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  • Viewpoint

    June 30, 2025
    Impact sourcing steers formal employment toward those historically left on the sidelines, melding social equity with enterprise performance. Yet this model’s success depends massively on a steady supply of job-ready talent. Consequently, training institutions – from government academies and CSR cohorts to vocational colleges and digital learning platforms – have shifted from the margins to becoming central to the ecosystem, translating inclusive intent into market-validated capabilities.  Across this ecosystem, demand for adaptive skills is sparking inventive pedagogy. Programs now blend online scalability with in-person mentorship, compress months of theory into high-intensity bootcamps, and embed continuous upskilling into earn-and-learn pathways, ensuring income does not pause while skills evolve. Meanwhile, widespread connectivity, cross-sector partnerships, and analytics that tether training inputs to workplace outcomes are turning previously distant communities into reliable talent reservoirs.  The Viewpoint traces this terrain – exploring institution archetypes, demand drivers, delivery logics, curriculum strategies, inclusion mechanisms, and the enabling technologies and partnerships that bind them together. It brings together high-level analysis and practical frameworks to help stakeholders navigate complexity and unlock value across the impact sourcing landscape. 
  • State of the Market

    June 13, 2025
    Sustainability has evolved from a corporate aspiration into a business-critical mandate, and technology-enabled services are emerging as vital tools in accelerating enterprise sustainability efforts. This report presents a structured, in-depth view of the sustainability enablement technology services landscape, analyzing how enterprises are progressing toward net-zero goals, the forces shaping demand, and how providers are responding. The report examines key drivers and inhibitors influencing sustainability investments, provides a detailed overview of adoption trends across industries and regions, and maps the maturity of enterprise sustainability initiatives. It also highlights emerging themes, such as sustainable IT, climate finance, and sustainability-as-a-service, that are poised to shape the market over the next two years. Through focused supplier-side analysis, the report outlines how providers are developing capabilities, prioritizing use cases, and building ecosystems to support enterprise needs. This research is intended to support stakeholders across the sustainability technology ecosystem – including enterprise buyers, providers, and partners – in understanding the market’s evolution, aligning on key priorities, and identifying emerging opportunities. Scope All industries and geographies Contents In this report, we examine: Enterprise progress toward net-zero goals Market drivers, barriers, and demand trends Adoption maturity across industries and regions Provider strategies and capability development Memberships Sustainability Technology and Services Sourcing and Vendor Management
  • Webinar

    May 27, 2025
    Inclusive and sustainable sourcing is quickly becoming a business must-have – especially in global markets like the UK, EU, and Asia-Pacific, where enterprises face growing pressure to show progress on ESG goals. Organizations are also seeking scalable ways to drive social impact that aligns with their values, sourcing strategies, and digital transformation goals. Watch Everest Group’s experts as they spotlight the firm’s Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) pledge to impact 1 million lives through impact sourcing by 2030, creating economic opportunities by providing skills and jobs to underserved communities globally. We explored how Everest Group is helping accelerate this movement by partnering with enterprises, service providers, and ecosystem enablers to embed inclusive and sustainable sourcing into business strategies. Attendees learned actionable tactics to balance business needs with social responsibility. What questions did the webinar answer for the participants? How will impact sourcing evolve over the next 3 years – especially as AI transforms workforce needs? What role does the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) ecosystem play in enabling enterprises to create inclusive, skilled talent pipelines? How can companies align impact sourcing with their ESG, talent, and digital transformation goals – while driving measurable business outcomes?
  • Webinar

    May 07, 2025
    Sustainability has become a business imperative – and as regulations tighten and market expectations evolve, enterprises must adapt quickly. Watch this webinar as Everest Group experts unpacked the latest trends shaping the ESG and sustainability technology and services landscape for 2025 and into 2026. We explored key regulatory developments, emerging enterprise priorities, provider tactics, a data-driven approach to refining strategies, and practical examples of adoption in areas like sustainable IT and ESG data management. Attendees also got an early look at Everest Group’s upcoming research, helping them stay ahead in an evolving sustainability landscape. What questions did the webinar answer? What key trends, regulations, and technology shifts will shape the sustainability and ESG landscape in 2025-26? How are enterprises adopting key sustainability tech use cases to drive measurable impact? What strategic priorities should organizations focus on to stay ahead in the evolving sustainability market?
  • Provider Compendium

    April 30, 2025
    This compendium profiles 17 leading sustainable engineering solutions providers. Their services include R&D for new sustainable products, smart charging solutions, and route optimization solutions across the engineering value chain. Each profile assesses the provider’s capabilities, case studies, investments, and strategic differentiators to help enterprises identify the right partners for digital industrial modernization. Scope Industry: ER&D and sustainability Geography: all Contents This report features detailed assessments, including profile overviews, key solutions, investment areas, and case studies of 17 providers that focus on sustainable engineering services.
  • Thematic Report

