Sustainable Business Management Shared Interest Group

Who is leading corporate sustainble business activities?

  • 1.  Who is leading corporate sustainble business activities?

    Posted 05-15-2023 03:49 PM

    The people leading sustainable business activities at different companies and organizations sit in different functions.  At some companies, it's a separate sustainability unit.  In other companies, the corporate professionals sit in policy / legal, communications, environmental health & safety, and even human resources.

    Who leads your companies efforts?  
    Who in the C-Suite leads the effort?  What is the reporting structure?
    To what extent is your CFO involved?  Other members of the corporate accounting / finance team?
    Does your company have anyone with the title "ESG Controller?"

    Reference materials:

    -  C-Suite report, "
    CFO as Value Creator, Finance Function Partnering for the Integration of Sustainability in Business."
    -  White paper, "CFO as Value Creator: Finance Function Leadership in the Integrated Enterprise,"
    -  Achieving Effective Internal Control over Sustainability Reporting (ICSR)

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    Shari Littan
    Director/Manager
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