ESG across borders How people around the world understand and prioritise sustainability issues -ipsos-此为英文文档

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FOREWORD

LaurenDemar

ChiefSustainabilityOfficerand

GlobalHeadofESG,Ipsos

Lauren.Demar@I

Environmental.Social.Governance.ThedomainofESGstretchesacrossabroadrangeofthemesthatarejustascomplexastheyarefar-reaching.TotrulyunderstandhowsocietyisevolvingonESG,weneedtogoreallydeep.Asuperficialunderstandingofthesubjectisunlikelytobeenough.Theseare,afterall,someofthemostpressingandurgentchallengesfacingourworldtoday.Andfurthercomplicatingmatters,manyESGtopicsareinterconnected,makingitdifficulttolookattheminisolation.LiketheAcademyAward-winningfilm,itcanfeellikeEverythingEverywhereAllatOnce.

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Developingprogrammes,services,policies,andstrategiesthatarefitforpurposeandwhichwillhelpanorganisationorgovernmentbodytooperatemoresustainablyinthelongtermisnoeasytask.Eachcountryhasitsownidiosyncrasies,groundedinhistory,context,language,andculture.Justbecauseanapproachworksinoneplacedoesnotmeanitwillbeasuccesselsewhere.

Wetookthisastheimpetusforthisreport.OurgoalwastotakealookatwhatESGmeansforpeoplearoundtheworld,fromtheperspectiveoftheirday-to-daylives.Ourexplorationtakesusthroughtheir(oftencompeting)priorities.Itlooksatthelanguagepeopleuse,andhowtheyrelatetothelargertopicathand.Itexaminestheirexpectationsofbusinessesandinstitutions.Itexploreshowindividualscanbeinspiredandencouragedtotakepositiveaction.Anditraisesquestionsabouthowwecanbetterunderstand,communicate,andinnovate.

EverythingEverywhereAllatOnce.ESGisanoverwhelmingtopic,fullofnuanceanddifferingopinions,withhighexpectationsfromcitizensaroundtheworld,andmanyopportunitiestogetitright(andwrong).TakingactiononESGinitiativesisincreasinglybecominganecessity—onethatstartswithhavinganinformedviewonhowsocietythinks.

Wehopethisreportprovidesideas,information,andinspirationtohelpyoudevelopyourthinking.Asyouread,youwillnotethatwehaveprovideddetailsoftheresourcesandreferenceswefoundusefulinbringingtogetherthisreport.Letusknowwhatyouthink,andwhereweshouldgonext.Welookforwardtojoiningyouonyourjourney.

Eachcountryhasitsownidiosyncrasies,groundedinhistory,context,language,andculture.Justbecauseanapproachworksinoneplacedoesnotmeanitwillbeasuccesselsewhere.

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KEYLEARNINGS

Vocabularymatters

Amongtheglobalpublic,theterm“sustainability”hasamuchstrongerassociationwithenvironmentaltopicsthansocialorgovernancetopics,carryingdifferentspecificconnotationsindifferentcountries.OrganisationsandgovernmentbodiesmustclearlydefinewhattheymeanintheirESG

communications.

Peopleexpectgovernmentstoleadthewayinreducinginequality

Whichgroupsofsocietyareperceivedtobefacingthemostunequalorunfairtreatmentvariesdramaticallyfromonecountrytoanother.Butacrossallcountriessurveyed,thereisawidespreadagreementthatgovernmentsareprimarilyresponsibleforreducinginequality.

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Thefightagainst

climatechange

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Globally,thereisasharedsensethatallcountrieswillneedtoworktogetherinordertofullytackleclimatechange.Butsomecountriesfeeltheyarebeingaskedtosacrificetoomuch.

Cultureiskey

Threeculturaldimensionsshapepeople’sattitudes,perceptionsandbehaviourstowardsESGtopics.Firstly,whethertheirculture’srelationshipwithnatureismoreoneofconquestoroneofco-existence.Secondly,theirperceptionsaboutwhohasthebestagencytodriveimpactandmakeadifference.Andthirdly,whethertheyprioritisebenefitsfortheworldatlargeorbenefitstotheirpersonallivesandthelivesofpeoplearoundthem.

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“Sustainability”isatermthathasrapidlybeenincorporatedintoeverydaybusinesslanguage,oftenasanoverarchingtermtoencompassESG(orEnvironment,Social,andGovernance).Itbroadlyfocusesondeliveringprosperitywithconsiderationofpeopleandplanet.1

Alookatthefrequencyofmentionsofthistermonsocialmediaalsosuggeststhattheexpressionisincreasinglybeingusedinonlineconversations(Figure1).

