CGIUKI thought leadership: Governing sustainability: Are sustainability committees the answer?

Understand the wider context of the ESG agenda, how it applies to your organisation and how to integrate ESG into your governance, strategy and reporting

Understand the wider context of the ESG agenda, how it applies to your organisation and how to integrate ESG into your governance, strategy and reporting

Governance professionals need to leverage their position to make sure organisations steer a wise course when it comes to climate-related initiatives.

The European Securities and Markets Authority (“ESMA”) has published its final guidelines on funds’ names using ESG or sustainability-related terms (the “Guidelines”).

According to a poll by ICSA: The Chartered Governance Institute and governance recruitment specialist The Core Partnership, 73% of companies think that there should be more transparent reporting and disclosures about environmental, social and governance (ESG) matters. Just 16% of organisations polled are against this and an additional 11% are unsure.

Diligent Institute set out to understand why environmental sustainability issues are elevated to the board level.

Governance professionals in 2021 will be focusing their attention primarily on Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) matters, remote working risk, climate change and diversity this year, according to a poll by ICSA: The Chartered Governance and governance recruitment specialist The Core Partnership. Of these, ESG is seen as the top priority, with the majority of respondents stating that it would be the biggest area of governance focus for 2021.