New requirements under regulations like the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive in the European Union have businesses bracing for increased scrutiny on their sustainability-related activities and the prospect of having to seek outside assurance.

Against this backdrop, Richard Brasher, vice-president of sustainability at multinational automotive parts company LKQ Corp., discusses with Compliance Week his view on the added attention sustainability initiatives are receiving and where improvement remains.

Ruth Prickett graduated from Cambridge University with a BA hons in History and has specialized in business and finance journalism for the past 20 years. She was editor of Financial Management, the magazine...