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Reforming ESG : a European and Global South perspective
17 January 2025

Authors: BORGHESI, Simone; CONSTANTINI, Valeria; D'AMATO, Alessio; DIBATTISTA, Ilaria; KOUNDOURI, Phoebe; LI, Qinci; MAZZARANO, Matteo; STERNER, Thomas; TIWARI, Mira Manini; VIS, Peter; XEPAPADEAS, Anastasios

The EU's non-financial reporting (NFR) regulations have significant impacts on Global South stakeholders, firms that must report, actors lower in the value chain, and organisations seeking investment from NFR-compliant firms or institutions. This paper sets forth six proposals to improve the global equity and sustainability implications of the EU's NFR from a Global South perspective. The proposals involve (1) developing regulation cooperatively with the Global South; (2) streamlining reporting to enable the regulations to have real effects and limit incorrect accounting; (3) digitalising reporting through accessible technologies for greater accountability and lower administrative burdens; (4) mandating scope 3 emissions accounting and incentivising related investment; (5) anchoring financial institutions' role in ethical investment and bridging Northern and Southern actors; and (6) strengthening citizen data and sustainability literacy to close the circle of incentives, implementation, and impact.
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