Number of companies publishing sustainability reports that meet the
minimum reporting requirements

To meet the minimum requirements a company must have published information on a set of key disclosure elements covering thecompany’s governance practices as well as economic, social and environment impacts.

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    What you should know about this indicator

    Number of companies publishing sustainability reports with disclosure by dimension, by level of requirement (Number)

    Further information available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-12-06-01.pdf

    Number of companies publishing sustainability reports that meet the minimum reporting requirements
    Number of companies publishing sustainability reports with disclosure by dimension, by level of requirement (Number)
    Source
    United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development – processed by Our World in Data
    Last updated
    August 27, 2024
    Next expected update
    August 2026
    Date range
    2016–2022
    Unit
    number

    Sources and processing

    This data is based on the following sources

    The United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) dataset is the primary collection of data tracking progress towards the SDG indicators, compiled from officially-recognized international sources.

    Retrieved on
    August 27, 2024
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    United Nations Environment Programme and United Nations Conference on Trade and Development via UN SDG Indicators Database (https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/dataportal), UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (accessed 2024). More information available at: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-12-06-01.pdf.

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