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The Challenges of Manual ESG Reporting

There is a steadily expanding need for reporting on a wide variety of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) elements. Governments, investors, customers, workers, and business partners demand more transparency in an organization’s ESG measures. Although ESG disclosure has advanced, the percentages of firms releasing Scope 1 and 2 disclosure reports were still significantly below 40%, and the rates of Scope 3 disclosure remained under 25% as of February 2022 for components of the MSCI ACWI Investable Market Index (IMI).

ESG Reporting and Analytics – The Path Forward

The COVID-19 pandemic in conjunction with the proliferation of catastrophic climatic events have emphasized the critical nature of ESG challenges. Keeping the ESG promise demands leaders to think long-term and strategically about all aspects of their organization. While businesses know that a focus on ESG is vital for company resilience, many continue to struggle to establish a framework for integrating ESG issues into their operations. Failure to do so may be expensive, since there is mounting evidence that ESG performance is positively connected with an enterprise’s value, revenue, and cost of capital.

ESG Reporting – Why you need to start ESG Reporting Now

Employees, investors, consumers, regulators, and other stakeholders are increasingly holding businesses responsible for their ESG policies, such as those concerning climate change and social equality. Simultaneously, a fast-expanding regulatory and legal environment increases the need to proactively manage these risks and be more open via ESG reporting.

ESG Reporting – Why should enterprises outsource ESG data management?

Data management encompasses the process of gathering, storing, and using information in a safe, efficient, and cost-effective manner. Oracle describes data management as assisting people, organizations, and connected objects to optimize the use of data within the constraints of policy and legislation to maximize the organization’s profit from choices and actions. Proper data management ensures that users can rely on data to be precisely what they anticipate, without any need for manual alignment or data reconciliation.

ESG Reporting for Insurance & Financial Enterprises

Insurance and finance enterprises stand at the forefront of the ESG innovation, considering the breadth of these industries and the resources at their disposal. Overall, the identification, comprehension, and management of risks are the foundation of both the insurance and financial sectors. Compared to other forms of risks, such as financial risks, ESG concerns and their practical application to insurance are still in their infancy.

Download this white paper to learn about ESG Reporting – ESG for Insurance & Financial Enterprises.