ESG Disclosure Plans Emerge as Corporate Priority, Study Finds

About half of companies have a strategy for reporting their environmental, social and corporate governance performance to regulators and shareholders, according to a report.

Another third, or 34%, plan to implement ESG reporting strategies in the next one to two years, said the report, compiled by law firm Thompson Hine LLP after querying 134 in-house counsels and senior executives at publicly traded and privately held companies. More than two thirds of the respondents were at small or mid-size companies with between $50,000 and $500 million in annual revenue.

The report underscores the growing importance of ESG issues among board ...