A review of the alphabet soup of ESG standard-setters, dataaggregators, analysis providers, ESG raters, and indices and reports on convergence trends that will affect ESG disclosure for IROs.

Researchers found that 90% of the largest 500 companies by market cap published sustainability reports in 2019, up from 86% in 2018, according to a report by the Governance and Accountability Institute.

ESG reporting is getting easier. According to the Governance & Accountability Institute, 86% of S&P 500 companies published ESG or sustainability reports in 2018, though there were no accepted global standards for what and how to... More updates >

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According to a survey conducted by the Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc., 90% of companies in the S&P 500 Index issued sustainability reports. This represented a 20% increase from 2011. See Companies Could Face Pressure... More updates >