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What is driving change: the role of stakeholder management
While the concepts that sit behind ESG are certainly not new - and have been at the centre of corporate strategy for decades - the growth and formalisation of ESG as an explicit mission have been catalysts for change. The impacts of this change are far reaching including how companies define, prioritise and manage their stakeholders. This is demonstrated by the rise of stakeholder capitalism, the notion that businesses no longer exist to create profit for shareholders/owners, but instead have a responsibility to create value for a much broader set of stakeholders.
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Building an integrated ESG strategy
When it comes to creating an end-to-end strategic shift in the alignment of ESG with commercial objectives, business leaders have many considerations to take into account. How to ensure ESG feeds into the business planning and value creation process? Do the ESG commitments truly deliver on the ‘North Star’ that is corporate purpose. What are the expectations of stakeholders (both inside and outside the organisation), and how do you balance competing priorities and expectations? How do you ensure the goals you set are ambitious and impactful, and that your reporting addresses the needs of double materiality (financial and ESG data)?
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Doing well by doing good: resilience, risk and the reputation value of ESG
ESG creates opportunity, in particular, it helps to drive innovation. Its ‘sustainability lens’ forces businesses to think critically about the long-term value they create, and to identify new trends, business opportunities and partnerships. More broadly, ESG is an increasingly powerful tool to strengthen corporate reputations.
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The future of ESG?
In light of a recent backlash against ESG investing, we take a critical look at the ESG framework and explore its future relevance for CSOs and organisations.
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ESG – a time for leadership, focus and communication, but above all action
Concluding from the latest Ipsos ESG Council report, it's increasingly clear ESG's role as an agent for positive change.
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ESG investment: From 'ideals' to concreteness
The enrichment of the ESG dimension constitutes a strategic opportunity for the financial sector to strengthen reputation, create greater investor engagement, and collect and utilise capital that is still too liquid and sterile today.
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Ipsos and ESG
Organisations are coming under an increasing amount of pressure to do business more sustainably. As a result, ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) considerations are now a key part of companies’ strategic plans and roadmaps. At Ipsos we leverage research specialisms and cross-sector expertise to understand governments, businesses, and citizens to inform better decision making when it comes to all aspects of ESG.
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Trustworthiness of the oil and gas sector
Potentially contrary to expectations in Western markets, globally, perceived trustworthiness of the oil and gas sector follows the same pattern as others – gradual increase over time.
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Growing trust in financial services
Growing trust in financial services and the case for a more confident stance on the sector’s societal role.
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Trust in Social Media
In the context of increased regulation and tightened content moderation, the social media sector sees the first rise in trustworthiness since its inclusion in the Ipsos Trustworthiness Monitor.