Market Insight: The ESG Data Vault Inside Workday’s Financial Management And Human Capital Management Solutions

Guy Lewis

Guy Lewis

Kim Knickle

Kim Knickle

03 Feb, 2023

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Executive Summary

Workday’s human capital management (HCM) and financial management solutions can provide customers engaged in ESG and sustainability performance with data and processes to help implement improvements across their operations. In particular, HCM solutions can support strategies for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in a firm and its value chain. Solutions for spend management and strategic sourcing can help to engage the supply chain, enabling data collection that can reinforce diversity decision-making in operations and pave the way for Scope 3 emissions collection and supplier selection.
Workday Software Solutions Facilitate The Collection Of An ESG Data Treasure Trove
HCM Offers A Wide Range Of Data Capabilities To Drive Performance In Social Impact
Spend Management And Strategic Sourcing Provide An Additional Window Into Supplier Data
Strong Partnerships Speed Up Implementations And Support Industry-Specific Deployment

About the Authors

Guy Lewis

Guy Lewis

Industry Analyst

Guy is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix ESG & Sustainability practice. He currently leads research on circular economy software and services and supports research acro...

Kim Knickle

Kim Knickle

Research Director

Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a...

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