Butdowereallyunderstandwhatpeoplemeanwhentheyusethisword,anddoesitholdthesamemeaning

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Fig.1–Mentionsof#sustainability(Englishspeakingmarkets)

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Whatdoes“sustainability”meantopeopleacrosstheworldandindifferentcontexts?

Whatweasked:

Weaskedpeopleacross34countrieswhichof14topics–broadlybasedontheUN’sSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs)–theymostassociatewiththeword“sustainability”.

Whatwelearned:Environmentisprimary

Environmentalthemesdominate,withenergy,environmentaldamage,wasteandclimatechangeprovingtobethefourmoststronglyassociatedtopics.“Affordableandcleanenergy”comestop,withalmostathird(28%)choosingitasoneofthetopicstheymostassociatewith“sustainability”(Figure2).

Indeedthetopsixassociationswiththetermsustainablityallcover“E”topics,with“accessingcleanwaterandnutritiousfood”and“ensuringgoodhealthandwellbeing”forall

ranking7thand8th(Figure2).

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Fig.2–Associationswiththeterm“sustainability”

Q.Whichofthefollowingtopics,ifany,doyoumostassociatewiththeword“sustainability”?Pleaseselectthetopthree.

Affordableandcleanenergy

Encouragingmoreresilientandresponsible

industriesthatdonotdamagetheenvironment

Onlyproducingandconsumingwhat

isneededandeliminatingwaste

Takingactiontocombatclimatechange

Conservingandresponsibleuseof

oceansandmarineresources

Protectingwildlifeandrestoringnaturalhabitats

Accesstocleanwaterandnutritiousfoodforall

Ensuringgoodhealthandwellbeingforall

Endingpovertyandreducinginequality

Fullandproductiveemploymentand

decentworkforall

Inclusiveandqualityeducationforall

Promotingpeace,justiceandstronginstitutions

Makingcitiesandhumansettlementsmore

protectedfromnaturaldisaster

Genderequality

Don’tknow

Noneofthese

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor

Base:22,528onlineadultsaged16-74across34countries,26thAugust-9thSeptember2022.

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Evenfurtherdownthelistaremoresocialissueslikepoverty,inequality,productiveemployment,inclusivity,education,peaceandjustice,withgenderequalityhavingthelowestassociationofall.Soweseethat,atatop-linelevel,environmentrelatedtopicsaremoreclearlylinkedtotheterm“sustainability”thansocialissues.

Whatisbeingdiscussedwhen#sustainabilityisused?

Whenwelookatwhatpeoplearesayingonline,weseeagainthatthepublicassociatetheterm“sustainability”morestronglywithenvironmentalissuesthanwithsocialorgovernanceissues.Wecarriedouttopicmodellingofonlineconversationsrelatingtotheuseof“#sustainability”drawnfromthreemonthsofallEnglishlanguagecontentoversummer2022.2Bycuratingalistofover100topicsdownto34macrotopicsthatdescribeonlineconversation(showninFigure3),wecouldseethatwater,climatechangeand

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Fig.3–#Sustainability–keyconversationtopics

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However,bothSustainabilityinBusinessandESGInitiativesarealsoveryprominent,suggestingthatconversationsdomovebeyondEforenvironment–asweseeinthe34-countryquantitativeanalysis.

Andhowdoemployeesinterpretsustainability?

Takingathirdperspective(beyondsurveyandonlineconversations),weaskedemployeeswhattheythought“sustainability”meantwhenitisusedinanorganisationalcontext.3Whileorganisationsuse“sustainability”torefertoESGinitsbroadeststate,ourresearchshowsthatemployeeshaveanarrowerunderstandingoftheterm.Onceagainenvironmentdominates,withamajorityofresponsesreferringtobeingenvironmentallyfriendly.

Aquarterofresponsesassociatethetermwiththinkingaboutthefuture,withapproximatelyonein10mentioningclearandfocusedbusinessstrategy.Socialassociations,suchaslookingaftercommunities,focusingonemployees

andsupportingclients,followbehind.

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Fig.4–Meaningofsustainabilityforemployees

Q.Whenyouhearthetermsustainabilityusedinanorganisation,whatdoesthismeantoyou?*

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Source:IpsosKarianandBoxonlinesurvey.

Base:8,407responsesfromemployeesatfourFinancialServicesfirmshead-quarteredintheUKandIreland,collectedbetweenOctoberandNovember2022*Asanopen-textquestion,responseswereanalysedandcodedintothemes,thetopofwhicharereportedhere.Themesdon’tsum100%assomecommentsmentionedseveralthemes.

Beingenvironmentallyfriendly

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ThislatestanalysisisrestrictedtotheFinancialServicessector;oursenseisthatthisviewcouldbecommonacrossmanysectors.

