Spotlight on sustainability

Redefining the role of the finance function

Spotlight on sustainability: Redefining the role of the finance function
  • Report
  • 15 minute read
  • November 2024

Integrating sustainability into corporate strategies has become an important factor influencing investment decisions and shaping stakeholder expectations.

Weighed down by pressing environmental and social challenges, businesses are increasingly recognising the need to redefine how organisations measure success beyond quantifying, monitoring and communicating conventional financial metrics. This has presented important implications on the role of the finance function.

PwC has been examining how these dynamics play out in recent years, prompting important discussions around the need for finance professionals to invest in data-driven decision making and upskilling among other priorities. 

This publication builds the case for greater involvement by the C-suite in advancing the sustainability agenda and reflects on how finance can take the lead on sustainable transformation. There is significant opportunity for the finance function to take up the mantle in enhancing stakeholder trust amid mounting pressure to achieve net zero aspirations.

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Andrew Chan

Andrew Chan

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