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Salesforce Adds ESG Reporting Capabilities to Sustainability Platform

ESG Today

SASB was founded in 2011, with the mission to establish industry-specific ESG disclosure standards for companies. The standards set by SASB are designed to enable investors to assess the materiality of reported sustainability information, and to compare companies on these metrics on a global basis.

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Getting Familiar With ESG Frameworks

3BL Media

Here is a brief look into what standards and frameworks exist and when they came into play: Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) – Broad, multi-stakeholder standard founded in 1997 in response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.

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The Time is Right to Mandate Financial Reporting of ESG Issues

Steven Mintz

That means that information on how a company’s actions affect many different parties—not just shareholders—is reported. the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) was founded in 2011. However, the information is reported separately from financial information, requiring investors to access multiple reports.