ERM’s Quarterly Trends report provides a concise summary of the latest sustainability issues impacting the private sector. This quarter’s update tracks four key corporate sustainability macrotrends affecting business decision making:
Trends Include:
- Elections, trade wars, and court rulings reshape the sustainability landscape - The year of elections continues, promising change to sustainability action and policy. Meanwhile, a burgeoning trade war and a pivotal court case threaten the stability required for the sustainability transformation.
- Nature protection goals and sustainable agriculture practices gain traction, but concrete action is often still elusive - The nature-related disclosure space continues to mature. Elsewhere, attention turns to sustainable agriculture practices and country-level nature action.
- Companies have sustainability’s commercial upside more firmly on the radar but walk back earlier commitments - Once seen as a drag, sustainability’s value creation benefits are grabbing headlines and driving growth. Still, these advances have not been enough to stop companies stepping away from sustainability goals.
- Employers struggle to adapt to post-COVID work dynamics and changing demographics - Questions of how and where people work continue to define workplaces. Employee wellbeing and the tendencies of younger workers are also on the minds of many companies.
Our quarterly trends update provides essential reading for any business leader looking to understand the strategic implications of today’s sustainability context.
