Global Corporate Survey: ESG And Sustainability Governance, Strategies And Priorities Data Tables

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Executive Summary

These data tables accompany the Verdantix Global Corporate Survey 2021: ESG And Sustainability Governance, Strategies and Priorities which assists senior executives in benchmarking their firms’ ESG and sustainability governance, strategies and priorities against industry peers. It also helps ESG and sustainability software suppliers and services providers to align business and product strategy with market demand and priority areas of interest. The data were gathered via telephone interviews with executives from across 30 industries and diverse geographies between May and July 2021.

Table of contents

Which statement best describes your perspective on how sustainability and ESG has developed in the last two years?
What is the best description of your firm's sustainability strategy?
In the last 12 months how significant have the following drivers been in increasing your firm's engagement with sustainability issues?
What is the involvement of the following decision-makers in defining your firm's sustainability strategy?
To what extent do the following decision-makers fund your firm's sustainability strategy?
How significant is the role of the following business functions with regards to implementing your firm's sustainability strategy?
To what extent are the following sustainability initiatives a priority for your firm to fund over the next 2 years?
By how much would the following factors increase your firm's spending on sustainability initiatives?
Across all your firm's business functions, by how much do you estimate spending on sustainability initiatives will change in 2022 compared to 2021?
If you had a $3 million consulting budget, how would you rank the importance of improving your firm's performance in the following areas?
How do you expect your firm's spend to change on the following professional services projects in 2022 compared to 2021?
To what extent are the following digital projects a priority for your firm over the next 2 years?
How significant are the following barriers to improving your firm's ESG and sustainability data?
How do you rank the ability of the following suppliers to improve the quality and timeliness of your sustainability data?
Which statement best describes your digital strategy for ESG, climate change and sustainability for the next two years?
What is your perspective on the capabilities of the following climate change and sustainability consulting providers?
What is your perspective on the capabilities of the following sustainability and ESG software providers?
 

About the author

Kim Knickle

Research Director, ESG & Sustainability
Kimberly Knickle is Research Director of the ESG & Sustainability practice at Verdantix. Her research areas encompass ESG regulations and reporting, ESG risk, supply chain sustainability, circular economy, social impact, and sustainable finance. Kim has worked for more than 20 years in the IT industry, providing research and analysis to help companies invest wisely in new technologies. Before joining the analyst industry, she held various roles in IT services, engineering and product safety testing, beginning her career at Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Kim holds an MBA from Boston University and a BS in Electrical Engineering from Cornell.

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