"78 percent of S&P 500 companies issue a sustainability report… Among companies that issue sustainability reports, 95 percent offer quantified,…Continue readingS&P 500 Firms Expand Sustainability Data in Financial Filings, But Slow to Adopt Fully Integrated Reporting.

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