A new take on the future of ESG reporting

For those who call the world of corporate sustainability reporting home, this is a time to remember…and to reassess.

Though anti-environmental, social and governance (ESG) sentiment has been growing for some time in the U.S., the volume was turned up considerably when the new administration set up shop in January 2025. A string of anti-diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) executive orders sent ESG reporting teams straight into conference rooms with legal teams. Public disclosure decisions were suddenly being re-examined. And publication dates were pushed out as many companies took a “wait and see” approach.

This has led to decisive shifts in disclosure and put reporting teams in an unenviable position.

What’s the right way forward? One option is to reframe the story and repackage the report. In our latest white paper, we provide a template for what this reframing could look like. We offer three possible ways that a report could be restructured to tell a sustainability story through a business lens.