Corporate America is on the verge of a major revolution in sustainability reporting. Everything—the what, how, and when—is about to change.
The way companies have traditionally approached sustainability reporting is to disclose in anecdotal terms their environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) efforts in their annual reports. A lack of standard disclosure metrics, however, continues to leave investors unsatisfied since they generally can’t compare one company’s ESG efforts to another’s. And many companies disclose only positive, sometimes vague reports that lack the rigor of financial reporting.
