Category: ESG and Sustainability

Impact Sourcing: Discovering Key Talent and Revitalizing Business Outcomes | Virtual Roundtable

Virtual Roundtable

Impact Sourcing: Discovering Key Talent and Revitalizing Business Outcomes

March 28, 2024 |
9:00 AM EDT | 6:30 PM IST

For the IT/BPS/GBS sectors, impact sourcing has become a key talent strategy, emerging from a niche pilot program to a transformative process for improved business results. This socially responsible process of outsourcing allows for greater inclusivity, with intentional hiring processes enabling those with more limited employment but great talent to develop their careers. From a corporate perspective, impact sourcing can surface the best talent and yield significant business value.

Join our virtual roundtable along with expert analysts and your peers and take part in a lively discussion about how to leverage impact sourcing as a secret spend weapon. In this open discussion, industry leaders will cover how to create a strong impact sourcing program with long-term sourcing ecosystem planning and success.

Participants will discuss:

  • Leveraging impact sourcing for innovation and business success with a well-defined roadmap
  • Key considerations to keep in mind while designing or scaling their impact sourcing program
  • Approaches for strategic integration of impact sourcing
  • Best practices to keep in mind
  • Measuring impact/success of impact sourcing programs with key metrics and reporting strategies 

Who should attend? 

  • Procurement and sustainability leaders
  • Category Managers
  • Sourcing managers
  • Supplier diversity program managers
  • Responsible and sustainable procurement teams 


Virtual Roundtable Guidelines 

The only price of admission is participation. Attendees should be prepared to share their experiences and be willing to engage in discourse. 

Participation is limited to enterprise leaders (no service providers). Everest Group will approve each attendance request to ensure an appropriate group size and mix of participants. The sessions are 90 minutes in duration and include introductions, a short presentation, and a facilitated discussion. 

Devisetty Susmitha
Senior Analyst
Everest Group
Hanjura Khushboo
Senior Analyst
Everest Group
Soni Rita B
Principal Analyst
Everest Group
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Impact Sourcing: Empowering Communities, Transforming Business, and Creating Long-term Impact | Webinar

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Impact Sourcing: Empowering Communities, Transforming Business, and Creating Long-term Impact

With the talent demand-supply gap continuing to persist globally, providers and enterprises are increasingly leaning on alternate talent acquisition channels and models to address their resourcing needs. Impact sourcing has emerged as a strong and effective option in the global services segment and has become a model of choice for many leading service providers globally.

Watch this webinar as our impact sourcing experts shed light on the successes and trends developing in the impact sourcing space. Participants got a view into the ecosystem of impact sourcing, how providers, buyers, industry bodies, governments, and NGOs are undertaking several of their own initiatives, and the results they are seeing.

What questions did the webinar answer for the participants?

  • How is the impact sourcing model continuously evolving the business case?
  • What are service providers doing to enhance the adoption of this model?
  • How are buyers responding to services delivered by impact workers?
  • What are the emerging trends in impact sourcing and what is the outlook?

Who should attend?

  • Impact sourcing providers
  • Talent and DE&I leaders
  • Sustainability leaders
  • Sourcing and procurement leaders
  • CPOs
  • Category managers
  • Supplier management leaders
Barjatya Aishwarya 1
Practice Director
Hota Sailesh
Practice Director
Soni Rita B
Principal Analyst, Impact Sourcing & Sustainability Research
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Pressing Global Issues and Solutions in Tech: Reflections on WEF Davos ’24 | LinkedIn Live

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Pressing Global Issues and Solutions in Tech: Reflections on WEF Davos '24

View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on Wednesday, February 6, 2024.

Heads of state and governments, top business leaders, global institutions, and civil society convened at the World Economic Forum (WEF 2024) in Davos, Switzerland, on January 15-19, 2024, and discussed pressing global issues and how to act on them. 🌍

Climate change and economic inequity have been critical themes for Davos over the years, and this year’s event was expected to underscore sustainability themes, as well as the proactive role of emerging technologies, such as generative AI, in shaping a responsible future built on trust, collaboration, and sustainable development. 🌱🤝🔍

During this LinkedIn Live, we helped enterprises understand the key takeaways from the WEF annual meeting and the major trends in the climate and sustainability tech and services industry that are changing the marketplace in 2024.

During the event, we explored:

✅ What are leading global enterprises and global institutions doing to drive sustainability, and what’s working? 💡
✅ What are the key demand themes in the market that sustainability leaders across the globe are following to accelerate their path to net zero?
✅ What are the key trends shaping technology and the services market for climate and sustainability?

