NIQ Reports Gains in 2025 ESG Progress
NIQ's 2026 ESG Progress Report details climate risk work, emissions tracking, and workforce initiatives throughout 2025.
Updated on Nov. 2, 2026 in Human Resources
NIQ released its 2026 Environmental, Social and Governance Progress Report, covering its ESG progress throughout 2025. The report highlights a first climate risk assessment and expanded employee programs.
Why it matters
The report gives stakeholders a measurable view of how NIQ is tracking its environmental and workforce commitments. Disclosures of emissions and employee metrics allow comparison against prior periods and against corporate ESG expectations.
Internal mobility increased to 35% from 30%, and Employee Assistance Program utilization rose from 5.9% to 28.8%. The employee survey response rate reached 89%, and performance review completion reached 99%, though absolute emissions totals were not stated in the extraction.
The players
NIQ
NIQ is a global consumer intelligence company that publishes ESG disclosures covering its environmental and workforce programs.
The details
NIQ conducted its first climate risk assessment aligned with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures recommendations and tracked Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions under the GHG Protocol, with its carbon footprint externally verified. On the workforce side, the company introduced three new leadership development tracks, and more than 12,000 associates contributed over 100,000 volunteer hours.
Timeline
• 2025: Period covered by NIQ's ESG progress report
• November 2, 2026: NIQ published its 2026 ESG Progress Report
Roadmap
NIQ's climate risk assessment follows the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures framework, which has become a widely referenced standard for corporate climate reporting. The report also tracks emissions under the GHG Protocol, the internationally used accounting method for greenhouse gas inventories.
Employees and job seekers can use the reported metrics, such as the 28.8% Employee Assistance Program utilization and 35% internal mobility, to gauge the workplace programs available at NIQ. Stakeholders evaluating NIQ's sustainability commitments can compare these disclosed figures against future reports.
The takeaway
Reviewing ESG reports across consecutive years lets readers see whether reported workforce and emissions metrics are improving over time. Comparing the disclosed figures against the company's own prior reports is a practical way to judge progress.
Further reading
Explore more on Human Resources to see how companies track workforce programs like the ones NIQ reported.
More information
Read the full NIQ 2026 ESG Progress Report source release on Business Wire.
Source note: This article includes information reported by Timmins Daily Press.
