The State of ESG and Sustainability Reporting

Challenges and Recommendations for 2025

ESG reporting often brings significant disruptions and isn't solely driven by legal mandates. It has evolved into a crucial tool for companies aiming to sustain a positive reputation with their customers, employees, and business partners. Today, various organizational and technical approaches compete for adoption within companies, leading to a wide range of experiences, challenges, and outcomes.

This BARC study delves into these developments in depth and compares customer experiences across different geographic regions, organizational structures, and technical implementations. By doing so, it enables the extraction of precise guidance and actionable recommendations for organizations.

Contents of the analyst report:

  1. Management Summary
  2. Recommendations
  3. ESG reporting Frameworks and Standards
  4. Implementation status of ESG reporting
  5. Motivation for ESG
  6. Organization for ESG
  7. Challenges of ESG reporting
  8. Challenges choosing software solutions
  9. Potential and ways to improve ESG reporting
  10. Technological implementation of ESG
  11. Methodology and demographics
  12. Best- in-class versus laggards
The State of ESG and Sustainability Reporting