Aglobalaveragehiding

regionaldifferences

Associationswiththeterm“sustainability”varygreatlyacrosstheworld(seeFigure5overpage).Thisislikelydrivenbytheverydifferentpolitical,environmental,andsocialbackdropsineachcountry,aswellastheparticularculturalcontext.

Onaverageglobally,almostaquarter(24%)associatesustainabilitywith“onlyproducingandconsumingwhatisneededandeliminatingwaste”.ButthisglobalaverageisheldupnotablybystrongerassociationsacrossEuropeancountrieslikeRomania,Hungary(both36%),GreatBritain(35%),Italy,IrelandandFrance(34%each).

Atthesametime,whileonly15%across34countriesassociate“fullandproductiveemploymentanddecentworkforall”withsustainability.Thisrisestoalmostthreein10inArgentinaandPeru(both29%)andtoalmostfourin

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Fig.5–Associationswiththeterm“sustainability”bycountry

Q.Whichofthefollowingtopics,ifany,doyoumostassociatewiththeword“sustainability”?Pleaseselectthetopthree.

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Fullandproductiveemploymentanddecentworkforall

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Inclusiveandqualityeducationforall

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Makingcitiesandhumansettlementsmoreprotectedfromnaturaldisaster

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10inIndonesia(37%).Andlinkageto“inclusiveandqualityeducationforall”ismuchhigherinSaudiArabia(29%)andtheUnitedArabEmirates(24%)thantheglobalaverageof12%.

Of34countries,Malaysiahasthemostaccurateunderstandingoftheword“sustainability”,withenvironmental,socialandgovernanceissuesallappearinginthetopfivetopicsmoststronglyassociatedwiththeterm.

What’sthepriority?

Althoughwhenthepublicheartheword“sustainability”theyaremorelikelytothinkofenvironmentaltopics,theiractualprioritiesspreadmoreevenlyacrossEandS.

Whenwegavecitizensfromacross34countriesalistofsustainabilitytopicsandaskedwhichissuetheymostwanttheircountrytoprioritise,providing“affordableandcleanenergy”camenumberone(26%).Thefocusthenswitchestocoresocialtopics,with“endingpovertyandreducinginequality”and“ensuringgoodhealthandwellbeingforall”

completingcitizens’topthreepriorities(both23%)(Figure6).

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Fig.6–Whatcitizenswanttheircountrytoprioritise:aspreadacrossEandSQ.Whenitcomestosustainability,whichofthefollowingthingsaremostimportantforyourcountrytoaddress?Pleaseselectthetopthree.

Affordableandcleanenergy

Endingpovertyandreducinginequality

Ensuringgoodhealthandwellbeingforall

Encouragingmoreresilientandresponsible

industriesthatdonotdamagetheenvironment

Takingactiontocombatclimatechange

Fullandproductiveemploymentand

decentworkforall

Accesstocleanwaterandnutritiousfoodforall

Onlyproducingandconsumingwhat

isneededandeliminatingwaste

Protectingwildlifeandrestoringnaturalhabitats

Conservingandresponsibleuseof

oceansandmarineresources

Inclusiveandqualityeducationforall

Promotingpeace,justiceandstronginstitutions

Makingcitiesandhumansettlementsmore

protectedfromnaturaldisaster

Genderequality

Don’tknow

Noneofthese

Source:IpsosGlobalAdvisor

Base:22,528onlineadultsaged16-74across34countries,26thAugust-9thSeptember2022.

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ThisalignswithwhatweseeinIpsos’WhatWorriestheWorldsurvey:4peoplearemostlikelytofocusonverysocialconcernsthatimpactthemday-to-dayratherthanonenvironmentalissueswhichcansometimesfeelmoreremote.Howeverasmaybeexpected,thetwosocialissuesofpoverty&inequalityandgoodhealth/wellbeingforallarenotaswidelyprioritisedindevelopedeconomiesastheyareindevelopingeconomies.

Theglobalfocusthenswitchesbacktotacklingclimatechange,whichcomesinasthefourthpriority–hardlysurprisinggiventhatoneintwogloballytellusclimatechangehasalreadyhadasevereeffectintheareawheretheylive.5

Acrossthe34countries,“fullandproductiveemploymentanddecentworkforall”isthefifthmostimportanttopicthattheglobalpublicthinktheircountryshouldfocuson(chosenby19%),butthisisnoticeablymoreimportantforcitizensin

Argentina(37%),Indonesia(36%)andPeru(30%).

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Fig.7–Whatcitizenswantbusinesstoprioritise

TopConcerns

PracticinggoodGovernance

includingtaxstrategy,executiveremuneration

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Base:19,000onlineadultsaged16-74across27countries,April2023

Q:Whenitcomestotheroleofmulti-nationalcompaniesincorporateresponsibilityhowimportantareeachofthefollowingareas?

