Aurora Bardoneschi

Strong communications play a key role in supporting effective sustainability governance. By carefully planning the content and cadence of communications with their company’s board of directors, sustainability leaders can help enable board oversight of sustainability risks and opportunities, inform decision-making, and shape board-level discussions.

Companies are increasingly encountering market access and regulatory requirements tied to the sustainability of their business. Those that are unable to satisfy customer requirements or delay action risk losing important business and contracts, while those that fail to prepare for legislative requirements may expose themselves to legal risks such as fines or enforcement actions.

Requirements for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions disclosure are increasingly common in supplier qualification criteria, with emissions reporting obligations included in customer contracts, requests for proposals (RFPs), and supplier codes of conduct. These requests from large companies to their suppliers often go beyond a basic GHG inventory, requiring more granular emissions data specific to the services or physical products provided to the customer.