Global Sustainability Transformation Survey Report 2022
Accelerating sustainability with a digital-first approach
Sustainability transformation means transforming business to bring about positive change in our environment, society and economies. Environmental, social and economic sustainability is a pressing issue that individuals, businesses, and governments have to address.
In February 2022, Fujitsu commissioned Forrester Consulting to conduct a survey to explore the state of sustainability transformation and how digital transformation is enabling this change with 1,800 decision makers across in nine countries. The survey findings revealed that sustainability is becoming a top business priority.
While many organizations have already embarked on their sustainability transformation, their maturity still has ways to go. A strong interdependency between digital transformation and sustainability transformation was also found, with decision makers identifying that digital transformation is key to building their sustainability initiatives.
In addition, this survey analyzes 7 key challenges and 4 critical success factors of sustainability transformation and makes 4 important recommendations. We hope this survey will help business leaders that are committed to sustainability.
Please refer to the full report for details.
Sustainability as a management priority
The priority of sustainability has risen sharply over the past two years.
According to the survey, sustainability is now a higher priority for 60% of the surveyed organizations compared to two years ago. Additionally, 41% of respondents consider sustainability as one of their top three management priorities.
Source: Fujitsu’s commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in February 2022
So, what's behind the increased priority on sustainability?
54% of surveyed decision makers are looking at the growing awareness of sustainability among younger generations. On the other hand, almost half (49%) consider regulatory changes as a key driver.
In summary, organizations are accelerating their sustainability initiatives in response to increasing demands from their key stakeholders.
Source: Fujitsu’s commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in February 2022
Maturity of sustainability transformation
To what extent have companies actually advanced their sustainability efforts?
In our survey, we found that only 5% of organizations had truly mature sustainability transformation capabilities and can be considered sustainability transformation leaders. On the flip side, a significant 54% of organizations have yet to execute on sustainability initiatives and are categorized as being non-active.
Source: Fujitsu’s commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting in February 2022
By analyzing the leading companies, we have identified four factors that can be considered as success factors for sustainability transformation.
This report summarizes the results of these surveys in detail, as well as the issues and important recommendations that have emerged. Please download the report.
