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How can sustainability leaders drive business growth?
Sustainability leaders can advance their companies' sustainability reporting by closely collaborating with the finance function and ESG controllers on required disclosures and providing institutional knowledge on voluntary reporting efforts. In turn, they can leverage this information to help the organization execute its strategy, develop new products and services and decarbonize supply chains and operations. Sustainability initiatives offer extraordinary opportunities that can identify ways to save money and grow the business. As a result, sustainability leaders can gain a leading voice in the C-suite.
In the spotlight
ESG regulations highlight importance of compliance
The EU’s Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD), Deforest Regulation and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) are just a few examples of how global regulations are driving expanded ESG reporting, regardless of where your company is headquartered. Here’s how these rules will impact your business.
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What to focus on in 2025
ESG reporting
The new era of ESG compliance
Regulation is transforming corporate reporting. With the EU’s CSRD and the SEC’s climate-related disclosure rules (which are currently on hold), companies need to understand whether the approach that sufficed today for voluntary reporting will hold up tomorrow.
ESG controllers, who specialize in sustainability reporting, are leading efforts to establish controls and processes necessary to provide reliable reporting around nonfinancial data. That allows you to refocus on what you do best: identifying the organization’s material impacts, risks and opportunities, executing strategy to advance sustainability goals and creating value across the business.
Together, you can work to satisfy demands for high-quality data and reporting that can be assured by an independent third party. Doing so can build trust at a time when many investors believe ESG reporting contains unsupported claims.
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Execute sustainability initiatives for lasting impact
Your success as a leader will likely be measured by how well you embed sustainability across the business and your ability to execute on a mandate to reduce your company’s carbon footprint. It’s a challenging task. Sustainability initiatives are often complex, span the organization and require significant capital investment. While some may offer an immediate return, others may take years to complete.
To show your impact, work with your C-suite colleagues to demonstrate how sustainability initiatives can lead to supply chain efficiencies, energy savings and the development of products and services that can command higher premiums. Be laser-focused on execution, leverage tax incentives to defray costs and communicate progress to your leadership team and the board so that sustainability efforts maintain momentum and those stakeholders can see future opportunity.
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Unlock growth with tech-powered sustainability
Having the right technology is essential for collecting and storing ESG data so the information coursing through your organization is both thorough and reliable. Resist the notion that sustainability is just a cost. While investments in technology are critical, you may be able to leverage existing systems.
Fine-tune your strategy by analyzing data throughout the year, building confidence in its narrative along the way. Over time, you may be able to uncover untapped growth opportunities such as new products and services, cost-cutting measures and supply chain enhancements.
Design a tech-enabled process that can help track complex decarbonization projects and adapt to an ever-expanding regulatory landscape. With increasing requirements for ESG data — covering everything from nature and product packaging to human rights — deadlines that once seemed far off will take hold starting in 2025.
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