T H E 1 2 T FIGURE 4: CEOS ARE PRIORITIZING SUSTAINABILITY ACTIONS TO BUILD RESILIENCE H U N I T E D N A T CEO Survey Question: What changes are you making in your business in response to these challenges? I O N S G L O B A L C O M P A STRATEGY Launching new product and/or service offerings for sustainability 63% C T - A Strengthening scenario planning and analysis capabilities 62% C C E Increasing R&D funding for sustainable innovation 39% N T U R E C E O S T U D GOVERNANCE Engaging in long-term strategic partnerships 66% Y Re-evaluating my company’s core purpose 41% Linking my leadership’s remuneration to sustainability targets 34% Increasing the diversity of my company’s board of directors 31% Disclosing climate risk in my company’s financial statements 24% WORKFORCE Upskilling/reskilling my workforce for the future labor market 74% Offering physical and/or mental wellness resources for my workforce 58% Increasing workforce diversity 56% VALUE CHAIN Strengthening visibility into the social impacts of my company’s value chain 54% ing our value chain Duplicating and diversify 37% Reducing our total scope 3 emissions 34% Incentivizing ESG outcomes for our value chain 33% Conducting value chain vulnerability assessments 33% Localizing our value chain 21% Assessing my company’s impact on biodiversity across the value chain 21% TECHNOLOGY Digitizing business processes 72% Improving cybersecurity to minimize hacks and data leakages 57% Enhancing sustainability data collection capabilities across our value chain 55% Transitioning to cloud infrastructure to enhance efficiencies 48% Implementing artificial intelligence for real-time risk analysis 17% OPERATIONS Investing in renewable energy sources to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels 49% Transitioning to circular business models 49% Initiating nature protection and/or restoration projects 35% 34 35