ESG & Investment

View the Map by World Economic Forum (WEF) Strategic Intelligence on ESG (link below)

Organizations around the world are expanding the metrics they use to define success well beyond profit and sales. In response to growing concerns among their employees, customers, investors, and impacted communities, many organisations are making themselves accountable for their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices. Mainstream investors once considered them to be non-financial measures but now they have become aware of the risks and opportunities and are demanding more related data.

The amount of ESG information provided by rating agencies, and auditing and consulting firms has grown exponentially. As such, efforts to bring more coherence and consistency through standards and regulation are imminent. Below are several resources to assist Boards and senior leaders achieve and maintain regulatory compliance whilst cultivating sustainable organisations.

• Climate change A to Z - Financial Times (FT) Jargon Buster
• United Nations Global Compact
• The IFRS Foundation – Financial Reporting for the World Economy
• Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)
• Climate Governance Initiative – Global Initiative to Mobilise Boards
• Moral Money – FT on Responsible Business, Sustainable Finance, ESG and SDGs
• Financial Times – Climate Capital
• Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) Climate Risk Governance Guide 2021
• View the Map by World Economic Forum (WEF) Strategic Intelligence on ESG

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