Maura Hodge is the Sustainability Reporting and Assurance Leader for KPMG in the U.S. based in KPMG’s Boston Office. She has more than a decade of experience providing sustainability reporting and assurance services coupled with nearly 20 years of experience providing audit and internal control opinions on financial information for companies ranging from venture-backed private companies to the Fortune 100. Because of this background, she sits at the nexus of sustainability strategy and reporting and regularly speaks with the media and clients to educate and advise on practical next steps. In addition, Maura is developing and overseeing initiatives to upskill KPMG professionals in sustainability to accelerate the embedding of sustainability into all of KPMG’s services as well as supporting KPMG’s own impact strategy and reporting. Maura has served as KPMG’s liaison to the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and is a member of the Expert Panel of Accounting for Sustainability (A4S). She contributes to KPMG’s views with respect to responses to the SEC, standard setting for the IFRS Foundation’s ISSB, FASB and the AICPA Sustainability Task Force, and supports KPMG International member firms with sustainability assurance of U.S. components.