Sustainability professionals know that there is an increasing demand for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) skills and training. Multiple factors, including investor demand, mandatory sustainability reporting, and regulations, are driving the need for ESG expertise. The lack of ESG expertise and resources is a top concern for many companies, leading to a growing demand for training.

Gwen White, Ph.D., CPANovember 3, 2023ESG reporting, ESG, CSRD, Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, climate change ruling, climate-related risks, climate-related financial risks, ESG risks and trends, CDP, GRI, UN SDGs

Regulation Meets Demand for Credible ESG Reporting

The sustainability landscape is continuously evolving, and while having sustainability data assured used to be a “nice to have,” it is soon to become the standard for environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting. Investors, regulators and other stakeholders, including customers and employees, are paying even more attention to organizations’ ESG disclosures and performance. At ISOS Group, we apply AccountAbility’s Assurance Standard, AA1000AS v3, which was specifically developed for assuring sustainability data. This standard applies system-level and metric-specific approaches to sustainability assurance. We walk through our approach and recommendations in this blog.

Marya SkotteSeptember 27, 2023assurance, ESG, sustainability, sustainability data, materiality assessments, assurance readiness assessment, limited assurance, reasonable assurance, stakeholder engagement

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