1、SPECIAL REPORT|GLOBAL CORPORATE SUSTAINABILITY SURVEY 2025Making Sustainability Work How Strategy,Resilience and Delivery Align in Leading BusinessesGlobal Corporate Sustainability Survey 2025 SPECIAL REPORTKey takeaways 3Executive summary 4The state of play 6Sustainability goes mainstream 8The prog

2、ress-execution gap 10Where impact happens:Energy,talent and circular wins 12The hard part starts here 14The demand side of the equation 17What comes next?Three actions for senior leaders 19Contents2 Global Corporate Sustainability Survey 2025SPECIAL REPORTKey takeaways1.C-suite integration Today,sus

3、tainability is embedded in the C-suite agenda at most organizations,with chief executive officers(CEOs),chief financial officers(CFOs)and chief sustainability officers(CSOs)driving initiatives alongside sustainability teams.Responsibility now extends beyond specialists,requiring active ownership fro

4、m core business units to deliver measurable impact.2.KPI momentum Increasingly,corporates are setting key performance indicators(KPIs)to track progress,measure performance and meet stakeholder expectations.Today,42%of firms have measurable sustainability KPIs,which is up from 27%just three years ago

5、.Energy and industrials are the most advanced sectors across formal sustainability strategies and KPIs.3.Sustainability spend Sustainability spend has leveled off over the past year amid geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty.In the U.S.,political polarization has driven a split:Approximately 50

6、%of firms,particularly in energy and industrials,have deprioritized sustainability under the new administration,while about 35%have increased focus.4.ROI-driven investment Despite this,over half of corporates have seen positive financial return on their sustainability investments to date,particularl