Strategic Intelligence: ESG Sentiment Polls Q3 2024

Strategic Intelligence: ESG Sentiment Polls Q3 2024

Summary

This report is based on polls designed to help us understand the current sentiment of the business community toward ESG (environmental, social, and governance) themes.

Key Highlights

• Q3 2024 saw employee awareness of ESG policies drop dramatically from the previous quarter. The proportion of respondents who answered that their company has an ESG strategy fell from 42% in Q2 to only 31% in Q3.
• Faith in corporate ESG has taken a tumble, with more respondents than ever before believing ESG is a mere marketing exercise for businesses.

Scope

• Our sentiment polls ran between July and September 2024 on GlobalData's Verdict network of B2B websites, which had 10.3 million unique visitors in Q3 2024. In total, 1,430 respondents participated in the survey.
• The survey looked at attitudes towards ESG, the most important theme impacting businesses over the next decade.

Reasons to Buy

• This survey gives a unique insight into the views of the business community on ESG. The responses provide insight into attitudes towards ESG, including whether companies have an ESG strategy.