Wim Bartels is a partner at KPMG Sustainability. He started his career at KPMG in financial audit and after a period at KPMG Forensic services he joined the Sustainability department in 2003. Since, he has focused on reporting and assurance for multinational companies such as Philips, SAP, AB InBev and Equinor amongst others.
He is a member of the Task force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures since its inception in 2016. On the back of that, his focus has shifted towards the financial implications from sustainability and from climate change in particular.
Furthermore he serves on other international initiatives, such as the Corporate Reporting Dialogue and the Sustainable Finance Group of Accountancy Europe that he chairs.
Wim is also the co-lead for KPMG’s global Measurement, Reporting and Assurance services for sustainability, which are a part of KPMG IMPACT.