ESG standards are increasingly finding their way into high finance and the requirements of the largest international corporations:
The financial targets should be pursued of course, according to the specification to the management in the Apple group. However, a further goal was defined: “high standards of value-based management” should be guaranteed, above all through compliance with social values and environmental standards. Failure to achieve this: no or significantly lower bonuses for management!
This news was worth a short report even to the ORF online editorial team.