CFO22SS02. Purpose-Driven Finance Leader: Exploring the Duality of Purpose & Profits, Sponsored by Sage

Is doing good, good for
business? CFOs play a transformative role in their organizations, and the
pressures of being a data-driven finance leader, a catalyst for human-centric
digital transformation, and a strategic partner to the C-suite may seem to
leave little room for tackling environmental, social and governance (ESG)
challenges. Yet a recent Accenture survey of senior finance leaders found
that 68% of respondents say that Finance is responsible for their
organization's ESG efforts. In this session
we'll explore how Finance leaders can start thinking about the relationship
between technology and ESG.

Learning Objectives:

• Determine how back office systems can help organizations track metrics
• Recognize how freeing up time so that organizations can focus more on charitable and socially conscious activities will help society into the future
• Assess powering good stewardship with the help of analytics