ESG trends for 2025: What can you expect?
In 2025, ESG will become an even more defining factor in the economic landscape than ever before. Companies will face a number of challenging changes, and will need to demonstrate vision, commitment and innovation to play a leading role in this transition. At the same time, the new developments offer plenty of opportunities for companies to realize both social impact and commercial added value. Below are six key trends will set the tone in the coming months.
Update: on 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its EU Omnibus proposal to simplify sustainability legislation. Read our more recent article about it here.
The climate transition plan: a critical component of every sustainability report
Alongside a carbon footprint and emission reduction targets, large companies in Europe now also need a climate transition plan for their sustainability report and strategy. What exactly does this entail, and how do you tackle such a plan?
Update: on 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its EU Omnibus proposal to simplify sustainability legislation. Read our more recent article about it here.
The Green Directives: no more greenwashing
The European Union is taking action against misleading eco-labels and green claims. This is a great opportunity for companies with a strong sustainability strategy to market their story. But how do you communicate your ESG initiatives effectively, and how do you substantiate them?
Pantarein event highlights pragmatic approach to CSRD
On Tuesday 12 November 2024, for the third year in a row, we brought together sustainability managers for an inspiring afternoon of knowledge-sharing on the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and sustainability reporting. The central theme this year: How should you deal with the CSRD pragmatically? We summarize the key insights for you.
Update: on 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its EU Omnibus proposal to simplify sustainability legislation. Read our more recent article about it here.
Meet our Team Leads: Jonas Kiesekoms, Head of Communication
For more than 20 years, Pantarein has been building the sustainable world of tomorrow as a consulting firm. Our growing team assists various companies in their ESG trajectories. At the helm of the projects are our team leads: senior consultants with tons of experience. But who are they, and what drives them? They will tell us all about this in our ‘meet our team leads’ mini-series. Here, you will get to know Jonas Kiesekoms, Head of Communication.
Meet our Team Leads: Anke Massart, Head of ESG Implementation
Pantarein has been building the sustainable world of tomorrow as a consulting firm for more than 20 years. Our growing team assists various companies in their ESG trajectories. At the helm of the projects are our team leads: senior consultants with tons of experience. But who are they, and what drives them?They tell us in this mini-series ‘meet our team leads’. Here, you can get to know Anke Massart, Head of ESG Implementation.
Tagging according to the ESRS XBRL Taxonomy: the next step in ESG reporting
On 30 August 2024, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) published the long-awaited eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) Taxonomy for European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) Set 1. This taxonomy allows ESG reports to be digitally tagged according to the CSRD by providing XBRL elements, or ‘tags’, for each data point from the ESRS disclosure requirements. It is high time to master the basics.
Update: on 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its EU Omnibus proposal to simplify sustainability legislation. Read our more recent article about it here.
Meet our Team Leads: Liesbeth Voets, Head of ESG Strategy & Reporting
Pantarein has been building the sustainable world of tomorrow as a consulting firm for more than 20 years. Our growing team assists various companies in their ESG trajectories. At the helm of the projects are our team leads: senior consultants with tons of experience. Who are they and what drives them? They tell us in this mini-series ‘meet our team leads’. We start with Liesbeth Voets, Head of ESG Strategy & Reporting.
From materiality analysis to a sustainability strategy and narrative
Conducting a materiality analysis gives you a clear view of which topics are strategically important for your company. But a list of ESG topics is not yet the same as a sustainability strategy. How do you translate your material topics into an ESG roadmap? And how do you develop a narrative that people will empathize with? At Pantarein, we help dozens of companies with those strategic steps.
If your company falls under the CSRD, then the double materiality analysis is a necessary step towards a compliant report. But in addition, whether you are required to publish a CSRD report or not, your material topics are also your compass for the future. If you want a sustainability strategy – or, by extension, a business strategy – that prepares your company for the climate-neutral economy of the future, then the materiality analysis forms the foundation of that, too. After all, it provides indispensable information about your impacts on people and the environment, as well as the future consequences of climate change for your sector and company, for instance.
Update: on 26 February 2025, the European Commission published its EU Omnibus proposal to simplify sustainability legislation. Read our more recent article about it here.
