Claudius Baumann

AT KPMG SINCE 2017

SERVICE LINE : Risk & Compliance Services – Sustainability Services

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Arts in Public Management, Hochschule für Wirtschaft und Recht, Berlin (Germany)
• Master of Arts, Sustainability Economics & Management, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (Germany)

SPECIALIST KNOWLEDGE AND INDUSTRY EXPERTISE

• Seconded by KPMG to the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) in Brussels as a Secretariat Member in order to support the drafting of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS)
  
• Conducting assurance and advisory projects for German DAX 40 and MDAX companies on complying with legal requirements for disclosing non-financial information according to the German Commercial Code
  
• Advisory of various companies on the disclosure of non-financial information referring to external frameworks and legal requirements like the EU Taxonomy, GRI-SRS, TCFD, DNK, SDGs, EPRA, UN Global Compact etc.
• Consulting companies in the course of integrating non-financial aspects into existing corporate governance systems (e.g. into Risk Management or Compliance Management Systems)
  
• Consulting companies on the implementation of sustainability reporting processes as part the companies’ initial public offerings (IPO)
  
• Developing and implementing of climate strategies for companies from various sectors

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• German (Mother tongue)
• English (Business Fluent)