FERF ESG Report Finds Organizations Aligning For SEC's Climate Proposal Requirements
MORRISTOWN, N.J., March 7, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Financial Education & Research Foundation (FERF)—the independent non-profit research affiliate of Financial Executives International(FEI)— today released the findings of its latest Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report, How Finance Will Transform ESG. This report is a joint effort with Persefoni, a leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for corporations, financial institutions, and government organizations.
- This report is a joint effort with Persefoni, a leading Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP) for corporations, financial institutions, and government organizations.
- The report examines how ESG continues to hold an important and growing role for companies, how the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) prioritization of ESG reporting has impacted reporting efforts, and how finance functions are evolving in response to the SEC's climate proposal.
- "Our latest ESG report is specifically designed to help our members better navigate these uncharted waters.
- Climate data continues to perplex many: Respondents named difficulties in obtaining scope 3 data (77%) and the general complexity of the climate data (58%) as the most significant challenges to meeting the SEC's climate proposal.