Which statement best describes SASB's approach to data disclosures?

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Disclosures should focus on topics that are financially material and be reported with standardized metrics to enable comparability. The idea is to provide information that could influence investors’ decisions because it affects the company’s financial performance, risk, or valuation. SASB achieves this through sector-specific topics and metrics that are defined so every company in the same industry reports in the same way, making it possible to benchmark and track performance over time. Narrative context matters, but without standardized metrics the data can’t be meaningfully compared across firms. Choosing topics that aren’t financially material, or reporting only qualitative storytelling without consistent metrics, misses the purpose of investor-useful sustainability information.