The 'ESG execution gap' - What corporates say versus what they do

Investors continue to push for climate action despite not always finding corporate reporting and disclosures fully trustworthy, a new study has found. Despite natural cautiousness surrounding the opacity of corporate climate disclosures, half of the respondents to PWC's Global Investor Survey stand firm in their beliefs that tackling climate change needs to be a top-five priority for businesses. Of the investors asked, 98% believe that corporate reporting contains unsupported claims about sustainability performance to one degree or another. That said, information coming from the compa...