KPMG and employees donate 4 million yuan toward coronavirus relief

Since the coronavirus outbreak, KPMG China has been seeking opportunities to support the relief effort. In total 4 million yuan (US$570,000) were donated to purchase medical supplies and to support workers at front line. The funds also supported several non-governmental organizations to help low-income households whose lives are impacted by the outbreak.

A big portion of the donations came from the KPMG China employees who contributed through the KPMG Foundation. The Foundation received overwhelming response since it was launched through the company email and raised 1.4 million yuan in seven days. The KPMG Foundation matched employee’s donations for a total donation of 3 million yuan. 

Honson To, chairman of KPMG Asia Pacific and KPMG China, says: “At KPMG, we care deeply for our people and communities. We have a strong obligation, as a corporate citizen, to be ever more committed at this difficult time to offer our support to those in need in our society. We have a well-established network of NGO partners who are working tirelessly in the field providing much needed relief to underprivileged groups, and we are committed to working hand in hand with them to support their initiatives.”

KPMG has been working with Future Smile Charitable Foundation to purchase essential medical supplies such as surgical masks, protective suits and goggles, ventilators, monitors, portable UV air purifiers and coronavirus test kits, among other items to provide needs from the front line.

Michael Wu, founder and chairman of Future Smile Charitable Foundation, says: "We appreciate the donation from KPMG, our long-term partner over 10 years. With the support of caring and socially responsible enterprises like KPMG, we have full confidence, capacity and determination to defeat the epidemic.”

Earlier KPMG China donated an additional 1 million yuan to purchase 10 non-invasive ventilators in cooperation with Beijing United Foundation for China’s Health which were delivered to Leishenshan Hospital in Wuhan on February 8 to support the hospital’s urgent need of medical equipment.

For low-income households, KPMG supported the Henan Children's Hope Relief Foundation to provide shelter for poor children undergoing treatment and surgical masks for a full month. KPMG also worked with Plan International HK to support 800 underprivileged families in Hong Kong for hygiene kits including masks, hand sanitizer and household disinfectants to fight the epidemic.