts Culture Wizard — a more than 60 percent year-over-year increase in participation.
- We created an allyship guide to provide our people with the tools to help them be better allies to foster a more supportive workplace.
Measuring our impact
We measure progress consistently to help ensure we stay on the right path. We work together with KPMG firms to continue to expand our collection of global IDE data. In line with the objectives set for our IDE ambition, we’ve created an IDE Index to help us measure the impact of our work from quantitative and qualitative perspectives.
We’re pleased to see the FY22 results of our first IDE Index, which shows favorable overall IDE scores in each area. We look forward to building on this progress, which includes building additional metrics to measure the impact of the work we do.
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Inclusive culture built on trust
Measured by feedback from our people
of respondents in our Global People Survey have an overall favorable view of IDE in our organization, up 2 percentage points from FY21.
Inclusive culture built on trust
Measured by feedback from our people
of respondents in our Global People Survey have an overall favorable view of IDE in our organization, up 2 percentage points from FY21.
An educated, empathetic workplace
Measured by participation and feedback from our people in our global IDE learning summits
of summit attendees surveyed said they felt more educated on the lived experiences of our people after attending.
An advocate for equal opportunity
representation of women in overall headcount based on partners and staff employed as of 30 September 2022, up by 0.1 percentage points from FY21.
Source: KPMG International.
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Deepening our focus on the communities we serve
Analyzing the current state of disability inclusion
To support our disability inclusion efforts, we conducted a current state analysis of recruitment, retention and advancement for people living with disabilities in our Reporting KPMG Firms. Although we’re making progress, the outcome of our assessment will focus our collective efforts on continuing to expand our data collection, educating our people on disability inclusion language and digital accessibility, and working together with our disability employee resource group leads.
Our first LGBTQ+ inclusion statement
In collaboration with our Global Pride Network, we launched our first global LGBTQ+ inclusion statement. As a global organization, we’re committed to actions that promote LGBTQ+ awareness and making sure our people feel safe, recognized and heard. A key action from this statement is to support KPMG firms in appointing Pride Partner Champions to help address the challenges faced by our LGBTQ+ people. Pride Partner Champions are KPMG leaders aligned with their Pride Networks and responsible for championing their firm’s LGBTQ+ inclusion efforts inside and outside of the workplace.
Taking a stand against racial discrimination
We engaged professionals from around the globe in practical learning and actions through the IDERD actions-based initiative, where our people made more than 2,500 commitments to take a stand against racial discrimination. Topics included the importance of creating psychologically safe workspaces, challenging microaggressions and colorism.
People of KPMG
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