Meet The Presenters

Dwivedi_Arpita
Practice Director
Everest Group
Soni Rita B
Principal Analyst
Everest Group
Marisa Zalabak
Applied AI Lead
The Digital Economist
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GSA’S Sustainable Sourcing Symposium | Conference

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GSA’S SUSTAINABLE SOURCING SYMPOSIUM

January 31, 2024

The GSA Symposium 2024 will kick-start your year with all the insights and tools you need to drive more sustainable sourcing throughout 2024.

David Rickard, Partner at Everest Group, will be doing the opening keynote, sharing insights from our Key Issues 2024 study. David will delve into key business challenges, strategies, and industry insights, to help kickstart your year and stay ahead of the curve in 2024.

Everest Group’s Key Issues 2024 study captures the pulse of IT-BP industry leaders from across the globe to uncover major concerns, expectations, and trends, and how they plan to drive accelerated value through global services in 2024. Themes include the global services industry outlook, key business challenges and priorities, expectations from service providers, expected changes in outsourcing deals, digital and next-generation capability priorities, and the impact of Gen AI, among others.

Where:  DLA Piper, 160 Aldersgate St, Barbican, London, EC1A 4HT

REGISTER

Rickard David
David Rickard
Partner, Everest Group

Building a Sustainable Future: Reflections on COP28 and Insights for 2024 | LinkedIn Live

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Building a Sustainable Future: Reflections on COP28 and Insights for 2024

View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on Thursday, December 14, 2023.

Watch this LinkedIn Live event to hear from Everest Group analysts Rita N. Soni and Nitish Mittal, and Sustainability and Climate Change Expert Babiche Veenendaal-Westerbrink. 🎙️

The speakers reflected on the progress made in 2023 to build a more sustainable future, the key takeaways from the COP28 conference – the 28th annual meeting of the international community to discuss and implement ways to combat climate change – and the outlook for 2024.

During the event, we explored:

✅ Key takeaways from COP28
✅ The 2024 sustainability outlook with a focus on technology, data, and operations implications
✅ How Everest Group is helping businesses plan and adopt strategies for a more viable future 🌱

Watch this session to gain profound insights into the challenges and opportunities ahead! 🔍

Meet the Presenters

Mittal Nitish
Partner
Everest Group
Soni Rita B
Principal Analyst
Everest Group
Babiche Veenendaal Westerbrink 003
Sustainability and Climate Change Expert

Key Issues 2024: Creating Accelerated Value in a Dynamic World | Webinar

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Key Issues 2024: Creating Accelerated Value in a Dynamic World

In an era of ceaseless change, ever-evolving market dynamics, and an unrelenting demand for progress, the traditional pace of value creation is no longer enough. Creating accelerated value has become paramount for business leaders.

How do you achieve accelerated value? Enterprises must embrace innovation while effectively managing change. This approach will help businesses navigate rapid transformation while ensuring stability and sustainability.

Watch this webinar to gain valuable insights into the current perspectives of IT-BP industry leaders.

We discussed the major concerns, expectations, and trends for 2024 and provided recommendations on how to drive accelerated value from global services – helping position organizations to plan and align goals and succeed in 2024.

What questions has the webinar answered for the participants?

  • What are the key challenges and priorities and the outlook for global services in 2024?
  • What are the likely changes in sourcing spend, sourcing strategy (in-house vs. outsource), and locations?
  • Which digital services and next-generation capabilities are expected to be in demand?
  • How will generative AI impact the global services industry?
  • How are outsourcing deals, enterprises’ leverage of service providers, and bill rates expected to change?

Who should attend?

  • CIOs, CDOs, CTOs, CFOs, CPOs
  • Service providers
  • GBS / Shared services center heads
  • Global services leaders
  • Locations heads
Agarwalla Hrishi
Vice President
Malhotra Bhanushee
Practice Director
Mittal Alisha
Vice President
Ranjan Rajesh
Partner

Delivery with Purpose: A Guide for Service Providers in Impact Sourcing | Virtual Roundtable

Virtual Roundtable

Delivery with Purpose: A Guide for Service Providers in Impact Sourcing

December 7, 2023 |
9 AM EST | 7:30 PM IST

Traditional IT and business process services (BPS) service providers are becoming more intentional in creating and activating career opportunities in underserved communities.

By identifying previously untapped talent pools that can provide leverage in various roles across the outsourcing industry, impact sourcing can create both inward (business) and outward (social) impact for service provider organizations.

