ESG Copywriting

ESG Reporting Projects

These reports are linked on the respective companies’ websites. I have provided ESG reporting services as the lead project copywriter unless otherwise noted. For projects with direct clients (*), I have also provided strategic advisory services. Clients with NDAs remain anonymous:

• 2024 Rehlko ESG Report (forthcoming)

• 2024 NCBA CLUSA Impact Report (forthcoming) 

• 2024 CoBank Sustainability Report (forthcoming) 

• 2024 EU-based Commercial Real Estate report, CSRD aligned* (forthcoming) 

• Home Depot 2024 ESG Report

• Cognizant 2023 Sustainability Report

• EU-based Commercial Real Estate Sector 2023 Sustainability Report*

• Mastercard 2023 ESG Report

• CoBank 2023 Sustainability Report

• Wabtec 2023 Sustainability Report

• Home Depot 2023 ESG Report

• Commercial Real Estate Sector 2023 Sustainability Reports

• Steel Manufacturing Sector 2023 ESG Report

ABOUT ESG COPYwriting

A global movement to prioritize sustainable finance and advance sustainable development has led businesses and investors to prioritize long-term value creation and societal good.

The importance of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) industry has grown significantly in recent years. The industry’s growth is driven by factors such as investor interest, customer demand and regulatory updates.

Mandatory ESG reporting standards such as the EU's CSRD and IFRS Sustainability Standards (where adopted) aim to bring more organizations in line with the Paris Agreement and the UN sustainable development goals while incorporating strategic sustainability risk and opportunity management as a standard part of business reporting.

In the U.S., however, companies often still report under voluntary ESG frameworks and standards such as GRI, SASB and TCFD. California’s climate disclosure bills SB 261 and SB 253, and the SEC’s climate disclosure rules, also require greater standards-aligned disclosures. In addition, many states are passing building benchmarking and performance standards for commercial real estate disclosures of building-related carbon emissions.

As a US citizen residing in Berlin, Germany, I help organizations active in different global markets to align with relevant standards in ESG reporting projects or to share ESG trends and insights in thought leadership.

I have pursued ESG-related topics as my main copywriting niche since 2019, and I support clients focusing on various aspects of the ESG industry, including:

• Reporting companies (most industries)

• ESG consultants and advisors

• Sustainability communications and PR firms

• ESG investment management firms and digital platforms

• Sustainability management SaaS platforms

ESG Thought Leadership

Here is a non-exhaustive list of examples of my recent work related to ESG:

• The Role of IT in Sustainability / Atrius.com (Ghostwritten)

• 7 ESG Frameworks Explained from a Carbon Accounting Lens / Atrius.com (Ghostwritten)

• CSRD: A Guide to ESG Reporting in Europe / Atrius.com (Ghostwritten)

• ESG Scores among investors’ top complaints / Yourstake.org (Ghostwritten)

• Institutional vs Retail Investors: Who’s driving ESG investment? / Yourstake.org (Ghostwritten)

• How is the “anti-ESG movement” impacting ESG investing? / Yourstake.org (Ghostwritten)

• 7 useful ESG investment strategy definitions for explaining your approach / YourStake.org (Ghostwritten)

• How will the EU’s Sustainable Finance Regulations Influence the US SEC? / YourStake.org (Ghostwritten)

• Why ESG issues are long-term risk considerations / YourStake.org

• Decarbonization: Meaning, technology, and goals / Greenly.earth

• What is Carbon Management? / Greenly.earth

• ESG Investing: Meaning and Trends / Greenly.earth

• What is the Climate Corporate Accountability Act (Senate Bill 260)? / Greenly.earth

• How to get a B Corp Certification / Greenly.earth

• Carbon Disclosure Project: Criteria and Challenges / Greenly.earth

• What are Science Based Targets? [checklist included] / Aklimate

• Opportunities for sustainable startups: The time is right to seek funding and investment / Attis.earth (Ghostwritten)

• The US: Five Years on from Paris / Attis.earth (Ghostwritten)

• Why Sustainability in Business is Important / Tavares Consulting, Inc.

• AMD Zeroes in on Product efficiency, Emerging Markets and Supply Chain / (Ghostwritten)

• British Land: On the Eve of the Next Big Sustainability Push? / (Ghostwritten)

• Top 5 CSR Indicators for the Food and Beverage Industry / (Ghostwritten)

• Insights from HP’s Latest CSR Report / (Ghostwritten)

Available upon request:

• How the IPCC Report Shifted How We Think About Climate Change / Client of Benecomms (Ghostwritten)

• Climate Risk and Private Equity, a Primer / Client of Benecomms (Ghostwritten)

• Climate Change and the Future of Risk Management in Banks / Client of Benecomms (Ghostwritten)

• Gap Analysis Considerations for Aligning with TCFD Recommendations / Client of Benecomms (Ghostwritten)

• How ESG celebrates & supports the LGBTQ+ community / Goby, Inc. (Ghostwritten)