Sustainability will play a key role in the coming years and embedding it at the core of corporate strategy will be critical. Already, there an increase in the number of Fortune 500 companies appointing their first Chief Sustainability Officers (CSO). Giving importance to sustainability is essential to meet investor pressure, consumer demand, regulatory requirements, talent acquisition and ensure increased productivity.
This article was first published by the World Economic Forum.
Talal Rafi is a global consultant on sustainable development and is based in Sri Lanka. Talal is on the Deloitte Global Team on Climate & Sustainability and he is a member of the Expert Network of the World Economic Forum. His work has been published by the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Asian Development Bank, World Economic Forum, London School of Economics and Forbes.
The views expressed in this article are those of the author alone and not the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions.