In the United States, the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) movement has rapidly evolved from socially responsible investing to a strategic imperative, influencing not only investment decisions and shareholders, but also business strategy, the economy, and people around the world. I’m giving. For governments, the goal is to build long-term sustainability and achieve desirable outcomes for residents and other stakeholders.
This is not the first time the government has tackled environmental and social issues. However, key forces are increasing the need for all levels of government—federal, state, local, local, and tribal—to collectively focus on ESG as central to their missions. ESG initiatives are becoming increasingly important due to increasing global risks, increasing costs associated with those risks, rising expectations from employees, the public, and stakeholders, declining trust in governments, and new financing opportunities. Attention can have a significant impact on mission accomplishment at all levels of government.
To learn more about the sentiment of the U.S. public and government employees regarding the government’s approach to ESG, KPMG will conduct a spring 2022 survey of 1,000 U.S. residents and 427 federal, state, and city government employees. Did. The survey reveals the extent to which government officials and voters hold governments accountable for addressing ESG issues, their satisfaction with government actions on ESG, the ESG issues that matter most to governments, and other key insights. It was revealed.