The growing focus by investors on nonfinancial matters such as environmental performance and social impact is reshaping the business landscape, affecting financial performance and long-term business success. Learn more about our 2020 environmental goals, results to date, and their metrics and methodology. That number reflects active management of our direct emissions and indirect emissions from electricity consumption and air and car travel. In 2015 we exceeded that goal-cutting our carbon footprint by 26 percent per FTE. In 2010, KPMG set a five-year goal to cut net emissions by 10 percent per FTE against a 2010 baseline. A key strategy is our focus on energy efficiency and alternatives to air travel, which represent over 80 percent of our carbon footprint. KPMG’s goal is a 10-percent carbon footprint reduction per full-time-equivalent (FTE) employee by year-end 2020, from a 2016 baseline. We demonstrate our commitment in various ways, including working with the Arbor Day Foundation to plant trees to celebrate new hires, volunteering to build renewable energy solutions, and cleaning up beaches to promote ocean conservation. Implementing environmentally sustainable principles, reducing our greenhouse gas emissions, and addressing local environmental challenges adds value for our clients and reflects the integrity and ethics of our professionals.

That’s why environmental sustainability is a core component of KPMG’s corporate citizenship strategy. At KPMG, we’re always focused on the long-term impacts of our decisions.

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