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Sustainability Reporting as a Financial Control Issue, Not Only an ESG Issue

Sustainability reporting is often treated as an ESG exercise. For many businesses, that is too narrow. Sustainability data now affects strategy, capital allocation, procurement, customer contracts, energy costs, risk management, financing discussions, insurance, reputation and long-term competitiveness. That means sustainability reporting should not sit outside the financial control environment. It should be treated with the same discipline applied to revenue, expenses, assets, liabilities...