Environment category

ESG data is more important now than ever

2 min read - Environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance is finally reaching prominence in corporate and public life. Too often and too long a peripheral concern of corporate executive teams and boards, the tide turned earlier this year when CEO and Founder of Blackrock Larry Fink announced in his annual letter to CEOs that BlackRock would “place sustainability at the center of how we invest.” His announcement signaled a fundamental shift in capital markets and, along with it, an end to the days where sustainability…

Data lakes and analytics: powerful alone, but better together

< 1 min read - Data lakes are designed to hold, process and facilitate limited analysis on data. So why, you might ask, does a company need both a data lake and analytics platform for sustainability and energy data? Companies are expanding their data management infrastructures both massively and quickly, which has led some companies to create their own data lake. A data lake is a centralized repository that brings in business performance data from a variety of sources to an internally hosted database in…

9 tips to manage your sustainability reporting process

4 min read - Managing the reporting and assurance process for your company’s ESG outcomes is difficult at the best of times. But you can simplify your sustainability reporting process by following a number of key points. 2019 marked an important milestone as the world announced a clear intent to move to a low-carbon economy. Moving forward, governments, institutions and businesses will have to address how they manage this transition in order to ensure the long-term sustainability of their businesses. As a result, reporting…

Energy management and the digital revolution

2 min read - Digital technology is revolutionizing most industries, none more so than energy management. Easier access to computing resources via the cloud, combined with specialized analytics platforms and applications on demand is turning the business of energy management on its head. In its most recent survey on business process outsourcing (The Accenture 2015 High-Performance BPO Report), Accenture highlights the growing importance of digital technology in the outsourcing relationship. The report found that the high-performing companies using BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) services are distinguished…

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