Practising ESG: where rubber meets the road
Natalie Runyon Natalie Runyon, director of ESG content and advisory services at Thomson Reuters Institute, predicts that in 2024, businesses ...
Tag: ESG reporting
Why ESG is important to finance and accounting
Finance and Accounting are critical to ESG initiatives, yet many teams are spending their time on manual, repetitive tasks that ...
Corporate ESG reporting: Disclosure inconsistency lingers
When it comes to corporate ESG reporting and related assurance involving ESG issues, the largest global companies continue to show ...
APAC businesses slow to act on decarbonisation
Businesses around the world, including those in Asia-Pacific, are starting to improve their disclosure of climate risks but are not ...
Sustainability reporting: Progress needed in key areas despite improvement
While sustainability reporting has grown steadily, there are some key areas that need further improvement, said KPMG recently. According to ...
PodChats for FutureCFO: Why CFOs need to drive ESG initiatives
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) programs can pose unique challenges to finance chiefs charged with maximizing returns. Reason? Big price ...
The state of play in reporting & assurance of sustainability information: 2019-2020 Data & Analysis
The study was designed to update understanding of market practice for the assurance of ESG or sustainability information globally, having ...
CFOs must embrace sustainability mandate
For many years, organisations’ climate-related initiatives have focused on the impact of their activities on the environment and its stakeholders ...
What finance leaders can do to champion globally consistent ESG standards
While 76% of finance leaders in companies around the world now back the need for globally consistent ESG standards, obstacles ...
Survey: ESG reporting remains subpar
Only one-third (33%) of investors think the quality of ESG reporting they see is good, with under half (40%) trusting ...
HKICPA launches best corporate governance and ESG awards
The Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) announced recently its launch of the Best Corporate Governance and ESG ...
S&P 500 firms overlook governance metrics in ESG reporting
S&P 500 firms overlook governance metrics in ESG reporting, said Gartner recently when releasing an analysis. Actual metrics for tracking ...
Focus on ESG demands equal oversight of reporting reliability
Business and government leaders realise the urgency of ESG as an enterprise imperative, as environmental groups, activists, and asset managers ...
How CFOs can improve ESG reporting
There are seven critical areas where CFOs can identify opportunities for improvement in ESG reporting, said Gartner recently. “About one ...
