The 2021 Benchmark ESG® Survey: Investor Attitudes on Company ESG Data

Determining Why and How Companies Should Collect, Use, and Report Investment Grade ESG Data

Benchmark’s sweeping survey of investment decision-makers sought to identify the kinks in the ESG information pipeline that connects reporting entities with the investors for whom their ESG performance reports are intended.

This survey, through a series of multiple-choice, rating-scale, and open-ended questions, was conducted to ascertain investors’ perspectives regarding:

The importance of useful and reliable company ESG performance data
The quality of the ESG performance data that companies report
Where company ESG performance data needs improvement
The causes of the shortcomings in companies’ self-reported ESG performance data
How business leaders might produce and report the investment-grade ESG performance data that investors increasingly expect