"KPMG fully understands that decisions made today have a huge impact on our future choices. Therefore they take their CSR very seriously. I learnt that to do international business, one must have an understanding of different cultures and respect for the fact that what could be normal here may very well be disrespectful somewhere else"

Fellows spent two weeks with KPMG in Brazil, China and India. Below are some of Nick's thoughts and experiences, taken from his blog, of his time with KPMG in Brazil.

Week One

Had an early start at KPMG but it was very worthwhile! This morning we had a presentation from 2 senior partners – they spoke a bit about Brazil then spoke about some of their clients such as HSBC, Citibank and Johnson & Johnson - KPMG have 17% of the audit market in Brazil.

After going for lunch with the partners we returned back to the office – here we spoke to risk management and risk advisory. This was really interesting to talk about some of the risks global firms are open to, such as computer hacking, as well as learning about the career path at KPMG and the promotion opportunities at the firm. We spoke to Leandro who had gone from a trainee to a senior manager in under 10 years!

I can tell I will really enjoy my 2 weeks with the firm. Tomorrow we are visiting Natura – this company make natural cosmetics and have gross revenue of over £1,000 million. KPMG audit the firm and they won the most sustainable company award 2008.

I have uploaded a few photos of the group so you can see what we have been up to .

Managed to get up at 5 and get the 6.15am taxi. This morning we went to Natura which make natural products as I mentioned. Its an amazing business and the headquarters is amazing - it was great to see such an environmentally aware business and see how they operate.

After sitting in the Sao Paulo traffic we returned back to KPMG to talk to HR and look at the career options! It is a very, very demanding career but if you are prepared to work hard the rewards are huge.

Today started at 4am when I was logging onto UCAS checking my university application - I am pleased to say that I got in to Exeter! Following this news I went to KPMG and had a tour of each of the 20 floors by foot, it was tiring but it helped me appreciate how many people work in the building.

So my first week at KPMG has been amazing and they have easily met my expectations. I expect my next week with KPMG to be very good - tomorrow we're off to visit Embraer, a business that make aeroplanes, then were off on a trip to Sao Carlos 3hrs from Sao Paulo. We will be looking at KPMGs CSR project called Little Citizen.

Week Two

Yesterday we visited the 3rd largest aeroplane manufacturer - Embraer. It was a very impressive visit - unfortunately no photos were allowed due to security. It was amazing to see 2 British Airways planes and to think that soon they would most likely be at Heathrow.

Another great day, went to KPMG's CSR project this morning and was shown who was boss at football - Brazilians are very good at football! After being worn out this morning on the football pitch, I then went to Santa Cruz.

Santa Cruz is one of KPMG's clients, they make sugar and ethanol. It was amazing to see the process and the amount of work that went into the production and the scale of production.

So I am now back from Sao Carlos having visited a social project of KPMG's and also visiting a client.

The project takes care of 220 children aged from 10-14. These children are from the poorest backgrounds in and around Sao Carlos - it enables the children to attend extra classes in the morning and afternoon as well as school classes at a local public school. It was clear from visiting the project everybody is very passionate about it and that the children benefit greatly.

CSR is a key part to KPMG. The business is very aware of the local surroundings and environment in Brazil

The business seems to run in a similar fashion to London - so the main framework is similar.