Join Everest Group experts and Sustainability Fellows for an engaging discussion on creating meaningful and intentional impact sourcing programs that benefit both the business and the community. Together and with your peers, we will discuss what is needed to implement impact sourcing and how to be an agent of positive change in your community.

Participants will:

• Learn what peak impact sourcing looks like
• Explore foundational frameworks to design an impact sourcing program
• Uncover what success looks like
• Engage in a discussion around policy and best practices
• Discuss ways to steer the buyers’ mindset toward impact sourcing

Who should attend?

• Services provider stakeholders
• Internal diversity and inclusion leaders
• Sustainability leaders

Virtual Roundtable Guidelines

The only price of admission is participation. Attendees should be prepared to share their experiences and be willing to engage in discourse.

Everest Group will approve each attendance request to ensure an appropriate group size and mix of participants. The sessions are 90 minutes in duration and include introductions, a short presentation, and a facilitated discussion.

Dutta Anik
Senior Analyst
Everest Group
Singh Prateek
Practice Director
Everest Group
Soni Rita B
Principal Analyst, Impact Sourcing & Sustainability Research

Global Supplier Diversity: A Path to Inclusive Procurement | LinkedIn Live

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Global Supplier Diversity: A Path to Inclusive Procurement

View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on Thursday, November 2, 2023.

🌎 As businesses expand globally, diversity in supply chains becomes critical for competitiveness, risk mitigation, and meeting societal demands for inclusion and social responsibility.

Watch this LinkedIn Live as our expert analysts explore the global landscape of supplier diversity initiatives and the challenges and opportunities they present 📊. We’ll discuss the importance of inclusive procurement practices and the cultural considerations and adaptation of supplier diversity strategies in different regions 🤝.

💡 Viewers will gain practical advice on aligning procurement processes with diversity goals on a global scale and hear success stories and innovative approaches from around the world that promote supplier diversity and inclusive procurement 🌐🚀.

What did we discuss?

  • ✅ The global landscape of supplier diversity initiatives and the challenges and opportunities
  • ✅ How inclusive procurement practices can foster diversity and inclusion within the supply chain, and why it’s important
  • ✅ Cultural considerations when adapting supplier diversity strategies in different region

Meet The Presenters

 

Using OKRs for Your Sustainability Goals: It’s Time to Drive Meaningful Change | Webinar

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

Using OKRs for Your Sustainability Goals: It’s Time to Drive Meaningful Change

As enterprises become more sustainability-driven, traditional approaches to measuring success, such as Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and Service Level Agreements (SLAs), are no longer practical methods for determining objectives and measurable outcomes for pressing sustainability issues – like climate change and inequity.

Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are a dynamic framework that offers a fresh perspective on delivering impactful metrics.

Watch as our sustainability experts discuss how enterprises can leverage OKRs for their sustainability initiatives and transition from the conventional KPI and SLA approaches to an OKR-driven methodology.

What questions does the webinar answer for the participants?

  • What are OKRs?
  • How do they differ from and/or complement more traditional KPIs and SLAs?
  • Why use OKRs for sustainability specifically?

Who should attend?

  • Sustainability tech lead
  • Head of sustainability services
  • Head of net zero transformation portfolio
  • Head of decarbonization
  • Head of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB)
  • Head of accessibility & digital inclusion
  • Principal sustainability advisor
  • Climate change & sustainability director
  • Head sustainability products and platform
  • Head of green tech
Doshi Ronak
Partner
Singh Prateek
Practice Director
Soni Rita B
Principal Analyst

Cracking the Eco-code: How Software Can Be Your Sustainability Superhero | LinkedIn Live

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Cracking the Eco-code: How Software Can Be Your Sustainability Superhero

View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on Thursday, September 28, 2023.

📈 Rising regulatory pressures, a continuously evolving reporting ecosystem, and an increasing correlation between sustainability and brand perception in the market have caused enterprises to look to technology to automate environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting, generate actionable sustainable insights, and unlock business value through operational efficiency.

🌱 However, enterprises must first understand the sustainability enabling software market for effective planning and successful outcomes.

📢📢 Watch this LinkedIn Live session as our expert analysts explore the sustainability enabling software market and the key offerings of the major players in this space. They will cover market segments like ESG reporting platforms, EHS management platforms, Green IT, supply chain traceability platforms, and many other emerging developments.

What questions does the event answer for participants?

  • ✔️ What are the major segments present in the sustainability software ecosystem?
  • ✔️ What are the key value propositions and offerings of the major players?
  • ✔️ What kind of enterprise challenges are these platforms resolving?
  • ✔️ What are the emerging categories of players in the space?

Meet The Presenters

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