New regulations such as California’s SB 253, SB 261, and SB 219, along with emerging mandatory sustainability standards worldwide, are driving an urgent need to move beyond manual processes and adopt digital capabilities for managing audit-ready environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data.

To meet these stricter reporting requirements, you need to manage extensive volumes of data. The problem comes when you still have to rely on manual reporting or software that cannot manage the workload effectively.

This UL Solutions article outlines why real-time reporting is so essential, why automation is no longer optional and how you can use the added improvements in transparency and accountability to improve governance and build trust with your stakeholders.