CPP Investments pushes boards beyond 'box-ticking' ESG disclosures

As ESG disclosure gains momentum in Asia, following its mandatory implementation in Europe, certain investors go well beyond increasingly seeking sustainability data from their portfolio companies. They are also urging corporate boards to treat such reporting as more than just a box-ticking exercise. “Those corporations that prepare [environmental, social and governance] data simply to disclose it will incur all of the costs and none of the opportunity,” Richard Manley, chief sust…