The real task at hand: Harnessing data to drive ESG action

As easy as E, S, G?

A common frustration I hear from ESG professionals is that their working hours are consumed with regulation, data gathering and other time-intensive administration.

This leaves little time to fulfil the true purpose of their roles: devising sustainable strategy and ensuring the capital they deploy is put to work achieving ESG goals. ESG professionals are not alone in their frustrations around the volume of administration. But they can fairly claim to be on the frontier of an emerging field that is under scrutiny from regulators - and is evolving in terms of best practice. 'Green Day': Treasury launches consultation on ESG ratings providers ‘Greenwashing' is a now-familiar concept and has blighted some firms' ESG efforts. However, many of these...