Corporate sustainability disclosure and reporting is now the norm for large-cap companies in the US, according to a Governance & Accountability Institute report.
In its fifth annual analysis of S&P 500 Index reporting, G&A Institute found that 81 percent of the companies included in this investment benchmark published a corporate responsibility or sustainability report in 2015. This is up from just 20 percent of companies reporting in 2011.
Read more from Environmental Leader on the impetus for these reports, and what stakeholders are looking for, here.