diff --git a/frontend/src/resources/utils/utils.ts b/frontend/src/resources/utils/utils.ts
index 338f55939cd..bbdee7652a4 100644
--- a/frontend/src/resources/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/resources/utils/utils.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,14 @@ export function exportObjectString(object: Record<string, string>) {
   return keyValueMap.toString()
 }
 
-export function returnCSVSafeString(exportValue: string | ReactNode) {
-  // extract newlines
-  return `"${typeof exportValue === 'string' ? exportValue.split('\n').join(' ').replace(/"/g, '""') : exportValue}"`
+export function returnCSVSafeString(exportValue: string | number | ReactNode) {
+  if (typeof exportValue === 'number') {
+    return `"${exportValue}"`
+  }
+  if (typeof exportValue !== 'string') {
+    return '"-"'
+  }
+  return `"${exportValue.replaceAll('"', '""')}"`
 }
 
 export const getISOStringTimestamp = (timestamp: string) => {
diff --git a/frontend/src/routes/Governance/common/util.test.tsx b/frontend/src/routes/Governance/common/util.test.tsx
index 6cb555cad62..e1b964bd6a8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/routes/Governance/common/util.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/routes/Governance/common/util.test.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   parseStringMap,
   policyHasDeletePruneBehavior,
 } from './util'
+import { returnCSVSafeString } from '../../../resources/utils'
 import { PolicyTableItem } from '../policies/Policies'
 import { Policy, PolicyTemplate, REMEDIATION_ACTION } from '../../../resources'
 import { cloneDeep } from 'lodash'
@@ -1028,3 +1029,32 @@ describe('Test policyHasDeletePruneBehavior', () => {
     expect(policyHasDeletePruneBehavior(policy)).toBe(false)
   })
 })
+
+describe('ACM-32500: returnCSVSafeString preserves newlines in CSV export', () => {
+  const descriptionFromApi =
+    'Policy is placed on hub or managed clusters with label acm-virt-config=acm-dr-virt-config-file-name.\nCreates a velero Schedule for all virtualmachines.kubevirt.io resources with a cluster.open-cluster-management.io/backup-vm label.'
+
+  test('returnCSVSafeString preserves newlines', () => {
+    const csvRaw = returnCSVSafeString(descriptionFromApi)
+    const unquoted = csvRaw.slice(1, -1).replace(/""/g, '"')
+
+    expect(unquoted).toContain('\n')
+    expect(unquoted).toEqual(descriptionFromApi)
+  })
+
+  test('returnCSVSafeString escapes double quotes', () => {
+    const stringWithQuotes = 'Description with "quoted" text'
+    const result = returnCSVSafeString(stringWithQuotes)
+
+    expect(result).toBe('"Description with ""quoted"" text"')
+  })
+
+  test('returnCSVSafeString handles number input', () => {
+    expect(returnCSVSafeString(42)).toBe('"42"')
+  })
+
+  test('returnCSVSafeString handles non-string/non-number ReactNode', () => {
+    expect(returnCSVSafeString(null)).toBe('"-"')
+    expect(returnCSVSafeString(undefined)).toBe('"-"')
+  })
+})
diff --git a/frontend/src/ui-components/AcmTable/AcmTable.test.tsx b/frontend/src/ui-components/AcmTable/AcmTable.test.tsx
index 09af9165979..01fa1903801 100644
--- a/frontend/src/ui-components/AcmTable/AcmTable.test.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/ui-components/AcmTable/AcmTable.test.tsx
@@ -1146,10 +1146,10 @@ describe('AcmTable', () => {
 })
 
 describe('returnCSVSafeString', () => {
-  test('returns a csv safe string replacing new line with space', () => {
+  test('returns a csv safe string preserving newlines', () => {
     const content = 'testing for multiline\ndescription'
     const exportContent = returnCSVSafeString(content)
-    expect(exportContent).toEqual('"testing for multiline description"')
+    expect(exportContent).toEqual('"testing for multiline\ndescription"')
   })
 
   test('returns a csv safe string escaping double quotes', () => {