Corix Partners
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019)
Reporting Period: 2019
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Cybersecurity
- Governance
- Social Responsibility
Social Achievements
- Increased awareness of data protection and privacy among consumers and employees.
Governance Achievements
- Advocating for cybersecurity as a key element of corporate governance and board agendas.
Climate Goals & Targets
Environmental Challenges
- Significant discrepancy between the salience of cybersecurity at the board level and the actual steps taken to address it.
- 60% of surveyed organizations have not fully developed and implemented a cyber defense strategy.
- 15 years of business-driven adverse prioritization around the execution of protective security measures.
- Significant talent alienation problem around cybersecurity.
Mitigation Strategies
- Advocating for a top-down approach to cybersecurity driven by the board.
- Highlighting the link between cybersecurity, valuation multiples, and margins.
- Promoting cybersecurity as a key ESG topic and a matter of good corporate governance, ethics, and business.