THE STANDARD By James Claude | February 19th 2021 at 12:30:00 GMT +0300 James Claude, CEO of Global Voice Group. Human interaction with the planet has caused many problems, including the degradation of biodiversity and the rapid onset of a planetary climate change emergency. Unless public and private sectors across the globe understand the associated risks and move toward a low carbon and sustainable way of operating, we will continue to see a breakdown of key sectors, economies and society. In line with the changes being experienced on a global scale, data has become central to most aspects of life and it has a role to play in the execution of an Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy. Data has been integrated into the decision-making process of many governments and organisations globally, with African nations slowly adopting the use of data as well.