Pleaserankthebelowareaswhere1ismostimportantand3isleastimportant

29%43%28%

ProtectingtheEnvironment

includingprotectingandcaringforournaturalenvironment

ImprovingSociety

includingtreatmentofemployees&diversity,workingconditions

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15–Ipsos|ESGAcrossBorders:TheCulturalContext

Whenitcomestodesiredactiontocreateasustainablefuture,itisimportanttonotethemorebalancedspreadbetweenenvironmentalandsocialissues.Thisechoeswhatwehaveseeninourresearchelsewhere:whencitizensareaskedabouttheroleofmulti-nationalcompaniesincorporateresponsibility,theyassignrelativelyequalprioritytoenvironmental,socialandgovernance(ESG)topics–althoughthemostrecentdatashowsthattheweighthasshiftedtofocusmoreonthe‘S’ofimprovingsociety.6

Consideringthestrengthoftheirassociationwiththeterm“sustainability”,issuesrelatingtonaturearerelativelylowamongtheprioritiesthatcitizenswanttheircountrytoaddress.Thatsaid,“protectingwildlifeandrestoringnaturalhabitats”remainsmoreofapriorityforAustralia(27%),Germany(26%),China(24%),andGreatBritain(23%),comparedwithaglobalcountryaverageof17%.Interestingly,workwithEDF7showsthatcitizensfromAustralia,Germany,andGreatBritainareamongtheleast

likelyacross30marketstotakepartinproteststocombatclimatechange(whichdirectlyimpactsthesehabitats).Perhapsanairofthe‘say-do’orperhaps‘say-careenough’gap?

Citizensassignrelativelyequalprioritytoenvironmental,socialandgovernance(ESG)topics.

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India

Brazil

SouthAfrica

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Fig.8–Whatcitizenswanttheircountrytofocuson

Q.Whenitcomestosustainability,whichofthefollowingthingsaremostimportantforyourcountrytoaddress?Pleaseselectthetopthree.

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ARG

AUS

BEL

BRA

CAN

CHL

CHN

COL

GER

ESP

FRA

GB

HUN

IDN

IRE

ISR

IND

ITA

JAP

KOR

MEX

MAL

NLD

PER

POL

ROU

SAU

SWE

SGP

THA

TUR

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UAE

RSA

Affordableandcleanenergy

26%

17%

36%

31%

26%

27%

25%

23%

23%

27%

32%

22%

36%

36%

18%

39%

28%

23%

37%

15%

22%

23%

13%

40%

13%

33%

26%

26%

29%

29%

21%

27%

26%

24%

28%

Endingpovertyandreducinginequality

23%

34%

14%

20%

26%

17%

20%

24%

25%

16%

19%

15%

17%

30%

36%

19%

32%

23%

17%

21%

27%

23%

30%

18%

27%

18%

24%

22%

18%

14%

35%

29%

18%

26%

35%

Ensuringgoodhealthandwellbeingforall

23%

27%

17%

22%

27%

22%

25%

21%

24%

14%

20%

17%

19%

25%

35%

21%

31%

23%

23%

21%

14%

25%

29%

23%

36%

14%

24%

22%

24%

23%

20%

24%

19%

20%

21%

Encouragingmoreresilientandresponsibleindustriesthatdonotdamagetheenvironment

22%

22%

22%

15%

21%

20%

29%

29%

26%

12%

24%

15%

22%

25%

28%

24%

19%

22%

18%

17%

34%

29%

19%

23%

26%

23%

23%

19%

20%

25%

20%

27%

17%

17%

17%

Takingactiontocombatclimatechange

21%

18%

27%

18%

18%

21%

25%

26%

22%

25%

26%

27%

25%

19%

16%

24%

12%

17%

29%

18%

35%

21%

14%

28%

13%

28%

18%

14%

22%

30%

10%

23%

23%

15%

17%

Fullandproductiveemploymentanddecentworkforall

19%

37%

12%

13%

22%

11%

22%

21%

25%

9%

22%

11%

15%

10%

36%

16%

18%

22%

25%

14%

31%

26%

15%

7%

30%

20%

17%

13%

16%

17%

22%

23%

15%

14%

31%

Accesstocleanwaterandnutritiousfoodforall

19%

20%

17%

17%

23%

26%

17%

17%

21%

18%

14%

14%

15%

25%

18%

21%

21%

21%

13%

13%

10%

27%

20%

21%

20%

21%

21%

15%

18%

20%

13%

17%

28%

22%

32%

Onlyproducingandconsumingwhatisneededandeliminatingwaste

19%

9%

26%

23%

19%

19%

12%

16%

12%

26%

22%

26%

26%

23%

11%

25%

12%

18%

26%

20%

21%

12%

16%

23%

9%

23%

27%

13%

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12%

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