Adoption of sustainability reporting by the nation's largest public companies continued inching upwards in 2016. Eighty-two percent of companies in the S&P 500 index, a widely followed barometer of the U.S. stock market, now... More updates >

The corporate reporting of sustainability data – call it ESG, or environmental, social, and governance data – has come a long way. Only 20% of Fortune 500 companies reported ESG data in 2011. By 2016, according to the Governance... More updates >

More than four out of five (82 percent) of S&P 500 companies published corporate sustainability reports in 2016, representing a four-fold increase from 2011. The 82-percent figure marks a highpoint during the six years that the... More updates >

Results of research and analysis joint project by Ceres and Governance & Accountability Institute reveals: A closer look at the sustainability disclosure of S&P500(r) companies re-affirms the continuing need for greater oversight... More updates >

Hank Boerner is Chairman of Governance & Accountability Institute, based in NYC. He’s been a business journalist, corporate communicator, issue manager and crisis response coach for corporate leaders for three decades. He honed... More updates >