Early-stage Greentech and cleantech companies often assume Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) is implicit. After all, the product is about sustainability.
But is that a safe assumption? Are mission and personal conviction enough? For such companies, focus will be on execution, governance, and readiness for scrutiny long before scale, revenue, or widespread deployment. At this stage, ESG is not about impact reporting. It is about whether the company is credible under pressure, how trust is built, risk is assessed, and how the potential for long-term value is protected.
Read the informed perspectives in the article from James Cowper Kreston’s Fiona Hawkins HERE.
