CEO and C-Suite ESG Priorities for 2025

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C-Suite Outlook

CEO and C-Suite ESG Priorities for 2025

15 January 2025 / Report

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The environmental, social & governance (ESG) landscape will grow more complex in 2025, with businesses facing increasing pressure related to climate risks, regulatory changes, and shifting societal expectations. Based on The Conference Board® C-Suite Outlook 2025: Seizing the Future, a comprehensive survey of global business leaders, this report highlights the key ESG priorities of CEOs and C-Suite executives, with a primary focus on US CEOs and additional insights from European and global perspectives—providing a strategic road map for the year ahead.

Key Insights

US CEOs rank climate risk and sustainability as the top two external ESG factors likely to impact their business in 2025.
ESG regulatory complexity is increasing, but US CEOs anticipate less significant business

Author

Andrew Jones, PhD

Principal Researcher, Governance & Sustainability …
The Conference Board

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