ESG reporting: It’s no longer a question of whether sustainability is important

9. March 2023

Yesterday, Invest gathered their portfolio companies in Nyborg for the annual ESG reporting. The day featured presentations from Deloitte, who taught ESG reporting legislation, Develop Diverse, who introduced their tool to ensure diversity in the country's future workplaces, and finally workshops where business potentials within the social agenda were discussed.

How do we ensure the socially sustainable agenda?

One of the most important points that we can take away from this year’s ESG meeting is that when we talk about sustainability, welfare and diversity – the talk should not start with whether it is important to the company. Because it is always important.

Yesterday, the focus was therefore on how we as companies in Denmark work with sustainability when we met with our portfolio companies in Nyborg. For the same reason, we had invited some talented people in for a talk about how we can cultivate sustainable companies, if we put diversity in the forefront, among other things.

Develop Diverse taught their tool, which changes how we work with and internally talk about diversity. The tool focuses specifically on removing the linguistic pitfalls that arise when we need to attract the most attractive talents – regardless of gender, age or ethnicity – and thereby create a sustainable and diverse company.

ESG legislation and Impact agenda

UN Global Compact DK started by mapping what is going on in the world’s sustainability network when it comes to impact and ESG. Together with Deloitte , we outlined the new and upcoming requirements for ESG reporting, and we appropriately concluded by discussing the business potentials that lie within the social agenda with Cabi.

When we talk about sustainability, something happens

During the workshops, the portfolio companies also shared their experiences with the implementation of ESG reporting in their business strategies. They discussed how to measure the success of social sustainability initiatives and the impact of these on both companies and society as a whole.

The Invest team intends to continue working closely with their portfolio companies to ensure a socially sustainable agenda. We believe that this approach will help companies build stronger and more sustainable business models that are adapted to the challenges facing society today.

We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who participated for an exciting and rewarding event! Both to presenters, but not least to our portfolio companies for their good input.

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