NEW YORK - The swirl of change around corporate sustainability reporting can create what feels like an increasingly crowded "alphabet soup" of directives, standards, frameworks, and mandates. Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. (G&A), a leading corporate sustainability consulting and research firm, has released a one-page guide to support companies in navigating the essential frameworks for sustainability reporting.

The quick reference guide, "The ABCs of Corporate Sustainability: Deciphering Key ESG Reporting Frameworks" is meticulously crafted to present the most concise possible explanation of essential mandatory and voluntary frameworks.

While not fully comprehensive, the guide presents the frameworks most often encountered by corporate sustainability reporters. It also provides links to further resources for deeper exploration of each framework or standard.

This quick reference guide aims to help users navigate the ABCs of corporate reporting frameworks with:

* A concise definition of each framework and its implementation status;

* Resource papers and briefs to go deeper into scope and requirements;

* Overlapping relationships among the frameworks, along with links to more guidance on interoperability.

Charlotte Perrottey, G&A Vice President of Sustainability Consulting, commented, "This guide fits a lot of information into a handy, small package. It captures what companies most need to know about the key frameworks at this moment in time -- even as things continue to evolve -- and efficiently relays not just definitions, but also the latest implementation status and how the frameworks relate to one another."

The one-page guide is freely available within G&A's resource center and can be downloaded here.

About G&A Institute, Inc.

G&A Institute is a leading sustainability consulting and research firm headquartered in New York City. Founded in 2006, Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc. (G&A) is a sustainability consulting and research firm headquartered in New York City. G&A helps corporate and investor clients recognize, understand, and develop winning strategies for sustainability and ESG issues to address stakeholder and shareholder concerns. G&A's proprietary, comprehensive full-suite process for sustainability reporting is designed to help organizations achieve sustainability leadership in their industry and sector and maximize return on investment for sustainability initiatives.

Since 2011, G&A has been building and expanding a comprehensive database of corporate sustainability reporting data based on analysis of thousands of ESG and sustainability reports to help steer strategy for our clients and improve their disclosure and reporting.

More information is available on our website at ga-institute.com.

CONTACT:

Louis D. Coppola, Executive Vice President & Co-Founder

Governance & Accountability Institute, Inc.

Tel 646.430.8230 ext 14

Email: lcoppola@ga-institute.com