It is a law of thermodynamics that all things decay with time. This has been the bane of paperwork's existence, dating back to medieval times when transcriptionists worked around the clock copying old contracts, sometimes written on animal skins, that decayed with the seasons. But that all changed in 1440.
That year, a German inventor created the printing press. For the first time, information could be copied faster than it decayed, and it unleashed nothing less than the enlightenment. We are on the cusp of another such revolution, albeit humbler, in the realm of legal operations.
For the first time in history, the office of the general counsel can store, copy, and distribute entity data faster than it can be corrupted. And what's more, it can defy physics and create corporate systems that do more than simply resist the sands of time-they actually improve with use.
A Storm of Change
The pandemic of 2020 didn't lead to the invention of entity management software but it did precipitate its meteoric rise. Already by the start of the year, nearly 40% of corporations over $1B in revenue were using it, and now businesses of all sizes have been forced to adopt it to deal with the five horsemen of the digital decade:- Regulation
- Governance
- Cybersecurity
- Remote work
- Economic turbulence
How Does One Begin?
How does one begin to build an entity that improves with wear? We cover that topic in our latest guide, Evolving from Organizational Chaos to Modern Entity Management. We provide a Maturity Curve to rank your organization today, as well as steps for how to finally see the end of entity entropy.![](https://annyazommq.cloudimg.io/https://dg-staging-450520-cd.azurewebsites.net/-/media/project/diligent/master/au-whitepaper-images/whitepaper-images/a-buyers-guide-to-esg-data-management-software.png?h=511&iar=0&w=765&rev=263be577-e761-4e63-96ef-8ab461f2c7d1&org_if_sml=1&force_format=webp&hash=66FFC6017BFA4AEF4FEB228C028B7AA2)
Media Highlights
Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues have become more complex and multifaceted than ever before. At the same time, ESG continues to ascend on board and leadership agendas.
In this buyer’s guide, we explore what a market-leading ESG solution should look like and highlight the key areas organisations should be prioritising as they embark on their search.