ESG – the challenges for business

Sustainability is driving business change. We explain how ESG and how ESG consulting can help unpack the multi-dimensional levels and complexity of the topic while providing connection points to everyday issues faced by businesses and investors who are looking at sustainable investment strategies.

Latest insights

  • Improving sustainability through your people

    By: David Wreford, Partner, Reward Strategy
    Our HR and sustainability diagnostic tool helps HR accelerate on their ESG goals. It covers 38 key HR considerations to incorporate ESG across eight areas, from fostering an inclusive culture to providing retirement support.
  • UK companies lead HR sustainability drive

    By: David Wreford, Partner, Reward Strategy
    Mercer’s research highlights how ESG in HR has become a priority for UK companies in response to pressure from employees and other stakeholders.

ESG challenges for business

There are three key areas where Mercer can help create successful ESG strategies and guide implementation.
  • People sustainability

    For a company to present itself as a sustainable, it needs to be doing everything it can to be a responsible employer. Mercer offers around 40 separate best practice audit, diagnostic and delivery solutions, for areas from D&I to living wage analysis to support the development of your ESG strategy.

     

  • Sustainable Investment

    ESG is more than fund selection. Asset owners need to decide their ESG priorities and ensure alignment between stakeholders, so they can focus on investment decisions to generate truly sustainable long term returns.

     

  • Workforce transformation

    It is easy to assign sustainability tasks to executives but far more challenging to ensure responsibility cascades downwards. Organisations will fail to meet their sustainability objectives unless they set goals and organise themselves to achieve these goals.

     

Responsible Investing for UK Pension Schemes

Mercer’s Responsible Investment Total Evaluation (RITE) analysis of more than 650 UK occupational pension schemes.

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