"There's increasing investor pressure from financial analysts saying we will not invest in companies that do not have some kind of Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) plan," said Polly Mitchell-Guthrie, VP of industry outreach and thought leadership at Kinaxis, which provides supply chain planning and decision-making software. "Investors are focusing on risk reduction. A sustainable supply chain is a more resilient supply chain, and investors are realizing that if there's a sustainability risk on the balance sheet, that is a financial risk as well."