Sustainability Risk is a risk associated with “ESG” or Environmental, Social and Governance, also known as “ESG Risk”. This is a challenge that organizations must find ways to manage risks in order to create opportunities and reduce risks which affects the ability to generate profits, competency, image, reputation and survival of the organization. Sustainable business development will make the business strong, continually growing and stable in the long term.
Thus, the business needs to focus on this point by integrating sustainability risk management into the corporate missions and strategies including analyzing sustainability risk and materiality analysis to manage several risk levels to build reliability with key stakeholders.
ESG disclosure is a form of public reporting by an organization’s management about its performance across a variety of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues. ESG disclosures are used by a wide range of stakeholders, including investors, customers, employees, regulators, and supply chain partners to understand how a company is managing ESG risks and opportunities.
We can help prepare to prevent and adapt to various risks. Including seeking business opportunities from those risks effectively through 7 steps of ESG risk assessment as follows:
1. Establish governance structure
2. Understand business strategy and risk management processes of the organization.
3. Identify ESG risk
4. Assess and prioritize relevant ESG risks.
5. Respond to ESG risk
6. Review and improve ESG risk
7. Communicate and disclose ESG risk