ESG Risk Management in 2025: Trends, Pitfalls, and Global Shifts

In 2025, Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) risk management isn’t just a corporate checkbox – it’s at the heart of how businesses navigate sustainability, ethics, and long-term resilience. As we’ve highlighted in previous articles on WINSS, ESG has moved from the margins to the core of business strategy, driven by evolving regulations, growing pressure from investors and communities, and rapid tech innovation.

But despite this momentum, major challenges remain. Inconsistent standards, unclear metrics, political changes, and access barriers – especially for smaller companies – continue to stall meaningful progress.

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