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A new survey from Deloitte finds that more companies are working to prioritize ESG in their business. For example, last March, when Deloitte ran a similar survey, only 21% of the executives surveyed said their companies had built cross-functional teams geared towards ESG. Just a few months later, that number is now 57%—nearly triple what it was. Challenges lay ahead for these types of efforts, however. The survey also found that over a third of respondents said that a major obstacle for these efforts is the accuracy and completeness of data. As both regulators and stakeholders around the world look more closely at companies’ ESG activities, demand for this kind of data–and action based on what that data says–is…