UN Global Compact: COP UN Global Compact: COP

Across the global organization, we understand that we serve the public trust and play a critical role in helping to solve some of the world's most complex problems. As trusted advisers to the public, private and non-governmental sectors, KPMG firms play a leading role in helping organizations to meet the UN's wider goals and objectives, including our membership of the UN Global Compact (UNGC) since 2002.

The UNGC is a voluntary framework for businesses to align their operations and strategies with 10 principles covering human rights, labor, the environment and anti-corruption.

Our Communication on Progress report below highlights how the organization's 227,000 people around the world are empowered to contribute their time, skills, passions and expertise to improve their communities and society at large, in line with UNGC principles.

KPMG responds in various ways to the four core focus areas that the Global Compact:

• Human Rights
• Environment
• Labor Standards
• Anti-Corruption

As a signatory to the UNGC, KPMG International submits a Communication on Progress (COP) (PDF 440 KB) to the UNGC on an annual basis.

The report highlights select activities of KPMG International in relation to the UNGC's 10 principles, for the reporting period 1 October 2018 to 30 September 2019. Our citizenship section provides a thorough disclosure of our citizenship activities for this reporting period.

Regarding citizenship related data, several KPMG firms have instituted internal assurance procedures for selected indicators. In addition, a few KPMG firms have initiated external assurance and/or verification services for their citizenship data.