Sustainability Matters: Beware the 80/20 Governance Trap: Focus on the ‘G’ in ESG

Sustainability Matters: Beware the 80/20 Governance Trap: Focus on the ‘G’ in ESG

Human Resources
Pages:17 pages29 min read

Author: Conference Board Inc.

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External ESG ratings fail the 80/20 rule. They may be able to measure 80 percent of environmental and social impacts but only 20 percent of governance impacts.

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External ESG ratings fail the 80/20 rule. They may be able to measure 80 percent of environmental and social impacts but only 20 percent of governance impacts.

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This report analyzes the PG&E climate-change related bankruptcy as an example of how external ESG ratings fail to fully measure the governance element of ESG. Without getting governance “right,” it is difficult for a company to get anything else right.

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