ESG Policy Guide & Template
Get practical guidance and a ready-to-use template to help build an effective ESG policy for your organization.
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No matter where your company is on the ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) adoption curve, an ESG policy document is an opportunity for company leadership to publicly articulate your company’s intended purpose, priorities, and processes for managing your company’s impacts on the environment, as well as your employees and the communities in which you operate.
A well-crafted policy should communicate the high-level ESG principles that your firm is committed to upholding as well as its plan for integrating sustainable policies, practices, and reporting into its operations. In our experience, developing a holistic and public ESG action plan will help your brand resonate more deeply with stakeholders.
To help our clients bring their ESG policies forward, we have conducted a broad survey of existing policies and ESG sustainability reports across a variety of industries in the U.S. and Europe, documented in Appendix A (page 14) of the resource below. Based on our industry analysis, we have both developed general recommendations for incorporating these three key components (purpose, priorities, and processes) into your own policy, and drafted an illustrative policy document for sample industries to serve as your guide.
About the author
Bennett Saltzman
CCO
Bennett Saltzman is the COO of Green Project Technologies, an AI climate management platform helping businesses of all sizes measure, manage, and reduce emissions across complex global value chains.