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