Targeting, corporate access or sell-side research: What did we talk about before ESG?

In 2021, three quarters of IR Magazine cover stories focused on ESG. We looked at how companies were increasingly tying executive compensation to ESG, explored the ways in which ESG was being integrated into sell-side research and examined how ESG was shaping corporate reporting. Of course, IR Magazine has long covered ESG issues – just as the themes that fall under this umbrella have long been covered by IR professionals. In 2011, Neil Stewart talked about ‘the great sustainability race’.