Market Insight: 2024: A Year In Review
Guy Lewis
30 Jan, 2025
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Executive Summary
Several key events impacted the ESG and sustainability landscape in 2024. The EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) was rolled out, with the first reports due in 2025 – while other regulations, such as the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and Regulation on Deforestation-free Products (EUDR), encountered delays and backward steps. Across the globe, national elections were held in more than 80 countries. In this report, Verdantix takes a look back at its ESG and sustainability market predictions over the year, considering the competitive dynamics, investment trends and regulatory developments.
A review of our 2024 ESG and sustainability predictions
Figure 1. Key trends from the Verdantix 2024 predictions
Anthropocene Fixed Income Institute, ASDA, ASOS, Bain & Company, Bank of America, Bloomberg, BP, Christian Dior, Cisco Systems, Citi, Coca-Cola, Coca-Cola FEMSA, Deutsche Börse, DNV , EC Finance, Enel, ENI, ERM, Europcar, EY, Google, GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), Hapag-Lloyd, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB), L&Q, lululemon, LVMH, LyondellBasell (LYB), MasterCard, Microsoft, Milwaukee Tool, National Grid, NatureMetrics, Nestlé, Ocean Ecology, Planet, PPG Industries, Proxima, PwC, Ralph Lauren, REI, Salesforce, San Miguel Industrias, Science-Based Targets initiative (SBTi) , SCS Consulting, Shell, Starbucks, Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Target, Task Force on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD), Tesco, Yeezy
About the Authors
Guy Lewis
Industry Analyst
Guy is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice. He currently leads research on circular economy software and services and supports research acro...
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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