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10 Themes to Impact the Corporate ESG Landscape Across Ireland in 2023

By Ryan Harmon 30 January 2023

As we enter a new financial year, the KPMG Sustainable Futures team has considered and articulated the top 10 themes which they expect will most impact the corporate ESG landscape across Ireland in 2023.  While the overall theme for 2022 saw corporates moving from talk to action, they expect 2023 will be the year of […]

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Emerging Trends in Infrastructure

By Ryan Harmon 17 January 2023

The 11th edition of KPMG Ireland’s ‘Emerging Trends in Infrastructure’ is here and is as much about inspiring an essential change in mindset as it is about predicting future trends. KPMG look ahead to potential approaches and technological solutions, raise new ideas and explore the opportunities that are being created. Future generations

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What PAYE Workers Need to Know

By Ryan Harmon 22 December 2022

As the year end approaches now is an ideal time for PAYE workers to look ahead to 2023 and review their tax affairs to ensure they are maximising their entitlements to tax credits and other reliefs. Claire Davey, Director, People Services, KPMG Tax, provides some key insights. What Revenue Facilities are Available for PAYE Workers? […]

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The Future of HR: From Flux to Flow

By Ryan Harmon 5 December 2022

HR is in a state of flux. Global volatility and uncertainty has driven a focus on how to steer through the next few years but increase the business value from HR. It is a journey from flux to flow. The labour market is experiencing acute shortages of key skills, as employees go through the ‘Great […]

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KPMG Ireland Invest in Education with DCU Business School Partnership

By Ryan Harmon 22 November 2022

KPMG Ireland has signed a five year partnership agreement with Dublin City University (DCU) Business School. This partnership will make a significant contribution to the Business School’s mission to educate leaders and professionals for the global marketplace and to contribute to the development of individuals, industry and society through its teaching, research and

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How Irish CEOs are Dealing with the Expanding ESG Agenda

By Ryan Harmon 21 October 2022

CEOs everywhere see the importance of environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives on their businesses, especially when questioned about ESG’s impact on improving financial performance, driving growth and meeting stakeholder expectations, according to KPMG Ireland. On a global basis CEOs increasingly agree that ESG programmes improve financial performance,

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Fostering Workforce Resilience

By Ryan Harmon 14 October 2022

How CEOs support and attract talent is changing because of the challenging global economy and CEOs’ growth goals, with fostering workforce resilience becoming a key priority, according to KPMG Ireland. Worldwide, the employee value proposition to attract and retain the necessary talent is tied as the top operational priority to achieving 3-year growth objectives (25 […]

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Decarbonising Our Built Environment

By Ryan Harmon 23 September 2022

Irish homes use 7% more energy and emit almost 60% more carbon than the average EU home due to reliance on fossil fuels and often low energy efficiency performance. With the move towards home working resulting in more energy use within households, it is crucial that we takes steps in decarbonising our built environment. This […]

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The Future of Retail

By Ryan Harmon 15 September 2022

The pandemic revolutionised the Irish retail landscape in many ways and accelerated the growth in online shopping faster than anyone would have predicted. So, what does retail need to do to thrive, does their future depend on how they engage with the customer, and will the physical store survive? Keith Watt, Head of Retail & […]

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Cryptocurrencies: Striking Balance Between Opportunity and Regulation

By Ryan Harmon 9 September 2022

The emergence of cryptocurrencies as an investment class may present an opportunity despite the regulation associated with this relatively nascent asset class and related technologies. In particular, the emergence of cryptocurrencies presents valuable lessons for the EU for increasing participation in capital markets and would benefit from further studies to examine if

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Future-Proofing Ireland’s Economy

By Ryan Harmon 3 August 2022

The 2023 budget should include measures to help in future-proofing Ireland’s economy, says KPMG Ireland in its pre-budget submission. Specifically, it should aim to reduce the impact of inflation through income tax indexation, retain Ireland’s FDI competitiveness via personal tax reform, support our SME sector by reforming KEEP and EIIS and use our tax system […]

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Irish Asset Management Industry

By Ryan Harmon 18 July 2022

Over the past 30 years, Ireland has developed a significant asset management industry on the international stage with €6.6bn in total assets under management and over 8k Irish domiciled funds as of December 2021. In the KPMG Ireland report, they take stock of the industry, identify key emerging trends and outline what it means for […]

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Significant Reform of KEEP Needed for Irish SMEs

By Ryan Harmon 23 June 2022

The current Department of Finance review of the KEEP provides a welcome opportunity to reinvigorate a scheme which has not delivered as intended for Irish SMEs. A more flexible scheme is needed to help level the playing field for smaller domestic businesses struggling to attract and retain key workers and who cannot match the salaries […]

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Consumers Rethinking Spending As Cost of Living Soars

By Ryan Harmon 16 June 2022

The rising cost of living means consumers are rethinking their spending habits with hospitality and clothing the focus of purchasing cutbacks, writes Keith Watt, Head of Retail at KPMG Ireland. KPMG’s latest independent retail survey shows that more than 4 in 5 (84 percent) of consumers have already started tightening their belts when it comes […]

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Is Your Business Ready for Sustainability Reporting?

By Ryan Harmon 30 May 2022

Conor Holland, ESG Director at KPMG Ireland, explains how the EU’s Business Sustainability Reporting Directive will lead to fundamental change in corporate reporting. Without doubt, the European Union Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) represents the biggest single transformation in corporate reporting in the last 25 years. In a change akin to the

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Irish Companies Top $400m in VC Investment in 2022

By Ryan Harmon 4 May 2022

KPMG has published its Venture Pulse Q1’22 report, tracking venture capital (VC) investment activity around the world. The figures show that Irish companies raised $401 million in venture capital investment across 25 deals in the first quarter of 2022 – the highest value of investment ever recorded in a first quarter.  The strong start to […]

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Renewable Energy Key to Climate Action in Ireland

By Ryan Harmon 28 April 2022

With an expected doubling of electricity demand by 2030, renewable energy is the key to ensuring the decarbonisation of the energy and electricity sector in Ireland, says Laragh Musselwhite, Analyst at KPMG Sustainable Futures. Decarbonisation of the Irish electricity system has been one of Ireland’s real success stories. Emissions from electricity generation in Ireland

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Irish Consumers Placing More Emphasis on Local Produce

By Ryan Harmon 8 April 2022

Irish consumers have shown strong support for local produce, with 70% deeming buying Irish made / produced food as either ‘quite’ or ‘very’ important. Similarly, 61% consider the provenance of the food product to be an important factor when shopping. This is according to new Red C research, commissioned by KPMG, into Irish consumers food […]

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Sustainable Infrastructure Through Asset Management

By Ryan Harmon 14 March 2022

The principles of asset management are key to making the necessary investment decisions to transition to sustainable infrastructure but changes from traditional to whole life costing approaches and agility to cope with short- and long-term changes are needed, writes Matthew King, Head of Infrastructure Asset Management, Director Infrastructure and Government at KPMG