Consumer Durables Impact Report - Consumer Durables Manufacturing Edition

In our latest quarterly review of corporate sustainability impacts, risks and opportunities, we find that 68% of entities in the consumer durables manufacturing industry identify cybersecurity and data protection as financially material risks, with European manufacturers implementing the Cyber Resilience Act requirements for internet-connected devices. The report prioritises five emerging ESG value chain risks including the vulnerability of interconnected devices to hacking.

This report analyses thousands of sustainability disclosures from 20 leading entities in the industry, including Sony Group, Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics. Published in Q225 as part of a quarterly series, it also includes disclosures from Global South entities. The global nature of this analysis makes it an ideal source of external evidence for sustainability accounting and disclosure, with critical insights into topics of financial materiality and impact materiality.