The Digital Maturity Journey

02/24/20 • 19 min

Transforming Risk into Confidence: A PwC podcast series

In this episode, Gagan Reen joins Elizabeth McNichol to discuss the digital maturity journey organizations are on and the impact certain technologies have on risk management processes.
We discuss the following questions:
0:47 - How is PwC innovating to address customer pain points in risk management processes?
1:24 - As it relates to one of PwC's defined eight essential technologies, what is automation?
3:00 - How are companies upskilling efforts reacting to the interactions with automation and how is that affecting the people side of the workforce?
6:06 - What has been happening with regard to the adoption of artificial intelligence in the risk space?
8:53 - How are companies creating Centers of Excellence to centralize the governance and management of automation?
10:03 - How does PwC's Enterprise Insights and team help clients assess and handle the risk within their system's data?
18:01 - How should organizations begin the journey? What is the first step?

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Investor focus on ESG and its impact on corporate reporting

In this episode, Brigham McNaughton joins Kevin O'Connell to discuss how investors are accelerating their focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors and the challenges that creates for corporate reporting.

We discuss the following questions:
0:36 - What is ESG and what trends are driving the momentum?
2:36 - What are the investors looking for with regard to ESG and what are they most concerned about?
4:54 - What are companies doing to shift operations to focus more on ESG issues?
6:37 - How should a company start the process and who should be included in the discussions?
8:29 - What are some important topics needed in these discussions?
9:23 - How is PwC helping clients build trust in this space?
11:18 - What are some key takeaways to consider around ESG?
For more information, read our blog "Can your organization address mounting investor scrutiny over ESG disclosures?"
Here is IDC's article "Stakeholder-focused approaches to creating a sustainable business - Part 1: PwC helps clients address investors' demand for improved ESG reporting."
https://www.pwc.com/us/en/services/risk-assurance/podcasts/esg-corporate-reporting.html