Impact measurement and reporting by private investors on their social
and environmental performance promotes corporate responsibility on
the ground and supports mobilization and channeling of investment.
High quality sustainability reporting involves the generation of internal
company data on sustainability related activities and control systems,
facilitating proactive management, target setting and benchmarking.
Publicly reported data can play an important role in enabling governments
to monitor the effectiveness of policies and incentive structures, and often
serve as a prerequisite for resource mobilization for investment in priority
sectors for sustainable development.