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them to say, ‘Okay, well let’s work out what’s the best solution for this area in which you want to achieve change.’”
Leading the charge
Looking ahead, it is clear that the potential exists to eradicate the long-term poverty, hunger and poor education that exists in so many African countries. Greater cooperation between NGOs, government and companies can bring that about, but who should lead the charge? Kemp believes this responsibility lies with all three parties.
“Let’s not keep our information in little silos,” he says. “The NGOs should be working more together; the governments should be working alongside us. We’re good at listening to communities. We go in and survey thousands of people to make sure what we’re doing on the ground is right. Giving that information to government, and to the large players, is important. Saying, ‘This is what we should be doing in this area, because we’ve listened to the people. We’ve modifi ed our projects accordingly.’ Also, working with
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Given our skills and resources, could KPMG also take part in kicking the ball into play? Lobo certainly thinks so. “As our brand and what we do expands, this is an absolute space that we have the right skills to be able to operate. Through civil society and our work with the NGOs, we have those relationships. We work for every single independent oil company and supermajor across the globe. We work with them across many levels of their business. We work with governments in advising on how they develop their society to how they develop their economy. This is an absolute skillset that exists. Do we do it often enough? That’s a different question and that’s probably not as much as we should do. But we absolutely should be at the heart of this debate.”
To hear more from Lord Hastings, Anthony Lobo and Oliver Kemp, watch KPMG’s video interview.
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