Vital issues of corporate sustainability and adherence to ESG initiatives are increasingly becoming the responsibility of C-level executives.
Vital issues of corporate sustainability and adherence to ESG initiatives are increasingly becoming the responsibility of C-level executives.
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are quickly emerging as cross-disciplinary areas of responsibility of C-level leaders. In fact, chief sustainability officers, chief legal officers (CLOs), and chief financial officers (CFOs) see the most expansion within their corporate functions as the growth of ESG duties begins to impact these roles.
The creation of chief sustainability officer roles has increased in recent years, though corporate responsibility and ESG have evolved into mainstream issues over the last decade. The primary responsibilities for individuals in these sustainability roles have been communication and change management. With the multitude of ESG frameworks, the new responsibilities of sustainability officers will likely include more data delivery as well.
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