Many U.S. companies have stepped up reporting on environmental and social matters in recent years even with sustained pressure from conservative politicians, data reviewed by Reuters shows.
The trend shows the importance investors and regulators now place on environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues, analysts said, amid rapid global warming and shifting workforce demographics. Some political conservatives call the attention misplaced or worry the disclosures could give activists leverage to force companies to make unnecessary changes.
"Most ESG problems are business problems. I'm an accounting professor," said Shiva Rajgopol, who teaches at Columbia Business School. "I can tell you that if you pick any company's 10K and look at the risk factors, they are full of E and S problems."
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