Environmental

An organization's environmental impact is discussed. How your firm affects the environment is a crucial factor in this. What impact does this behavior have on the company?

This covers a company's actions and how they impact the environment, pollution, and waste. Other principal factors include:

• Adopting practices that conserve resources and minimize pollution
• Climate change
• Ensuring clean energy initiatives
• Incorporate a carbon neutral stance or reducing carbon footprint
• Planet restoration (planting trees)
• Pollution levels
• Proper disposal of hazardous material
• Sustainability efforts
• The use of or dependence on fossil fuels
• The use or management of water and other resources
• Utilize renewable sources of energy or fuel

What effect on the environment does your organization have? When it comes to the environment, businesses in the chemical, energy, and utility industries should pay close attention.

Assets with US domiciles totaling $12.0 trillion (26%) are handled according to sustainable standards. - US SIF, 2018

US SIF Foundation, Report on US Sustainable, Responsible and Impact Investing Trends, 2018.

123 A board-level sustainability or responsibility committee exists for businesses in the S&P 500.
- Bloomberg LP

Bloomberg LP 2016 Impact Report, 2017, p. 8.