ESG Audit Checklist: 6 Steps For Success
Sustainability and ESG, April, 6th 2023
A thorough audit can rate corporate strategies according to key environmental, social and governance metrics and ensure that ESG reporting meets government and industry standards.
Investors increasingly rank environmental, social and governance issues among their top priorities for companies.
For example, in the "Global Investor Survey 2022" from professional services firm PwC, effective corporate governance ranked fourth on a list of 10 priorities, at 49%, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions was fifth at 44%. Admittedly, both were far behind developing innovative products, services and ways of operating (89%) and profitable financial performance (69%), but other top-10 priorities speak to investor interest in ESG, including minimizing impact on nature and biodiversity; protecting worker health and safety; and improving workforce and executive diversity, equity and inclusion.