Decision Intelligence Benchmark: ESG & Sustainability Strategic Priorities for 2027
How ESG leaders are meeting new reporting deadlines on tighter budgets in 2027
ESG leaders head into 2027 with regulatory deadlines arriving. Reporting has overtaken risk as the top priority, and the most pressing initiatives center on getting data ready for new standards and assurance. Funding is tighter. Overall budgets lean toward cuts, headcount is mostly holding flat, and technology spending is growing in small steps.
This report shows where your peers are putting their budgets, attention, and effort next year, and how they’re preparing for new requirements while the rules keep changing.
Inside, you’ll discover:
- Why reporting has overtaken risk at the top of the 2027 agenda, and the new disclosure requirements many companies are preparing for
- Why regulatory work is under more pressure to show its value, and why it’s harder to know what preparation is worth funding
- How ESG teams are using AI to fill gaps in their tool stack instead of replacing it
- Why ESG budget outlooks lag the benchmark average, even as most teams hold onto headcount
- Why leaders are less confident in their own capacity than a year ago, and the threat they name most often for 2027
Download the report to see how your peers are building reporting programs that hold up as the rules change.
