A study on the sustainability
reporting practices of
S&P 500 Index companies
of S&P 500 Index® Companies Publish Sustainability / Responsibility Reports in 2019. That’s major progress.
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. 2020 Research
Some Key Take Aways
OF COMMUNICATION COMPANIES ARE NOT REPORTING
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. 2020 Research
OF MATERIALS COMPANIES ARE NOT REPORTING
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. 2020 Research
NON-REPORTERS LEFT IN THE FINANCIAL SECTOR
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. 2020 Research
NON-REPORTERS LEFT IN THE UTILITY SECTOR FOR THE PAST 4 YEARS
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. 2020 Research
INCREASE REPORTING
IN U.S. CORPORATES
In the year 2020, two major asset management firms -- Blackrock and State Street Global Advisors (SSGA) -- stressed to corporate management and boards the importance of sustainability disclosure and reporting and urged publicly-traded companies to use the SASB disclosure recommendations in their disclosure efforts. A growing number of Investors are also urging companies to adopt the recommendations of the Financial Stability Board’s TCFD.
OUR INTERN TEAM
Governance & Accountability Institute’s research team of talented Analyst Interns made significant contributions to this study and we proudly recognize them.
Locations
- CALIFORNIA
- ILLINOIS
- NEW YORK
- CANADA
- EGYPT
- Greece
Julia Nehring Team Leader
MBA - University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (Illinois), 2020
BA, Environmental Studies & Spanish, Minor in Business - University of Kansas
Reilly Sakai Team Leader
MBA, Specializations in Sustainable Business and Innovation & Business Analytics - New York University, Stern School of Business, 2020
BA, Fashion & Film Business, Minor in Business of Entertainment, Media & Technologies - NYU Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Lama Alaraj Analyst
BA, Economics and International Development - Dalhousie University, 2016
Sarah El-Miligy Analyst
BA, Political Science and Government - Alexandria University, 2018
Completed GRI Standards Certified Training
Certificate for Completing TCFD Trainings
Kelly Mumford Analyst
MSc, Environment and Sustainable Development - University College London, 2019
BA, Environmental Studies, Concentration in Environment, Society and Sustainability - University of Delaware
Certificate for Completing TCFD Trainings
Sofia Yialama Analyst
MSc, International and European Studies - University of Piraeus, 2017
BA, International European Studies - University of Piraeus
Completed GRI Standards Certified Training
Certificate for Completing TCFD Trainings
Binyu Zhao Analyst
MPA, Energy and Environment - Columbia University, 2020
BEng, Environmental Engineering, Minor in Political Science, National University of Singapore
Certificate for Completing TCFD Trainings
Certificate for Completing TCFD Trainings
Yuyou Chen Supporting Analyst
BS, Environmental Science & Management and BA, Economics - University of California, Davis, 2020
Jesse Velazquez Supporting Analyst
BA, Environmental Sustainability - Florida International University, 2020
About the institute
Founded in 2006, Governance & Accountability Institute is a sustainability consulting and research firm headquartered in New York City, advising corporations and investors on executing winning strategies that maximize return on investment at every step of their sustainability journey. The G&A consulting team helps corporate and investor clients recognize, understand and address sustainability issues to address stakeholder and shareholder concerns.
G&A Institute is the Data Partner for the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) in the U.S., U.K., and Republic of Ireland. The G&A team performs this pro bono work on behalf of GRI. Over more than eight years, G&A has analyzed more than 7,000 sustainability reports and catalogued hundreds of important data points for these reports.
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LEADERSHIP COMMENTS
We are seeing the intensifying focus on ESG and corporate sustainability among an ever-widening body of fiduciaries, asset owners and the management firms they hire.
We were expecting to see significant growth in reporting by companies -- especially in response to exponentially increasing demand from investors -- and this is what we have found.
This year G&A’s annual analysis was elevated to the next level. Our team dove much deeper into our ‘S&P 500’ research, including examining the use of reporting standards and frameworks such as GRI, SASB, and TCFD.
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