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)
IMA Sustainability Business Practices Certificate™
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Shari Littan
Director/Manager
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