As sustainability regulations evolve, organizations face rising pressure to deliver accurate, auditable ESG data.
Join Coleen Griffin and Pamela Fusco as they share insights from research into how data governance models must adapt to meet ESG disclosure demands-while navigating the disruptive forces of AI and growing cybersecurity threats.
Coleen will share details pertaining to an ESG Data Governance Playbook she designed to help organizations move forward with more secure, intelligent, and compliant ESG data practices.
Discussion points:

The role of technology in ESG assurance is gaining prominence, discussing how innovations such as blockchain and AI are reshaping ESG reporting by improving traceability, automating validations, and reducing subjectivity in disclosures. These digital tools not only support compliance but also elevate the reliability and timeliness of ESG data, making them strategic enablers of performance management.
Navigating Regulatory Complexity: Evolving Data Governance Models in the Age of Sustainability, AI, and Cyber Risk.
Rethinking Data Governance: A Sustainability-Driven Response to Regulatory, AI, and Cybersecurity Dynamics.
Improving sustainability and Cyber-Risk through Data Governance.
The session will give an overview of the research and the intended outputs as well as how data governance impacts AI.


BIO:
Coleen Rose Griffin is the Director of IT Engagement for Data & Analytics at Waste Management (formerly Stericycle). She is responsible for working with the business to operationalize the Data and Analytics Strategy. She is passionate about empowering learning and adoption through internal communities. She served as the Enterprise Architect for Data & Analytics & Director of IT Business Operations in her 8 years at Stericycle. With 25 years of IT experience, she previously held key leadership roles at Accenture, TekLink, Pepsico, Comdisco, People’s Energy, and Worksoft.
Coleen holds a bachelor’s degree from St Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa, a graduate degree in Information Systems from Maynooth University in Ireland, and an MBA from DePaul University in Chicago. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Engineering at the Lero Institute & University of Limerick in Ireland where she is studying the impact of ESG on data governance frameworks with an anticipated completion in the fall of 2026.
Coleen is a member of Chicago’s Innovation Executives League (IEL), the Innovation Value Institute (IVI), and an active speaker and mentor at Women in Science in Engineering