ESG presentation examples

Why ESG reports are often designed as decks

Many companies now publish their sustainability report in a landscape, slide-style layout rather than as a portrait document. It reads well on a screen, works as a presentation for investors and employees, and lets each commitment have its own page. The reports here follow the common structure: a message from leadership, the material topics and targets, progress on environment, social and governance, and a data appendix mapped to frameworks such as GRI, SASB and TCFD. They are published by the companies themselves, usually once a year, and each deck shows the reporting period it covers.

An ESG report has to turn hundreds of data points into a story people will read. These decks show how companies do it: a few headline targets up front, one page per commitment, and the detailed data held back for the appendix.

Anatomy of an ESG report deck

1. 01

   Leadership message and highlights

   A letter from the CEO or chief sustainability officer, followed by the year's key numbers on a single page.

2. 02

   Strategy and material topics

   The issues that matter most to the business and its stakeholders, usually shown as a materiality matrix, with the targets set for each.

3. 03

   Environment

   Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions against a baseline year, renewable energy, water and waste, and the path to net zero.

4. 04

   People and communities

   Workforce, health and safety, diversity and inclusion, supply chain standards and community programmes.

5. 05

   Governance and data appendix

   Board oversight, ethics and risk, followed by data tables and an index to the reporting frameworks used.