This year’s Gartner’s CEO and Senior Business Executive Survey reveals that environmental sustainability has become a top-10 business priority for the first time ever with more than triple the CEOs citing it than just one year prior. Meanwhile, social responsibility and ESG emerged as the second-largest contributor to CEO focus on corporate issues, increasing 50% year over year.
Here to analyze why sustainability has come to the forefront, how business leaders can advance their sustainability strategies and common pitfalls to avoid are Kristin Moyer, a Distinguished VP Analyst in Gartner's Executive Leadership of Digital Business Growth Strategies practice, and Sarah Watt, a Research Vice President on the Talent and Sustainability team.
Explore: Sustainable Business Strategy for a Positive Social and Environmental Impact
Watch: Progress from Strategy to Action on Sustainability
Watch: Sustainable Agriculture: A View From Bayer’s Supply Chain
Opening Thoughts
Key Terms: Sustainability, ESG, CSR, Material Issues and Sustainable Business
Why Sustainability in Business Is Coming to the Forefront
Webinar: Progress from Strategy to Action on Sustainability
The Impact of Talent Demands, COP26 and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine
How Leaders Can Immediately Advance Their Sustainability Strategies
Case Study: Sustainable Agriculture: A View From Bayer’s Supply Chain
The Upsides and Downsides of Digital Technology
Common Mistakes with Sustainability Strategies
The Number-One Focus for Advancing Sustainable Business
Predictions for the Future of Sustainable Business
Kristin Moyer | Distinguished VP Analyst
Kristin Moyer is a Distinguished VP and Gartner Fellow in Gartner's CIO Research Group. In her 26th year as an analyst, she brings her knowledge to teach, coach, and critique IT, business and executive leadership. She provides research and advice about cybersecurity value, AI-augmented leadership, board confidence, sustainability and digital transformation. Past roles at Gartner include conference chair roles, assigned coach to named accounts, launching new research themes, and agenda manager of research. Kristin is an accomplished and frequent keynote speaker with extensive international experience.
Sarah Watt | VP, Team Manager
Sarah Watt (VP Team Manager) is responsible for the operating model’s team who cover IT and enterprise operating models. IT operating models help organizations orchestrate their IT capabilities to achieve business outcomes. The ITOM team advises global enterprise clients on the five operating model patterns (Asset, Process, Service, Value and Invention). This team also covers IT governance, organizational design (centralized, decentralized and federated). Additionally, the team covers enterprise operating models (EOM) which help client identify differentiating capabilities to drive value and meet strategic goals. Prior to this role, Sarah was an analyst, advising global enterprise clients on enterprise sustainability strategy, including topics such as energy, water, waste, GHG emissions and the circular economy. She has lead Gartner Sustainability Executive Leadership Key Initiative, the Sustainability research communities and she is a Gartner Fellow. She has also spoken at various internal and external events, including Gartner’s Supply Chain and IT Symposium and the COP29 Conference held in Baku. She is a trusted partner to CEOs, CIOs, CSCOs on sustainability related matters. Sarah has a strong interest in academia. She holds the following qualifications Mst. Sustainability and Leadership (Cambridge), Bachelor of Engineering (Open), Bachelor of Arts (UKZN).
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