Trends on the sustainability
reporting practices of the
Russell 1000 Index companies
of the Russell 1000® Index Published Sustainability Reports in 2019, G&A Research Shows.
That’s significant progress.
Source: Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. 2020 Research - ga-institute.com
Some Key Take Aways
COMPANIES REPORTED IN THE INDUSTRIALS SECTOR
NON-REPORTERS
IN THE ENERGY SECTOR
NEW REPORTERS IN THE REAL ESTATE SECTOR
OF COMMUNICATION COMPANIES ARE NOT REPORTING
2020 G&A RUSSELL 1000
REPORTING NUMBERS
The S&P 500 companies are continuing to set an expectation for best practice. In the coming years, we hope to see the same expansive increase in ESG reporting among the smallest half of the Russell 1000, as we did in the largest half - based on our S&P 500 research.
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
Completed GRI Standards Certified Training
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
Completed GRI Standards Certified Training
Certificate for Completing TCFD Trainings
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
The S&P 500 universe, which represents the largest capitalization U.S. companies, has become very skilled in ESG disclosure and reporting. But what about the smaller half of the companies in the Russell 1000 Index?
ESG is accelerating even among mid-cap companies expanding across the entire market, and becoming more common practice, mature, and sophisticated....
This report delivers an impressive analysis supporting our hypothesis through the comparison of reporting habits between the larger and smaller cap companies included in the Russell 1000.
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