    April 10, 2025
    As digital technologies increasingly contribute to carbon emissions, enterprises are under increasing pressure to make their IT operations more sustainable. Regulatory mandates, evolving ESG commitments, and stakeholder expectations are pushing organizations to treat IT not just as a backend function, but as a strategic sustainability driver. Traditionally focused on energy efficiency and hardware lifecycle management, sustainable IT has expanded to encompass cloud sustainability, green software engineering, digital workplaces, and IT asset disposition. This broader scope is increasing enterprise demand for integrated, measurable, and outcome-oriented solutions. Providers are stepping up to this challenge by delivering sustainability-focused technology transformation services aligning with business and sustainability priorities. In this report, we explore the evolution of sustainable IT strategies, enterprise adoption trends, and providers’ key role in enabling the transition. We examine key solution areas such as cloud optimization, carbon-aware application development, sustainable IT procurement, and circularity-driven IT operations to offer a practical playbook for providers supporting client-centric sustainability journeys. Scope All industries and geographies Contents In this report, we: Analyze enterprise adoption trends in sustainable IT Examine how leading IT providers are enabling enterprises to embed sustainability across their technology landscape Explore a wide range of sustainable IT solutions – spanning cloud optimization, green software engineering, sustainable procurement, and IT asset disposition Highlight how these solutions help organizations meet their environmental and social goals and accelerate their journey toward environmentally responsible digital transformation Memeberships Sustainability Technology and Services Sourcing and Vendor Management

  • April 09, 2025
    In today’s dynamic talent market, organizations must actively monitor key roles and skills, both in-demand and emerging, to enable strategic workforce planning. Higher demand may indicate more significant competition for talent or a higher risk of attrition, making it vital to analyze talent demand trends to anticipate external competition and identify leading industries for talent acquisition. Everest Group’s half-yearly report offers insights into monthly IT services talent demand trends across India, highlighting top industries, roles, and skills based on H2 2024 demand. Leveraging data from our Talent Genius™ tool, this report comprehensively analyzes the current talent market, empowering organizations to stay competitive, plan for future workforce needs, and make informed talent acquisition decisions. Scope Industry: IT services Geography: India Contents In this report, we analyze talent demand trends in India's IT services sector on a national scale. Additionally, we provide detailed profiles of 15 major Tier-1 and Tier-2 cities, offering insights into talent demand trends, top industries, key roles, and essential skills in each location.
  • Viewpoint

    March 27, 2025
    As organizations integrate sustainability into business strategy, AI is a key enabler in driving carbon reduction, resource efficiency, ESG compliance, and supply chain transparency. AI’s role extends beyond operational improvements, supporting climate risk adaptation, circular economy initiatives, and net-zero transitions, making sustainability efforts more data-driven and scalable. However, AI comes with its energy and resource footprint. Enterprises must address challenges related to data governance, regulatory compliance, and high adoption costs to ensure AI’s sustainable deployment. In this report, we examine AI’s evolving role in enterprise sustainability, outlining key use cases, industry adoption trends, and strategic applications reshaping corporate sustainability efforts. The report outlines a structured roadmap for enterprises and providers, detailing how AI adoption can progress from early-stage implementations to long-term, transformational investments. It also assesses emerging AI trends, such as agentic AI, energy-efficient computing, and industry-specific sustainability solutions, while addressing data quality, governance, and economic feasibility concerns. By analyzing AI’s potential and adoption challenges, this report helps organizations evaluate AI-driven sustainability initiatives and make informed decisions about their implementation and long-term impact. Scope All industries and geographies Contents In this report, we examine: AI’s role in enterprise sustainability Key challenges to AI adoption in sustainability Future trends in AI and sustainability A phased approach to assessing AI readiness, piloting use cases, scaling adoption, and investing in long-term AI innovations for sustainability
  • Viewpoint

    March 25, 2025
    Hyperscalers, such as Google, Amazon, and Microsoft, accelerated partnerships with nuclear energy providers for energy procurement in H2 2024. This shift raises a key question: Why are hyperscalers turning to nuclear energy? Rising energy demands, limitations of renewable energy sources, and net-zero commitments are driving nuclear energy adoption. Data center capacity expansion and AI and gen AI adoption growth lead to high power demand and electricity consumption. Renewable energy depends on local weather conditions and requires massive land use for power generation compared to nuclear plants. Net-zero commitments and regulatory pressures compel hyperscalers to seek low-carbon energy alternatives. Historical mishaps, untested nuclear technologies, environmental considerations, and health and safety concerns contribute to the public’s perception of nuclear power. Simultaneously, nuclear projects face complex regulatory frameworks requiring multiple permits, licenses, and approvals. Despite these challenges, the industry outlook remains positive, with nuclear capacity expected to hit a record high in 2025 due to small modular reactors’ safety and scalability. Policy and regulation changes, technology advances in the energy transition sector, and waste management considerations could be potential challenges. In this Viewpoint, we suggest strategic options for energy procurement, innovation capacity, and regulatory compliance.
  • Viewpoint

    Feb. 28, 2025
    Sustainability is no longer a corporate compliance mandate; it is a competitive advantage that improves operational performance. Several enterprises on their sustainability journey struggle to make their IT infrastructure, particularly data centers, more sustainable. Data centers power modern economies but consume large energy and resource quantities, leaving significant environmental footprint. Rising data volumes, AI adoption, the expected gen AI boom, carbon neutrality commitments, and climate change are driving data centers toward sustainability. What makes data centers sustainable? This Viewpoint answers this question by identifying a sustainable data center’s six key characteristics. These characteristics are energy efficiency, renewable energy use, advanced cooling systems, effective waste management, reduced embodied carbon, and emerging technologies across data center operations. In this Viewpoint, we explore a sustainable data center’s key characteristics and notable investments by data center operators and hyperscalers. The report highlights implications for enterprises aiming to enhance their data centers’ sustainability and improve their corporate sustainability performance. Scope All industries and geographies Contents In this report, we: Examine a sustainable data center’s key characteristics Identify market trends shaping the sustainable data center market Analyze implications for enterprises working to improve their sustainability performance Membership(s) Sustainability Technology and Services Cloud and Infrastructure Services Sourcing and Vendor Management