ESG Governance, Risk Management and Compliance

As ESG moves up the corporate and consumer agenda, greenwashing is a real concern for companies wishing to make a genuine positive impact. At present, a lack of risk-based ESG management and disclosure can lead to undervaluation by investors and underappreciation by employees and consumers. Managing reputation and customer perception risks across the expanded ESG landscape will help build trust and contribute to a sustainable future.

What EY can do for you

We believe ESG governance, risk management and compliance are the cornerstones of trust in ESG – and the foundations of genuine change ambitions. Sometimes, though, companies struggle to understand which ESG risks they’re exposed to, let alone assess them clearly or define appropriate measures based on good data and their own risk appetite.

EY understands the complexity of ESG risks and helps you find ways to make managing them simple. We’re supporting some of the world’s best known companies on their ESG journeys and can help you on yours. We deliver in multiskilled teams and can quickly mobilize expertise from anywhere in the world to respond to your needs.

Together, we’ll find new ways to manage ESG risk and move towards a sustainable future.

Learn more about our services and contact our team for more information.

ESG Governance, Risk Management and Compliance for financial services

ESG enterprise risk

  • Supporting the design, implementation, testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement of controls, processes, and technologies supporting ESG or other non-financial disclosures.

  • Providing insights and assurance to increase the level of confidence in managing ESG risks, reporting and operational performance.

  • Supporting the embedding of ESG matters into enterprise risk management (ERM) strategy and risk response across functional areas.

  • Supporting the assessment and management of ESG-related third-party risks to improve end-to-end visibility and resilience of the third-party ecosystem.

  • Providing attestation services specific to technologies and data on ESG-related or other non-financial metrics or calculations.

ESG technology risk

Recommended actions

  • Identify and understand the relative importance of specific ESG and sustainability topics to your organization with EY`s ESG Materiality Assessment
  • Evaluate the most critical organization’s capabilities for an effective ESG Program with ESG Capability Maturity Assessment
  • Build a comprehensive approach to ESG strategy: decide on desired future state and define and prioritize roadmap

Explore the full breadth of our value-led sustainability and ESG services at EY Sustainability

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