APAC C-suite barometer: outlook 2023
Our research reveals:
- Optimism in the face of ongoing challenges: Despite economic instability and growing energy prices, most executives (81%) have a positive outlook for growth in 2023.
- Rising and falling energy bills: In APAC, more than three-quarters of executives (77%) believe their organisations will face higher energy costs during 2023.
- Understanding emerging technologies: The vast majority of APAC business leaders are very or quite well-versed in automation (87%) and big data (85%). At the same time, familiarity with emerging technologies is correlated to how much importance they attach to such technologies: respectively 40% and 30% deem big data and automation essential for their organisations.
- Cyber security risks: 61% of organisations feel that cyber security risks have increased over the last 12 months, the same number of C-suites believe that their organisations’ data is completely protected.
- The evolution of ESG reporting: In the APAC region, a strong majority of businesses (92%) say they are ready for ESG reporting, and over two-thirds (68%) have budgeted costs for that. Among different ESG topics, sustainability reporting (65%) and climate and carbon emissions (63%) are the most budgeted.
- Talent attraction and retention: Doing the right thing to lure the right talent is key to a company’s success. 75% of business leaders in APAC think that a good atmosphere among colleagues and both interesting and stimulating aspects of work are most important when it comes to attracting talent.
Conducted in Q4 of 2022, the Forvis Mazars APAC C-suite barometer is based on insight from more than 140 executives from 5 countries in Asia Pacific region to understand the opportunities and challenges they are facing.
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