Investor Climate Action and Workplace Activism Insights
INVESTORS USE A RANGE OF
FRAMEWORKS TO EVALUATE ESG
Percent who say each ESG framework is useful, among U.S. investors
Somewhat useful
Very useful
98
98
90
96
94
93
93
92
70
64
63
59
61
65
Sustainability
Accounting Standards
Board
Global Reporting
UN Global Compact
Initiative
UN Sustainable
Development Goals
CDP
World Economic
Forum ESG Metrics
and Disclosures
40
67
Task Force on Climate
Related Financial
Disclosure
2021 Edelman Trust Barometer Special Report: Institutional Investors. Q22: Using the scale below, please rate how useful you believe each of the following ESG frameworks are. For each
one, please indicate how useful each framework is using a 4-point scale where 1 means "not at all useful" and 4 means "very useful". Shown T2B Agree. Base: United States n=100
Edelman
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