In this conversations episode, Matthew Gwyther and Giles Gibbons discuss where sustainability is now, what non-financial audit is likely to mean for corporates in the next few years, what Giles thinks about the ever-increasing squadrons of ESG consultants selling their wares, why Good Business has remained relatively small and what Giles makes of the Bud Lite Trans blow up.

This discussion took place in June 2023 as part of the Ahead of the Curves series, in partnership with Stifel Europe. This phase of the programme focused on the subject of Experts and Expertise.

This podcast in the Ahead of the Curves series, supported by Stifel Europe, has a focus on the subject of Experts and Expertise.

In case you missed it, we interviewed Julia Pyke, Joint Managing Director of Sizewell C, as part of our Jericho Conversations series.

In a series of high-level discussions with policymakers, corporate leaders on tax and ESG and civil society campaigners convened by Jericho and The B Team, with the support of KPMG International, we set out to find a sweet spot between rudimentary forms of tax disclosure and full transparency. What we discovered is that it’s how to build trust that matters.

For the first time ever - we are looking to Crowdsource support from the Jericho community to make this important project happen.

This discussion took place in January 2023 as part of the Ahead of the Curves series, in partnership with Stifel Europe. This phase of the programme focused on

the crisis surrounding democratic capitalism.

"In an increasingly polarised world, businesses are being drawn into debates over topics from abortion rights to immigration. But, as the bosses of Lego, Deloitte and Henry Schein point out, finding the right balance is difficult".

"In the increasingly politicized environment, leaders face the choice of leaning into politics or having the courage of restraint by limiting engagement. We argue they should choose restraint, for the sake of business and society".

This latest podcast in the Ahead of the Curves series, supported by Stifel, is on the subject of the crisis of democratic capitalism.

KPMG hosted this roundtable discussion as part of the Global Responsible Tax Programme to explore, from an African perspective, whether the design and practice of tax approaches could help to unlock the circular economy and reconcile the tension between economic growth, sustainability and the issue of uncertain global supply chains resulting from geopolitical challenges. If so, which levers are best placed to make realistic change?