The Buzz 1: “We have a single mission: to protect and hand on the planet to the next generation.” (Francois Hollande)

The Buzz 2: “It’s a collective endeavor, it’s collective accountability and it may not be too late.” (Christine Lagarde)

The Buzz 3: “It angers me when sustainability gets used as a buzz word. For 90 percent of the world, sustainability is a matter of survival.” (Cameron Sinclair)

The Buzz 4: “The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” (Robert Swan)

Sustainability – “the new frontier of digital transformation” – is dominating business conversations from the C-suite to the front lines of customer service.

The top challenges they’re talking about? De-carbonizing and eliminating waste. Driving meaningful social responsibility across supply chains. Moving to cloud platforms to integrate and extend applications across business networks and optimize growth and innovation. Enabling visibility of fragmented data for compliance, including ESG (Environment, Social and Governance) reporting, holistic steering, and supply chain transparency.

The bottom line? Leaders and stakeholders want to understand what their businesses are doing—and what more they can do—to improve the health of the planet. Data-driven insights are essential for building that understanding to drive action and measure impact.

We’ll ask SAP’s Frank Omare, Jennifer Beason and Japen Hollist for their take on Creating The Sustainable Enterprise In 2022 and Beyond.