Ideally, CSR / sustainability managers should support their IRO colleagues with information and subject matter expertise while IROs should manage the process of investor communications. However, too often, CSR / sustainability managers do not receive the support that they need from IROs and end up managing all sustainability communications to investors.
While it is far better (more efficient for all / lower risk to the company) for the investor relations team to take the lead, we understand that this is often not the case. For this reason, we have written guides to help both IROs and CSR managers to understand better each other's roles:
