Common digital format for sustainability reports more useful than dressed-up pages

LISTED companies on the Singapore Exchange (SGX) have been required to perform sustainability reporting since 2016.

And it is clear that many companies have put in plenty of time and money to produce these glossy reports, trumpeting their commitment to environment, social and governance (ESG) issues each year.

But anecdotal evidence suggests most investors largely ignore these documents, or, at best, briefly skim through them.