Malcolm Donald: Guiding clients to meet ESG obligations and extract real value
Recent years have seen ESG evolve from a “non-financial concept”, often associated with good corporate social responsibility, to becoming a core part of a business’ purpose and strategic vision. ESG performance can enhance – or erode – a company’s value, market profile and relationships with its clients.
It is therefore important that businesses are aware of and act on all their mandatory disclosure obligations, and consider other voluntary disclosures that could be made to boost their ESG credentials.
UK companies are mandated by law to comply with a raft of different disclosure obligations, each generally intended to achieve a specific ESG-related policy objective and often contained in different legislation.
ESG’s influence will only continue to gain momentum as it expands into new sectors and industries. It is central to both our culture and business philosophy at Burges Salmon, and the guiding principle for how we interact with our clients, our people and our communities, and what drives our commitment to being a responsible business as well as a diverse, accessible and supportive employer.
We work with our clients to provide strategic and operational support, helping them understand and meet their ESG obligations.
We’ve developed a number of practical tools to consolidate all ESG guidance, legislation and other useful resources into interactive platforms, including our ESG Corporate Disclosure Tool, where clients can navigate between the law, ESG disclosure obligations, best practice, and training guidance, to help them derive real value from ESG.