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Why supporting the UN SDGs strengthens your ESG Strategy On 25 September, organisations around the world mark UN SDG Flag Day – a moment to reflect on the role business plays in achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs were originally designed as a “shared global blueprint for peace and prosperity for people and the planet” but were quickly developed to provide businesses with a framework to guide strategy, innovation, and impact. For companies buildi

We’ve talked before about the predictable stages of a company’s ESG journey (see our previous blog) and how each stage underpins the next but how do you go about approaching this in the right way? How to develop an ESG strategy without diving in and creating a full ESG strategy? The pressure to demonstrate ESG commitments is coming from investors, regulators, customers and often employees as well but rushing into developing an ESG strategy can lead to wasted time, ineffic

We have worked closely with over 50 companies on their ESG (Environment, Social & Governance) journeys, and have reviewed the ESG approach of hundreds more. What has become clear to us is that companies go through a very predictable pattern of evolving their approach over time; from infancy, to tactical, to strategic and finally, to excellence. There is no way to short-cut this and each stage has its value, as we describe below: Infancy During this stage companies are doing

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) is increasingly important for businesses that want to create long-term value, manage risks and opportunities, and meet the expectations of their stakeholders. However, the relevance of individual ESG issues (e.g. climate change; health and wellbeing; equity, diversity and inclusion; responsible procurement; etc.) is unique to each company – it’s operations, supply chain, industry and location. Therefore, before you can even think abo