Who Should Pay for ESG Infrastructure?

Meridian Institute brought together non-governmental organizations (NGOs), companies, and researchers to support sustainable supply chains in the food and agriculture sector. One of the challenges these parties tackled was how to provide easily accessible, transparent, and credible data and tools to enable monitoring, risk assessment, and action. Foundations and nonprofits built the tools that companies now use for ESG reporting, brand credibility, and risk management.

In this article former Meridian program director, Robyn Paulekas, explores funding models for maintaining these tools so they remain credible, transparent, and financially viable.