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The International Business Report (IBR) surveyed 255 companies in Brazil to identify the intentions of investments in ESG aspects in the next 12 months. See!

With the growing focus on ESG among corporate stakeholders – including expectations for diverse workforces and an inclusive working culture – organisations need to ensure the ‘G’ in ESG includes diversity and inclusion measurement. Tracking metrics including gender parity will enable businesses to set appropriate goals, manage risk, design effective initiatives, demonstrate D&I successes to stakeholders, and engage their workforces – resulting in better business outcomes.

Opening the door to diverse talent

Despite having presented a higher index than the one registered in the previous survey, Brazil dropped two positions in the ranking and is in 10th place among the countries most optimistic about business recovery.

Brazil: A bright future

Metrics are essential for companies to be able to assess the social and environmental impacts they cause, as well as to communicate them properly. As the financial market becomes more demanding regarding the ESG guideline - environmental, social and governance issues, companies need to improve their measurement processes and presentation of results, in detailed reports.

Five questions HRDs can ask to make their people model more agile

Sustainability actions have become a business imperative. Bloomberg projections indicate that global ESG assets by 2025 will account for more than a third of all projected assets under management, accounting for $53 trillion of the $140.5 trillion total.

Mid-market businesses around the world want to accelerate their ESG and sustainability journey. But they’re going to need support to do so.

The ESG and Publicly Traded Companies research carried out by Grant Thornton Brasil, XP Inc. and Fundação Dom Cabral answered questions related to five pillars: Strategy and Business, Structure and management, Policies and practices, Disclosure of information and Investor relations

In recent years, environmental and social issues have come to be considered essential in risk analysis and investment decisions.

As markets emerge from COVID-19 lockdowns, the financial services sector is taking stock of the pandemic’s impact, and future working practices.

There has been much debate about which sector of the economy has been worst hit by COVID-19. Grant Thornton’s new Global Business Pulse index provides an answer about travel, tourism and leisure (TTL)

Technology, media and telecoms (TMT) is one of the few industries to retain more than a glimmer of optimism in the midst of COVID-19, according to our new index tracking the health of the mid-market

Keeping up with anti-money laundering regulations can be expensive and innovative firms can use technology to gain a competitive edge. Find out more how tech solutions can mitigate the risk of financial crime and reduce the cost of compliance.

Grant Thornton’s new index into the health of mid-sized companies comes at the most difficult time in a generation for these companies.