KPMG Crown Dependencies

KPMG proudly sponsored July’s Guernsey Chamber of Commerce lunch, focusing on how collaborative efforts can position the Channel Islands as sustainability leaders and enhance their credibility as excellent business destinations.

Our ESG Associate Director, David Postlethwaite, opened the event, and Michelle Ryan from the Jersey Association of Sustainability Practitioners (JASP) shared valuable insights on Jersey’s sustainability journey and transition to Net Zero.

Hear Michelle’s BBC Radio Guernsey interview, where she discusses best practices and shares learnings.

KPMG Senior Manager in Digital Advisory, Kimberley Lockley, hosts the second episode of our Data Privacy Week podcast series. In this episode she is joined by KPMG ESG lead, David Postlethwaite - to discuss the role of data privacy within a business's ESG remit.

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KPMG Associate Director in Digital Advisory, Bryan Beesley, hosts the first episode of our Data Privacy Week podcast series. In this episode he is joined by KPMG Associate Manager, Adam Clark - going back to basics with the subject of data privacy and its evolving legislation within the EU and elsewhere.

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After a break in the series Senior Manager, Tim Shallcross, speaks with ESG Director, Harry Briggs to talk about his recent secondment with Accounting for Sustainability, update on the current regulatory landscape, how he’s currently helping clients and an insight into his round table with HRH The Prince of Wales.

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A breaking news episode where our Senior Manager, Tim Shallcross, is joined by our usual host, Harry Briggs to talk about the recent announcement regarding the TCFD regulation, how it will impact funds and business across the Crown Dependencies, the roadmap for the consultation and what asset managers, fund administration and NEDs be doing in anticipation of these changes.

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In episode 5 of Insights into ESG, Harry Briggs and Rachid Frihmat discuss KPMG’s implementation guide to the World Economic Forum’s ESG common metrics with this week’s guest, Wim Bartels. Wim is a member of the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures and Global Co-Head of Impact Measurement, Assurance & Reporting at KPMG.

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In episode 4 of the Insights into ESG series, KPMG Associate Director Harry Briggs and his guests Arnaud Van Dijk, Sustainability Consultant at KPMG in the Cayman Islands and Rachid Frihmat, Director at KPMG in the Crown Dependencies discuss different approaches to incorporating ESG into an investment strategy and some of the challenges this entails.

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In the third instalment of our ‘Insights into ESG’ series KPMG Associate Director, Harry Briggs, is joined by Jeremy Sosabowski, CEO, and Ian Hillier-Brook, Head of Sales, from trading analytics firm Algodynamix to discuss what the markets are telling us about ESG.

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For the second episode of our ‘Insights into ESG’ series KPMG Associate Director, Harry Briggs, is joined by Professor Michael Mainelli, Chairman at Z/Yen, to discuss the Global Green Finance Index and whether policy performance bonds might be an opportunity for governments to fund the transition to net zero.

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KPMG Associate Director, Harry Briggs, hosts the first episode of our ‘Insights into ESG’ series. In this episode he is joined by KPMG Director, Rachid Frihmat, and their guest, Simon Witney, Senior Consultant at Travers Smith in London to talk about the EU Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (“SFDR”).

Recorded: 3 March 2021

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