ESG Reporting & Consulting
Managing risks and creating business opportunities
Managing the ESG Backlash: Why Value Matters More than Values
Some years back, companies began developing strategies around environment, social and governance (ESG) issues to manage risk and drive reputational value – what would seem to be a win-win strategy.
5 Tips to Mastering a Materiality Assessment
In any good book of ESG best practices, one of the first steps for any business is to undergo a materiality assessment. This is an exercise performed once every two-to-three years whereby a company engages with stakeholders to identify shared priorities and understand the impacts of their business.
Climate Week NYC 2020: What We Learned during This Year’s Event
Each year, Climate Week NYC is a key moment for leaders from business, government, civil society and more to come together, take stock of the global fight against climate change and unveil new commitments to spur action.
Climate Week NYC 2019: 3 Takeaways for Corporate Sustainability Leaders
For those of us working on sustainability issues, Climate Week is a big deal. As one journalist put it to us this year, it’s “like Christmas/Valentine’s Day/New Year’s/Super Bowl combined in our space.”
Using Behavior Change to Create Earth Day Level Action Every Day
One billion people in 192 countries around the world today are planting trees and signing petitions; deliberately choosing to be green. Earth Day is hands down the single biggest day of action to protect the environment.
The Evolving Landscape of CSR: The Top 5 Trends of the Last 5 Years
Whether it’s in Super Bowl ads or annual financial reports, employee communications or job interviews, companies big and small are talking about how they’re working to address societal challenges.