"What's needed is standardized reporting, so that you can compare Company A to Company B," says Louis Coppola, executive vice president and cofounder of the G&A Institute.

Since 2011, there has been a dramatic increase in sustainable reporting from corporate entities. In its 2020 analysis, the Governance & Accountability Institute (G&A) found that 90% of companies in the S&P 500 published an ESG... More updates >

Two-thirds of the companies in the Russell 1000 Index — including 90% of the largest companies in the index —released reports on sustainability in 2019, according to the Governance and Accountability Institute.

In 2019, 90% of companies in the S&P 500 index published sustainability reports, up from about 20% in 2011, according to Governance & Accountability Institute, a New York-based consulting firm. However, not all organizations are... More updates >

Companies are increasingly focusing on the environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects of their businesses. In 2019, 90% of the S&P 500 index companies published sustainability reports. In contrast, in 2011, only 20% of... More updates >