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

December 12, 2023

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

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

Hrishi Agarwalla

Vice President

Bhanushee Malhotra

Practice Director

Alisha Mittal

Vice President

Rajesh Ranjan

Partner

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

December 7, 2023

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.

Anik Dutta

Senior Analyst

Everest Group

Prateek Singh

Practice Director

Everest Group

Rita N. Soni

Principal Analyst, Impact Sourcing & Sustainability Research

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

November 2, 2023

LINKEDIN LIVE

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

Nishant Deep

Director, Global Procurement & Supplier Diversity

Parexel

Amy Fong

Partner

Everest Group

Khushboo Hanjura

Senior Analyst

Everest Group

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

October 12, 2023

ON-DEMAND WEBINAR

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

WATCH THE WEBINAR ON-DEMAND

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

Ronak Doshi

Partner

Prateek Singh

Practice Director

Rita N. Soni

Principal Analyst

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

September 28, 2023

LINKEDIN LIVE

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

Arpita Dwivedi

Practice Director

Rita N. Soni

Principal Analyst

Meenakshi Narayanan

Senior Analyst

Clinton Global Initiative 2023

September 18, 2023

In-Person event

CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE | 2023

September 18-19, 2023

Everest Group’s Eric Simonson, Managing Partner, and Rita N. Soni, Principal Analyst for Impact Sourcing and Sustainability, will attend the Clinton Global Initiative 2023 meeting on September 18-19 in New York City. This year’s focus is what it takes to keep going.

Last year, Everest Group pledged to dramatically increase the impact sourcing workforce – connecting hundreds of thousands of marginalized individuals to new jobs – by providing research and enablement tools, sharing best practices, and engaging enterprises, service providers, governments, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in collaborative efforts.

Everest Group’s Commitment to Action is to grow the impact sourcing market to half a million in three years. As the CGI community knows, making and keeping commitments isn’t easy. Despite this, we know the antidote is as simple as it is true – we must keep going.

Eric and Rita will join colleagues and global stakeholders at the event to discuss impact sourcing, the potential it provides to companies and underserved communities around the world, and initiatives to help companies incorporate impact sourcing into their business models.

Learn more about Everest Group’s Commitment to Action.

Eric Simonson

Managing Partner

Rita N. Soni

Principal Analyst

Climate Week NYC with Capgemini | Data & AI for Climate: Biodiversity Buzz | Conference

September 17, 2023

conference

Climate week nyc with capgemini

September 17-24, 2023

Everest Group’s Principal Analyst for Impact Sourcing and Sustainability, Rita N. Soni, will join a panel of industry experts at Climate Week in New York City in a session titled, Data & AI for Climate: Biodiversity Buzz. They will discuss how we can help protect insect ecosystems with data and AI.

Learn more

Rita N. Soni

Principal Analyst, Impact Sourcing and Sustainability, Everest Group

Elaine Van Ommen Kloeke

Dr & Program Manager, ARISE, Naturalis; Biodiversity Center

Niraj Parihar

CEO, Insight & Data, Capgemini

Vincent de Montalivet

Data for Net Zero offer leader, Capgemini

Advancing with Neurodiversity at Work: Inclusion and Expansion | Webinar

September 12, 2023

WEbinar

Advancing with neurodiversity at work: Inclusion and expansion

September 12, 2023

8:00 AM PT | 11 AM ET

Rita Soni, Principal Analyst, Impact Sourcing and Sustainability, Everest Group will join a panel of experts to share knowledge and expertise on topics such as:

What comes next for neurodiversity employment programs
The advancement of neuroinclusive ecosystems
Expanding roles for employment opportunities and the impact on the neurodiverse community
How we measure success with neurodiversity initiatives
Employment in the public sector and potential barriers to entry

Learn more

Rita Soni

Principal Analyst, Impact Sourcing and Sustainability, Everest Group

Hala Annabi

Associate Professor, Information School, University of Washington

Anthony Pacilio

Vice President, Neurodiverse Solutions at CAI

Nasscom Global Inclusion Summit

June 27, 2023

Event

nasscom Global Inclusion Summit

During the 15th Edition of the Nasscom Global Inclusion Summit, Everest Group will facilitate a workshop titled Building a Better Future: Mastering the Art of Impact Sourcing. Everest Group analysts Aishwarya Barjatya, Anik Dutta, Aman Birari, Rajesh Ranjan, and Susmitha Devisetty will lead this workshop at the event.

Everest Group Partner Rajesh Ranjan will also participate in a panel discussion titled ESG and Inclusion: Gender & Sustainability – How Gender and Sustainability Are Interlinked.

Learn More

Event details

Workshop: Building a Better Future: Mastering the Art of Impact Sourcing

When: June 27, 2023, 01:30 pm – 03:30 pm IST

In the workshop, participants will have the opportunity to explore how impact sourcing creates economic empowerment, social inclusion, and skill development for marginalized communities. Most importantly, the workshop will focus on how organizations can effectively incorporate impact sourcing into their strategies.

Panel Discussion: ESG and Inclusion – Gender & Sustainability | How Gender and Sustainability Are Interlinked

When: June 28, 2023, 1:45 pm – 2:15 pm IST

Discover the ways ESG and DEI are interlinked and how board commitment is crucial in setting clear policies and procedures and holding executives accountable to meet DEI goals.

Learn more

Speakers:

Aishwarya Barjatya

Practice Director

Aman Birari

Senior Analyst

Anik Dutta

Senior Analyst

Rajesh Ranjan

Partner

Susmitha Devisetty

Senior Analyst

The Impact of Impact: Effectively Measuring Impact Workers’ Metrics | LinkedIn Live

June 8, 2023

LINKEDIN LIVE

The Impact of Impact: Effectively Measuring Impact Workers’ Metrics

View the event on LinkedIn, which was delivered live on Thursday, June 8, 2023.

Organizations’ methods of tracking performance metrics of impact workers vary across the board. Impact measurement can be a powerful tool to inform program creation, assess effectiveness, and drive decision-making. But when it comes to the measurement of impact workers’ metrics, what is the most effective approach, and how do you use the data for better business outcomes?

In this LinkedIn Live session, we will explore one of the key aspects of impact sourcing – impact measurement – and the need to track metrics effectively for better business case creation.

Watch to learn more about this important topic and to gain valuable insights into how to effectively measure the impact of impact sourcing initiatives.