Discovering Sustainability

Many consumers are expecting businesses to address social and environmental impacts with transparency. Doing so can help raise customer loyalty, enhance brand equity, and improve social licensing to grow as a business.

Businesses that prepare for new supply chain demands and standards by showing how operations and products meet environmental, social, and governance (ESG) related criteria, can improve their market access and de-risk current and future capabilities for supply chain participation.

Adopting ESG measures can help businesses grow revenue by influencing new product and market opportunities and spurring innovation. It can enable the development of strategies to attract new customers while retaining and growing market share with the organization’s existing customer base.

Certain environmental measures like reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can help cut costs and strengthen a business’s bottom line. Energy usage can be a significant driver of emissions for businesses and can be addressed by investing in systems that reduce electricity, natural gas, and/or propane consumption in buildings and in manufacturing processes.

Learn more about green transition programs.

Organizations that measure and report on ESG criteria are becoming ideal and preferred candidates for opportunities; whether negotiating a loan with a bank, seeking financing from investment companies, or even accessing insurance, ESG is becoming an important part of the cost of doing business.

Company-wide engagement on ESG commitments can create meaningful improvements in talent recruitment and retention capabilities and can contribute to better productivity and innovation.

The desire to understand ESG related risks is growing among consumers, investors, lenders, and regulators. Aligning operations to keep pace with policy developments relating to ESG can help businesses mitigate risks related to reputation, regulations, supply chain, export, cost of capital, etc.

Learn more by exploring climate-related articles, research, reports, and action plans.