Sustainability Reporting: What It Is and Why You Should Care About It

In recent years, the notion of corporate sustainability has gone far beyond environmental issues. Many companies are paying increasing attention to sustainability reporting due to its benefits to the organizations and the communities in which they operate, increasing scrutiny that affects corporate reputation and branding, and investor decisions that are increasinbly being driven by sustainability concerns.

This article explains what sustainability reporting is, the current state of sustainability reporting, why organizations should embrace it, and how to use reporting standards to achieve common disclosure topics.