Episode 61: ESG and Sustainability Reporting

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Episode 61: ESG and Sustainability Reporting Primer

Guest: Bill Primerano

ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) and Sustainability Reporting requirements for businesses are well on their way to becoming unavoidable. For some companies it’s another example of costly government overreach that adds to the workloads of an already stretched workforce, while for others it’s an opportunity to drive efficiency, innovation, and long-term business success.

The goal of this episode of the AskQueBIT podcast is to break down the task of ESG and Sustainability Reporting using an Analytics lens, separating requirements definition from data wrangling and reporting. We believe this is useful because requirements definition for ESG and sustainability reporting is difficult and daunting. What is valuable to measure and report on varies greatly between industries, and expectations are still in flux, leaving many companies to figure things out on their own.

Meanwhile data wrangling and reporting, while also difficult and daunting, are familiar activities for any company that has ever done an analytics project, for example implementing a Financial Planning software platform, or a business intelligence solution for Vendor Analysis. Knowing that you may already have experience and tools for this half of the challenge ought to be comforting.

Our guest this week is Bill Primerano who is the World Wide Technical Sales Leader for IBM Business Analytics. Bill recently got back from Europe where sustainability and ESG reporting are top priorities for many of IBM’s major customers. In our conversation Bill tells us about the frameworks that companies are using to get a handle on ESG and Sustainability Reporting requirements, and how some of them are truly embracing the opportunity to re-tool their entire strategies to support a sustainable – and long-term profitable - future.