The State of the Sustainability Profession 2024

This biennial report from Trellis can help you understand how the role of sustainability leader is evolving. Based on an in-depth online survey of over one thousand sustainability professionals, it offers insight into key trends in the field. It explores rise of mandatory sustainability-related legislation, followed by a discussion of whether this pressure will drive greater focus on sustainability compliance or strategic efforts. Chapter three looks at trends in hiring and compensation and finds that corporate sustainability hiring (and related salaries) is on the rise. Lastly, chapter five explores the growing need for sustainability freelancers. These findings will be most useful to Sustainability and HR teams.