ESG news stories

Cybersecurity
Tech and data’s role in the changing face of compliance
Accenture's study found that 93% of respondents agree or strongly agree new technologies such as AI and cloud make compliance easier.

Sustainability
Vertiv releases updates on ESG initiatives, sets sights on future
Vertiv has released its inaugural environmental, social and governance (ESG) report, the company’s first public report of its ESG activities.

Sustainability
AIBP announces 2022 winners of ASEAN Tech for ESG Awards
AIBP has announced the three winning entries of its ASEAN Tech for Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) Awards to be presented at the 2022 AIBP ASEAN Innovation Retreat.

Sustainability
Avanade unveils new sustainability offerings for businesses
Avanade is releasing new offerings to help clients solve complex sustainability challenges and ensure they get the best out of Microsoft’s newly announced Cloud for Sustainability.

Sustainability
Equinix announces milestones on sustainability commitments
Equinix has released its 2021 Sustainability Report which outlines progress, innovation and accomplishments on key ESG commitments.

Sustainability
Workday expands its global ESG solutions portfolio
Workday has expanded its global ESG solutions portfolio with new offerings to help further drive social and sustainability initiatives.

Sustainability
Inaction no longer an option when it comes to sustainability
Research and advisory organisation ADAPT has revealed a 9% year-on-year increase in IT leaders demanding carbon transparency from their providers since 2021.

ESG
Achieving sustainability with better information management
As organisations look to meet requirements around environmental, social and governance aspects, they see increased demands on their internal processes.

Sustainability
C-suite ready to boost investment in sustainability
Businesses are confident they respond to transformations ahead, with ESG firmly on the agenda, according to the Mazars 2021 C-suite barometer.

Supply chain
Supply chain blindspots impede Australian ESG progress
The availability of crucial supply chain data is preventing organisations from meeting their environmental, social, and governance goals.

Accessibility
Tennis for everyone: Putting the ‘S’ in ESG through tech-enabled accessibility
Between extinction rebellion and COP26 our environmental concerns as a society - and the role of the private sector in addressing these concerns - has been laid bare.

Sustainability
Equinix part of Sustainable Trading network to reach ESG goals
Equinix is one of 30 founding members of a new Sustainable Trading network to develop best practices, benchmarking, and transparency in the trading industry.

Cybersecurity
Majority of businesses already impacted by cloud cyber attack by the time it is investigated
Some 89% of companies have experienced a negative outcome in the time between detection and investigation of a cyber attack on their cloud environments.

Data Loss Prevention / DLP
Palo Alto launches enterprise data loss prevention service
The solution helps protect sensitive data at rest and in motion across every network, cloud and user access.

Investment
Hong Kong leads ESG practices with social responsibility index
Hong Kong may well be leading the world in social responsibility, following efforts to create the country’s first listed social responsibility index.

Cybersecurity
ESG finds businesses improving with cybersecurity – but still a long way to go
While CEOs and corporate boards no longer shy away from cybersecurity strategy as they once might have, there are still a number of shortcomings.

Cloud
EMC unveils "industry's fastest" de-dupe storage system
New Global Deduplication Array said to offer up to 14.2 petabytes of backup capacity that's " blistering fast".