ESG measures remain a strong and growing priority for businesses in 2022, especially as they begin to emphasize a balanced focus across environment, social and governance factors, affirms new research from integrated risk and compliance management software firm NAVEX....

Class of 2022: 7 in 10 want to stay with a company long-term—so why do they keep leaving?
According to the seventh annual Class Of report from talent cloud firm iCIMS, this year’s college graduates are entering a job market of immense opportunity, with 11.5 million U.S. job openings and more than half of employers increasing entry-level hiring compared...
Tips for sparking higher engagement among digitally fatigued audiences
Despite increasingly powerful and ubiquitous digital marketing tools, many businesses find themselves struggling to gain traction among customers and prospects as the competition for impressions, clicks, and mindshare is increasingly fierce, reveals 2022 survey...
The rise of values investing: How values are driving spending, saving & investing decisions
Brand and business values are not only driving the buying decisions of consumers these days, but also the decisions of investors and other stakeholders, new research from Schwab reveals. Almost three-quarters of Americans (73 percent) say their personal values guide...
Consumers most influenced by social ads and online reviews when making purchases
A new survey from digital CX firm TELUS International indicates that consumers around the world are most influenced by digital channels when making purchasing decisions. Social media ads and online reviews carry major weight with consumers According to the survey’s...
Data quandary: How data quality and timeliness issues have increased in the past three years
For decades, the data warehouse was the standard for archiving and retrieving data for analysis and reporting. However, the emergence of new data architectures, coupled with the exponential growth in the volume and velocity of data organizations can analyze, have...
Study shows strong level of involvement by finance professionals in ESG reporting efforts
Financial professional involvement will likely play a key role in the next phase of the environmental, social and governance (ESG) reporting process as the ESG landscape rapidly evolves, according to new research from Ernst & Young and the Financial Education...
UA strategies of breakout brands: Lesser known apps outperform 46% of leading brands
A new research report series from independent mobile growth platform Digital Turbine and real-time competitive intelligence firm Apptopia highlights UA strategies of mobile apps delivering above average app install volume relative to the prior quarter's brand funnel...
How retailers can meet consumer expectations for the metaverse, sustainability, and more
New research from product-to-consumer (P2C) software firm Productsup reveals that knowing more information about products is one of the top factors that would entice consumers (35 percent) to shop with a different brand or retailer—highlighting how companies can meet...
Marketers expect CDPs to move beyond data aggregation to omnichannel activation
New research from marketing tech firm Zeta Global finds that the majority of Customer Data Platform (CDP) users believe today’s CDP solutions fall short of expectations and capabilities and are seeking a more robust CDP that spans data aggregation and management, as...
Corporate political activity is getting riskier: Companies need a full-scale review of their strategy
According to a survey from The Conference Board released earlier this year, fully two-thirds of companies found the environment for corporate political activity to be challenging to extremely challenging. And nearly all (87 percent) believed 2022 would be at least as...
Organizations beware: Remote work may threaten leadership development
With tight labor markets and more employees seeing to work from home, employers want to oblige their employees by offering flexible and remote work arrangements. Almost daily, there are articles, some accompanied with data, which seek to provide firms the “sweet spot”...












