What’s Stopping Boards from Turning Sustainability Aspirations into Action

As environmental and societal challenges increase, company boards have a fiduciary and moral duty to arm themselves with the people, the knowledge, and the tools needed to promote long-term sustainability.

In this report, we look at how well, and indeed whether, sustainability issues are being understood at board level. Drawing on the BA findings and on 25 interviews with non-executive board members, we focus on three key aspects of the problem: What are boards really saying about sustainability? What are the obstacles to them taking more effective action? What changes should be made by boards so that their companies respond more effectively to sustainability challenges?