Committees & Councils

ESG Community

RILA’s ESG Community is composed of retail executives focused on various Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) topics and their disclosure

Strategic Partners

Overview

RILA’s ESG Community is composed of retail executives focused on various Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) topics and their disclosure. These executives are typically members of a company's broader Internal ESG committee and may be particular subject matter leads for E, S or G Issues or focus on Investor relations, voluntary or mandatory disclosures, etc.

The ESG Community is part of the RILA Retail ESG Initiative, the mission of which is to connect and leverage RILA’s diversity of ESG-touching communities to allow the retail industry to collectively learn about, discuss and influence the evolving retail ESG reporting landscape.

Currently the community meets virtually six times per year.

To view ESG committee related material, please visit our Retail ESG Library. For more information on RILA's ESG Community, contact Erin Hiatt, Senior Vice President, Retail Operations at erin.hiatt@rila.org.

Committee Materials

Brand case study - Hain Celestial AI sustainability strategy revamp with Watershed

Aug 18, 2026

RILA, Hain Celestial, and Watershed hosted a webinar to learn how Kyle Robertson, Senior Global Impact Manager with Hain Celestial worked with Watershed's AI agents to automate a workflow that generated an HTML-based sustainability strategy dashboard, integrating standard footprint metrics with historic data, PDFs, spreadsheets, and external impact reports in days rather than months.

Member Resource

LRQA ERSA 4.0 Updates & Feedback Session

Jul 22, 2026

RILA and LRQA hosted a webinar, as LRQA is updating their Enhanced Responsible Sourcing Assessment (ERSA) to its 4.0 version, and used the session to hear from retailers what they would like to understand or see in the new version.

Member Resource

The Retailer’s Roadmap to AI: Navigating Global Compliance

Feb 4, 2026

A webinar presentation exploring the evolving regulatory landscape for artificial intelligence and the compliance considerations retailers should evaluate when deploying AI technologies.

Member Resource

Proxy Season Series Session 2: Activist Trends, Investor Landscape and Engagement

Dec 1, 2025

RILA partnered with Beth Sasfai & Michael Mencher from Cooley, for part two in this two-part series deep dive and look ahead to the upcoming proxy season's key themes, considerations and hot topics, for the retail industry.

Member Resource

Proxy Season Series Session 1: Looking Ahead to the 2026 Proxy Season

Nov 1, 2025

RILA partnered with Beth Sasfai & Michael Mencher from Cooley, for part one in this two-part series deep dive and look ahead to the upcoming proxy season's key themes, considerations and hot topics, for the retail industry.

Member Resource

September 2025 RILA ESG Initiative Survey 2 - Investors, Frameworks, Raters & Rankers/Surveys, CA Climate Risk

Sep 1, 2025

September 2025 ESG Initiative Survey 2

Member Resource

SBTi Comment Letter

May 30, 2025

RILA & RCC filed formal joint comments in response to SBTi concerning their request for input on Corporate Net Zero Standard Consultative Document.

Member Resource

RILA Retail ESG Pulse Survey - Anticipated Reporting Approach incl. Frameworks, Raters & Rankers/Surveys

Apr 1, 2025

Benchmarking survey of RILA members' voluntary reporting, frameworks/standards, raters/rankers & surveys, and other voluntary reporting elements (April 2025)

Member Resource

Climate Disclosure Controls Audit Preparedness Slides

Dec 18, 2024

RILA and Grant Thornton hosted a discussion about regulatory and voluntary climate disclosure controls and audit preparedness

Member Resource

Climate Disclosure Controls & Audit Preparedness

Dec 18, 2024

RILA and Grant Thornton hosted a discussion about regulatory and voluntary climate disclosure controls and audit preparedness.

Member Resource

Who We Are

Committee Leadership

RILA staff guide the committee’s work, coordinating priorities and supporting collaboration to advance key initiatives for the retail industry. Members can contact the staff leads for questions, access to member-only resources, or information about how to participate in the committee’s work.

Erin Hiatt

Senior Vice President, Retail Operations | RILA

(202) 869-0283

erin.hiatt@rila.org

Moni Adeyi

Senior Manager, CSR | RILA

(202) 866-6741

moni.adeyi@rila.org

News & Insights
Retail Insights & Industry News

Blog Post

ESG Community

Overview

Committee Materials

Brand case study - Hain Celestial AI sustainability strategy revamp with Watershed

LRQA ERSA 4.0 Updates & Feedback Session

The Retailer’s Roadmap to AI: Navigating Global Compliance

Proxy Season Series Session 2: Activist Trends, Investor Landscape and Engagement

Proxy Season Series Session 1: Looking Ahead to the 2026 Proxy Season

September 2025 RILA ESG Initiative Survey 2 - Investors, Frameworks, Raters & Rankers/Surveys, CA Climate Risk

SBTi Comment Letter

RILA Retail ESG Pulse Survey - Anticipated Reporting Approach incl. Frameworks, Raters & Rankers/Surveys

Climate Disclosure Controls Audit Preparedness Slides

Climate Disclosure Controls & Audit Preparedness

Committee Leadership

Erin Hiatt

Moni Adeyi

Retail Insights & Industry News

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Congress Has a Clear Path to Fix the Penny Problem

Congress Should Narrow Tariff Powers in Russia Sanctions Bill

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