Mercer's Path to Sustainability: Understanding Through ESG Double
Mercer's Path to Sustainability: Understanding Through ESG Double
February 28, 2024 / All Stories, Company News, Environment, Featured, Investors, Sustainability
Mercer's Path to Sustainability: Understanding Through ESG Double
美世的可持續發展之路:通過 ESG Double 進行理解
Assessing the materiality of environmental, social and governance (ESG) topics plays a crucial role in organizations' strategic planning and sustainable development. As a company that is aware of our business activities' role in society and the environment, we attach great importance to understanding the perspectives of our stakeholders and aligning our actions accordingly.
評估環境、社會和治理(ESG)主題的重要性在組織的戰略規劃和可持續發展中起着至關重要的作用。作爲一家意識到我們的業務活動在社會和環境中的作用的公司,我們非常重視了解利益相關者的觀點並相應地調整我們的行動。
What exactly is an ESG materiality assessment? It's a crucial step for organizations like ours to determine the sustainability topics that significantly impact our operations and our stakeholders. This strategic evaluation is instrumental in aligning our sustainability goals with broader societal and environmental objectives.
ESG 實質性評估到底是什麼?對於像我們這樣的組織來說,確定對我們的運營和利益相關者產生重大影響的可持續發展主題是至關重要的一步。這項戰略評估有助於使我們的可持續發展目標與更廣泛的社會和環境目標保持一致。
In 2022, through this assessment, we've pinpointed areas requiring immediate action and long-term strategy adjustments. But we don't stop identifying what matters to us internally; we embrace the concept of double materiality. This means we evaluate how sustainability issues affect our business and how our operations impact the world around us. It's a dual perspective that guides our actions toward business resilience and societal and environmental betterment.
在2022年,通過這項評估,我們確定了需要立即採取行動和調整長期戰略的領域。但是,我們不會停止確定對我們內部重要的事情;我們擁護雙重物質性的概念。這意味着我們會評估可持續發展問題如何影響我們的業務以及我們的運營如何影響我們周圍的世界。這是一個雙重視角,指導我們採取行動,實現業務彈性以及社會和環境改善。
Principles of materiality assessment:
重要性評估原則:
Mercer recognizes that economic activity not only influences financial results but can also significantly impact society and the environment. Therefore, identifying and assessing ESG issues is of central importance to us. We carry out a comprehensive materiality assessment every two years and an annual assessment to address our stakeholders' concerns continuously.
美世認識到,經濟活動不僅會影響財務業績,還可以對社會和環境產生重大影響。因此,識別和評估ESG問題對我們至關重要。我們每兩年進行一次全面的重要性評估,並每年進行一次評估,以持續解決利益相關者的擔憂。
Methodology of the materiality analysis:
實質性分析的方法:
In 2022, Mercer reviewed the results of the previous year's materiality analysis. The comprehensive data collection methodology included questionnaires, investor interviews, customer surveys, dialogue with governments and regulators, employee interviews and local community engagement. The stakeholder questionnaires were designed to assess and prioritize the importance of ESG issues and identify emerging issues. This comprehensive data collection provides Mercer with a holistic and diverse understanding of the material aspects of its business.
2022年,美世回顧了去年重要性分析的結果。全面的數據收集方法包括問卷調查、投資者訪談、客戶調查、與政府和監管機構的對話、員工訪談和當地社區的參與。利益相關者問卷旨在評估ESG問題的重要性並確定其優先順序,並確定新出現的問題。這種全面的數據收集使美世對其業務的實質方面有了全面而多樣的理解。
Double materiality:
雙重材質:
A critical aspect of the assessment process is the concept of double materiality. This emerging approach considers the relevance of the identified issues to the company value itself and their impacts on the environment and society as a whole. This dual perspective enables Mercer to incorporate various factors into the decision-making process and ensure that the issues identified are company-specific and relevant to society.
評估過程的一個關鍵方面是雙重實質性的概念。這種新興方法考慮了已確定的問題與公司價值本身的相關性及其對環境和整個社會的影響。這種雙重視角使美世能夠將各種因素納入決策過程,並確保所發現的問題是公司特有的,與社會息息相關。
Objective of the materiality analysis:
實質性分析的目的:
Mercer's primary objective is to identify the most important sustainability issues and develop a holistic, effective, and transparent sustainability strategy with stakeholders. The materiality analysis is the basis for defining and aligning the company's sustainability goals.
美世的主要目標是確定最重要的可持續發展問題,並與利益相關者一起制定全面、有效和透明的可持續發展戰略。重要性分析是定義和調整公司可持續發展目標的基礎。
Integration into the sustainability report:
整合到可持續發展報告中:
Mercer's sustainability report's content is guided by the materiality assessment results. The most important topics from the economy, environment, and society, which were identified as part of the analysis, are highlighted in our materiality matrix. This underlines Mercer's commitment to transparency and disclosing the most relevant aspects of its business activities from a sustainability perspective.
美世可持續發展報告的內容以重要性評估結果爲指導。我們的實質性矩陣重點介紹了作爲分析一部分的經濟、環境和社會中最重要的話題。這凸顯了美世對透明度的承諾,並從可持續發展的角度披露其業務活動中最相關的方面。
Overall, conducting a thorough materiality assessment enables us to achieve business success in a way that also embeds positive impacts on society and the environment. This proactive approach helps to create long-term value for the company and our stakeholders.
總體而言,進行全面的重要性評估使我們能夠以對社會和環境產生積極影響的方式取得業務成功。這種積極的方法有助於爲公司和我們的利益相關者創造長期價值。
You can find the Sustainability Report 2022 here
你可以找到《2022年可持續發展報告》 這裏
譯文內容由第三人軟體翻譯。