Business transformation December 13, 2022

IBM journey to more sustainable facilities: IBM as client zero

3 min read - As IBM helps customers align sustainability goals with business objectives, we also leverage technology to achieve our own sustainability goals. Currently, IBM has a set of environmental commitments, including achieving Net Zero GHG Emissions by 2030 and diverting 90% of…

Sustainability June 8, 2022

The CPO’s role in driving enterprise sustainability

5 min read - The British Zero Defects thinker Phil Crosby said, “If anything is certain, it is that change is certain. The world we are planning for today will not exist in this form tomorrow.” Few events in modern history have amplified this…

Sustainability March 25, 2022

SEC’s climate disclosure rule proposal explained

3 min read - The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a rule proposal to standardize the way organizations make climate-related disclosures. The rule proposal would require US publicly traded companies to disclose annually how their businesses are assessing, measuring and managing climate-related risks. This would…

Sustainability March 2, 2022

What is a NABERS rating and why is it important?

4 min read - What is NABERS? NABERS is a standardized building rating system which looks at the sustainability performance of commercial buildings around Australia. The National Australian Built Environment Ratings System, more commonly referred to as NABERS for short, provides a star rating…

Envizi December 10, 2021

CSR reporting, explained

5 min read - Organizations are increasingly required and expected to report on performance metrics that extend beyond their financial performance. Corporate Social Responsibility reporting, or CSR reporting, is one approach which provides corporate transparency to key stakeholders on an organization’s social and environmental…

Envizi October 26, 2021

Carbon pricing, carbon tax and the global effort to decarbonize

6 min read - Carbon pricing continues to hold a recurring spot in public political discourse around the world, with debates surrounding these climate policies increasing in the years since the Paris Agreement. Not only did the treaty outline a global framework for nations to…

Envizi September 2, 2021

SAF certificates explained: sustainable aviation fuel certificates 

3 min read - For years, aviation has been one of the many sectors subject to growing calls for increased environmental stewardship and sustainable leadership. It comes as no surprise that investors and corporations have been driving this pressure, given that the global aviation sector…

Sustainability June 9, 2021

CDP: What it is, how it works and how software can help

2 min read - What is CDP? CDP is a popular voluntary reporting framework that companies use to disclose environmental information to their stakeholders (investors, employees and customers). Reporting is completed on an annual basis, with the portal opening in April every year and submissions due in…

Sustainability June 7, 2021

Renewable energy procurement options in the path to net zero

6 min read - ESG reporting has gone mainstream—with the consensus now that ESG risk is investment risk, it is paramount to assess and disclose ESG performance as we enter the low carbon transition. And in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has…

Sustainability May 27, 2021

Carbon offsets and the net zero pathway: A closer look

4 min read - The challenge of reaching net zero is both enormous and complex, and will require a plethora of strategies and systems to be utilized. One important piece of the decarbonization jigsaw puzzle is carbon offsets, which are predicted to increase 15-fold in…