Ethical Leadership and Governance

With reporting requirements ramping up, businesses are under more pressure than ever to get to grips with sustainability. But who should take charge? 

Managers need more thoughtful and effective data collection practices to advance DEI in their organizations.

A strong ESG program is built on data – and integration of ongoing, real-time data is key to meeting ESG commitments. Here's how corporations can do it.

Reports helped stimulate the growth of sustainable investing. Now investors are questioning current sustainability-reporting practices--and calling for changes that executives and board members should be aware of.

As investor and consumer understanding evolves, companies face pressure to demonstrate ESG risk management and performance with transparency and credibility.

Following statements by the U.S. Business Roundtable in 2019 and 2021, the basic purpose of the corporation has been expanded from maximizing value for shareholders to maximizing it for all stakeholders. The implications of this are that performance must now be measured along many more dimensions than before and that leaders have to help employees transition to a stakeholder mindset, broaden participation in strategy-making, and make sure that their strategies really do reflect purpose.

While the vast majority of S&P 500 companies are formalizing ESG reporting, analysis suggests that governance metrics are being overlooked.