How ESG Reporting is Significant in Corporate Stra
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Reporting on environmental, social and governance (ESG) standards in this day and age is important. It encourages accountability and corporate transparency, while also assisting companies in improving resource efficiency.
ESG reporting also highlights cost-cutting opportunities and areas for improvement. This is in addition to enabling shareholders to make informed choices and improving brand reputation and loyalty. In addition, ESG reporting offers companies a competitive advantage over other companies.
This is mainly because entities with strong ESG credentials can differentiate themselves from competitors. This can be crucial in helping attract and retain top talent, gaining market share and building strong relationships with clients and partners.
The importance of ESG ratings for investors is also increasing, with higher ratings increasing investor confidence in sustainable investments. Currently, all decision makers are advised to integrate ESG factors into their strategies to allow them to better evaluate risks and the impact of social, environmental and governance issues.
Companies also use ESG ratings to assess performance in proportion to peers, investment opportunities and operational risks. In many cases, ratings are distinguished using a single materiality or double materiality perspective. The former approach evaluates only impacts or only risks while the latter approach evaluates impacts on and risks for the firm.
On the environment as a component of ESG reporting, we focus on greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions, water resources and waste management. To calculate footprints of a corporation, emissions in their supply chain and amount of energy consumed, the GHG protocol may be used. The protocol, as a global standard for corporate accounting and reporting emissions, classifies GHGs into scope 1, 2 and 3, based on their sources.
Scope 1 and 2 equal the sum of lifecycle emissions of each of a corporation’s products while scope 3 equals to total GHG emissions by a corporation. In detail, scope 2 emissions represent usage of energy controlled by a company while scope 1 emissions represent direct emissions from a company’s activities.
Determining the total number of GHGs produced directly or indirectly from activities carried out by an organization is referred to as carbon accounting. Carbon accounting allows businesses to measure their climate impact as well, aiding in both voluntary and mandatory reporting.
By generating important data to help offset and decrease environmental footprints, companies are empowered to build up consumer trust while also fulfilling obligations under their corporate social responsibility.
It would be eye opening to see how different companies in different industries, such as First Tellurium Corp. (CSE: FTEL) (OTCQB: FSTTF), are incorporating ESG in their corporate strategies and how this is either easing or complicating ESG reporting.
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