The Road Not Yet Taken

The Road Not Yet Taken examines the sustainability policies of 1,000 U.S. publicly traded companies.

Key findings in the study include:

• Most policies lack rigor and sophistication: Fewer than 28% have any of six key policy elements, and fewer than 9% have any of three or more of these elements.
• Only about 60% of the largest U.S. publicly traded companies have any readily available documentation that could be considered an environmental policy.
• Only about 8% of these firms apparently vest oversight responsibility for environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues and/or for its environmental policy in its board of directors.
• Only 11% of firms in the Russell 1000 have disclosed their annual energy costs, and about 7% have disclosed their total water use and/or cost.

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