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  Working Mother 100 Best Companies Top 10 — For the fourth time, KPMG has been honored as a Top Ten organization on Working Mother's 100 Best Companies list. This prestigious accomplishment also marks the 15th time the firm has ranked among the publication's 100 Best. This year, we were applauded for our firm culture, commitment to women's issues and advancement, and flexibility, among other key elements of the firm's Employer of Choice strategy.

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  FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® — The list is put together by the Great Place to Work Institute in San Francisco, California, which surveyed a random sample of partners and employees. Each company was also asked to fill out a questionnaire describing its human resources policies and workplace culture. Two-thirds of each company's score came from partner and employee responses, and the other third was based on the company's benefits and practices.

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  NAFE Top 50 Companies — The National Association for Female Executives (NAFE) announced that KPMG has been named to the 2011 NAFE Top 50 Companies, which recognizes organizations whose policies and practices encourage women's advancement and whose numbers at the highest levels of leadership demonstrate that commitment.

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  Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index — For the eighth year in a row, KPMG received a perfect score — 100 percent — in the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and Best Places to Work Survey. The designation recognizes our firm's commitment to supporting equality for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender professionals.

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  DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity — KPMG made DiversityInc's Top 50 Companies for Diversity for the fourth consecutive year in 2011, ranking No. 29. The firm also made three of DiversityInc's specialty lists this year: We are now ranked No. 2 among the Top 10 Companies for People with Disabilities, No. 1 among the Top 10 Companies for LGBT Employees and No. 6 among the Top 10 Companies for Global Diversity. Considered one of the leading publications on diversity, DiversityInc established its Top 50 list to recognize companies that "demonstrate remarkable and consistent strength in the four critical areas of diversity management." In 2011, close to 550 companies vied for placement on this highly competitive list.

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  Working Mother's Best Companies for Women's Advancement — KPMG was recently named by Working Mother magazine as one of 10 organizations on its 2011 Best Companies for Women's Advancement list. This new ranking, an offshoot of the magazine's annual 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers, was created to highlight what companies are doing to encourage the advancement of women at all levels.

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  Best Companies for Multicultural Women (2011, 2010, 2009) — For the third consecutive year, KPMG has been ranked as one of Working Mother magazine's Best Companies for Multicultural Women. Companies recognized with this honor were assessed in four key areas: company culture, workforce profile, recruitment, and retention and advancement programs. KPMG received exceptionally high marks in company culture, which is reflective of our ongoing efforts to be an Employer of Choice and our commitment to creating a diverse workforce that encourages the professional advancement of women.

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  Universum — For the second year in a row, KPMG International took the No. 2 spot on Universum's 2011 ranking of "The World's Most Attractive Employers" beating all other Big 4 firms. Universum, a global employer branding company, compiled the index based on the opinions of nearly 83,000 business students from top academic institutions in the world's 12 leading economies - the United States, China, Japan, Germany, France, UK, Italy, Brazil, Spain, Canada, Russia and India. The global top 50 companies were ranked based on the frequency of being selected as an "ideal employer" by the students.

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  Computerworld magazine's 2009 list of Top Twelve Green IT organizations — KPMG ranked No. 7 on Computerworld's 2nd annual Top Green IT Organizations list. A leading resource for IT professionals, Computerworld selected the companies on its list based on a set of criteria developed with Green-IT industry experts. The award recognizes the firm's efforts to incorporate new and innovative technology ideas into the firm’s daily operations to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions and conserve energy.

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  Catalyst Honors KPMG — KPMG is a recipient of the 2009 Catalyst Award, a prestigious honor given to a select few organizations in recognition of exceptional programs to support and advance women in business.

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  Computer World Magazine, "100 Best Places To Work in IT" — Each year, this influential publication honors organizations that reward outstanding performance, train and retain the best employees, and offer exceptional benefits. KPMG's strong showing was also based on favorable employee surveys, the ways the firm fosters an atmosphere of creativity and respect, and the percentages of women and minorities in staff and management positions.

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  Training Magazine's Top 10 Hall of Fame — KPMG was inducted into the Training Magazine Top 10 Hall of Fame in recognition of our firm's consistently innovative and effective training programs. The Top 10 Hall of Fame is a special honor granted to organizations, like KPMG, that have earned a spot on Training's Top 125 Top 10 list for four consecutive years. The Training Top 125 is recognized by the learning and development community as the most prestigious honor of its kind, and making the Top 10 Hall of Fame underscores our steadfast commitment to support the development of our people and provide them with the skills and knowledge they need to pursue their career goals.

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  Diversity Edge magazine's 2008 Best Companies for Diverse Graduates — KPMG has been recognized by Diversity Edge magazine as one of the Top Three organizations in its list of 2008 Best Companies for Diverse Graduates. KPMG, the only Big Four to make the list, came in third behind Merrill Lynch and Microsoft, which were 1 and 2, respectively. According to Diversity Edge, the list recognizes organizations that have shown leadership in recruiting, retaining, and advancing the careers of diverse professionals.

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  KPMG Named Connect America "2008 Partner of the Year" — Through its collaboration with First Book, KPMG's Family for Literacy initiative organizes volunteers to fund the purchase of books, conduct reading programs in schools, and work with existing literacy programs to distribute books supplied by First Book.

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  Accountancy Age Awards 2010 — An outstanding set of data on KPMG's performance in the last year, as well as the qualitative part of KPMG's entry, has nailed them Accountancy Age's Global Firm of the Year.

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  Business Week magazine "50 Best Places to Launch a Career" — KPMG was ranked #5 on the list for our strong on-campus recruiting, competitive benefits, extensive training, and collaborative culture. In particular, the magazine cited our "allotment of 25 paid days off for entry level professionals," calling it "one of the most generous of all the companies in the ranking."

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  The Black Collegian — The Top 100 Employers of the Class of '09 is an elite group of employers. KPMG is among the top 10 companies for diverse students according to Black Collegian's annual ranking of top employers.

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  Companies That Care Honor Roll — the firm was recognized for our deep commitment to elevating the quality of our work environment for our professionals and the quality of life for people in the broader community. The Center for Companies That Care is a national, not-for-profit organization, established in 2002 to acknowledge companies that value employees and are committed to ongoing community service.

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  Diversity Careers in Engineering and Information Technology — Reader's Choice: Best Diversity Companies. See how Diversity/Careers readers and Web site visitors see the diversity strengths of corporations, government agencies and other organizations that employ technical professionals.

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  Innovation in Diversity Awards — The Profiles in Diversity Journal International Innovation in Diversity Awards honor corporations, organizations and institutions around the world that have developed innovative solutions that offer measurable outcomes in the area of workforce diversity and inclusion.