Abhijit Sunil

Oct 24, 2024 | forrester.com | Abhijit Sunil |Barry Vasudevan |Mike Proulx

Regulatory compliance has consistently been a key driver of environmental sustainability commitments. In 2025, amid global economic and geopolitical uncertainties, corporate strategies across all industries will prioritize profitability and caution. While adherence to regulations will continue as a priority for sustainability leaders, sustainability teams will need to change their focus.

May 8, 2024 | forrester.com | Aurelie L'Hostis |Abhijit Sunil |Amy DeMartine

Sustainability materiality assessment may not be a new concept for organizations looking to improve their sustainability practices. But emerging regulations – the EU CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) in particular – now require companies to go through this rigorous process as part of their sustainability reporting.

Apr 19, 2024 | forrester.com | Amy DeMartine |Abhijit Sunil |Tracy Woo

It’s been three years since we introduced Forrester’s first Sustainability Maturity Model. Although the model still holds, a lot has changed over the past three years with respect to how organizations create successful environmental sustainability programs and the maturity needed to get there. It seems like every week a new regulation is announced. The fallout is that everyone is rethinking their maturity. But despite challenges, sustainability maturity reaps rewards.

Apr 19, 2024 | forrester.com | Abhijit Sunil |Amy DeMartine

Plastics play a crucial role in modern society, appearing in everything from toys to cars, medical equipment, spacecrafts, and computers. They are the technological equivalent of steel and concrete, with sustainability implications that far surpass their usage. In 2022, a staggering 62 million tons of e-waste were generated, with an 82% increase from 2010. Twenty-seven percent (17 million tons) were plastics.

Apr 17, 2024 | forrester.com | Charles Betz |Abhijit Sunil |Akshara Naik Lopez

In Greek mythology, Scylla and Charybdis represented the problem of navigating between two hazards: deadly rocks on one side, a fearsome whirlpool on the other. Modern digital and IT professionals encounter a similar dilemma: technical debt and sprawl make IT portfolios insecure and unsustainable, but processes and controls intended to minimize debt and sprawl are themselves too often value-destroying.