Download your copy of our 2026 Annual Report

How does your sustainability role compare with your peers?

When you’re focused on delivering your organisation’s sustainability priorities, it can be difficult to step back and see how the wider profession is changing.

Our 2026 Annual Report brings together research with in-house sustainability professionals to explore their roles today, their ambitions for the future and the growing focus on business partnering.

What can you expect in the report?

• Research into how sustainability professionals work today. Understand where business partnering currently fits within your peers’ roles and compare this with your own experience.
• A picture of where the profession wants to go. Explore the ambition to work more closely with colleagues across the business and help shape decisions.
• Findings to support conversations with your leadership team. Use evidence from the profession to discuss your team’s focus, responsibilities and future direction.
• A starting point for your own development. Reflect on how you want your role to evolve and where you could contribute most.

Why download it?

Just 21% currently see business partnering as their primary role, but 53% want it to become their main focus within the next year.

That gap raises questions for sustainability teams: does your current role reflect where you want to go? Do your colleagues share that ambition? And what would need to change to get there?

Whether you’re planning next year’s priorities, reviewing your team’s remit or thinking about your career, the report gives you evidence and perspective to start those conversations.