Environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives are the latest trend in corporate America. More than 90% of S&P 500 companies now publish ESG reports, along with 70% of Russell 1000 companies.

Studies show that most large companies have ESG programs. In a report published in October 2022, consulting firm KPMG said its research found that 96% of the world's 250 largest companies by revenue report publicly on ESG or... More updates >

Similarly, Governance & Accountability Institute Inc., an ESG consultancy, said in a November 2022 report that 96% of the companies in the S&P 500 and 81% of the ones in the Russell 1000 Index published sustainability reports in... More updates >

Voluntary ESG reporting has been the primary means of documenting corporate initiatives and activities to date. The practice is already widespread among large companies: A November 2022 research report by business sustainability... More updates >

By 2020, nearly every global company was issuing some form of external reporting on sustainability. Governance & Accountability Institute, which monitors the pervasiveness of ESG reporting by large public companies, reported that... More updates >