Sustainability Reporting

Why should organisations report on Sustainability? 

As sustainability becomes increasingly central to corporate responsibility, organisations are expected to disclose their environmental and social impacts. Sustainability reporting is crucial for building your organisations reputation, enhancing transparency, and demonstrating progress on climate, social, and governance goals. 

Sustainability reporting involves gathering, analysing, and publicly disclosing information on an organisations environmental, social, and governance (ESG) impacts. This often includes gathering data on carbon emissions, water usage, and waste management, as well as social impacts such as workforce diversity and community engagement.  

Key frameworks such as the Securities and Exchange Committees (SEC) Climate-related disclosures, the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) provide guidance for organizations, ensuring that reporting is standardised, comparable, and meaningful to investors and stakeholders. 

In OECD countries, the built environment is responsible for around 25-40% of total energy use, 30% of raw material use, 30-40% of global greenhouse gas emission, for 30 to 40% of solid waste generation and people spend almost 90% of their life inside buildings. Consequently, our industry has a significant opportunity and responsibility to help tackle these sustainability issues.

Start, or improve, your sustainability journey today by viewing our resource library and gain a better understanding of the issues which will affect your business, in your local areas and what you can do to mitigate risk, meet legislative requirements and bring sustainability benefits to your business.