Global Corporate ESG Survey 2022: Funding Priorities, Significant Rules And Drivers By Region
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Executive Summary
The ESG and sustainability regulatory landscape is rapidly evolving – and increasingly uncertain, not least due to greenwashing controversies and political challenges. Nonetheless, mandatory and voluntary reporting of climate disclosures is rising, with considerable implications for firms and their roadmaps for best practice. This report provides ESG and sustainability leaders, and senior managers in finance, with analysis of the significant rules and frameworks influencing spend on sustainability, as well as of the key processes requiring funding, and the top drivers influencing organizations’ commitment to ESG issues. Firms should invest in improving their sustainability reporting capabilities and data collection now, to satisfy rising investor and stakeholder demands today and to meet upcoming regulatory requirements.Growing Significance Of Climate Disclosure Rules And Voluntary Reporting To Increase ESG Spending
Corporates Prioritize Funding For Mandatory Sustainability Disclosure Reporting
CEO Vision For Sustainability, And Reputational Pressure, Drive Corporate ESG Commitment
Figure 2. Most Significant Rules And Frameworks To Increase ESG & Sustainability Spending By Region
Figure 3. Top ESG & Sustainability Funding Priorities
Figure 4. Top ESG & Sustainability Funding Priorities By Region
Figure 5. Top Drivers of Corporate ESG & Sustainability Commitment
Figure 6. Top Drivers of Corporate ESG & Sustainability Commitment By Region
About the Authors
Kim Knickle
Research Director
Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a...
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Jessie Wilson
Industry Analyst
Jessie is an Industry Analyst at Verdantix, with a research agenda spanning ESG reporting, the circular economy and supply chain sustainability. Jessie has a BSc in Geography ...
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