Marc Siegel, a board member of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), a not-for-profit organization that sets standards for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) topics, recently shared his insights on increased investor attention to sustainability reporting and corporate interest in reporting sustainability information in a session at a New York State Society of CPAs event, “SASB: Overview, Trends in Adoption, Case Studies & SDG Integration.”

Maria L. Murphy, CPA, is a regular contributor to Compliance Week. She is a senior content management analyst, accounting and auditing products, CCH tax and accounting North America for Wolters Kluwer....