Corporate sustainability didn’t go away. It got harder to talk about.

ESG may be out of the headlines, but sustainability’s risk hasn’t disappeared. Past climate commitments are coming due, U.S. and EU regulators are pulling in opposite directions, and AI’s surging energy demand has opened a new line of environmental scrutiny. Most companies still rank sustainability as a corporate priority, but today’s reputational landscape demands a new game plan.

Our Chief Strategy Officer Kendall VanHoose and Executive Advisor Alex Cole briefed on where the sustainability conversation is moving, and what that means for your engagement strategy. Drawing on Gravity Research's 360 Peer Tracking and proprietary conversation analytics, we covered:

• The new landscape. How media, activists, and policymakers are reshaping sustainability's terrain, and where pressure is building.
• The strategic shift. How Fortune 500 companies have moved from aspirational climate framing to positioning sustainability around efficiency and resilience.
• The candor question. How CEOs and Chief Sustainability Officers’ thought leadership is saying about goal gaps, regulatory headwinds, and AI's environmental footprint

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