But it's not all bad news. Read on to find out how.
Before you can think about reducing your carbon footprint, you first need to measure it. For larger businesses, the sheer number of data points can make it hard to know where to start.
Thankfully, there’s a system for categorizing different types of carbon emissions. Introduced in the Green House Gas (GHG) Protocol in 2001, it now forms the basis for mandatory GHG reporting in the UK and elsewhere.
Emissions are split into three ‘scopes’:
| Scope | Covers | Examples | Volume of Emissions | Level of Control | Ease of Measurement |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Emissions made directly by the company | Vehicles, factories | Low | High | High |
| 2 | Energy emissions produced on its behalf | Heating, cooling, lighting, power | Medium | Medium | Medium |
| 3 | Emissions for which the company is indirectly responsible | Produced up and down the supply chain, and by customers using its products | High | Low | Low |
Most businesses begin by measuring and reducing their own emissions—a reasonable starting point. But to fully exploit the Net Zero Advantage, they’ll eventually need to extend their reach.
Making improvements outside the organization means close collaboration up and down the supply chain. Your company will need partners to capture and share emissions data, buying into the need for sustainable commercial practices.
Each partner that rises to the challenge will create huge volumes of data that must be captured, cleaned, shared, and stored. The longer the supply chain, the greater the challenge.
But this is just the start. Data is worthless unless it creates insights, which in turn can’t have an impact unless they’re shared and turned into action.
Successful organizations share data as widely as possible. By allowing access to employees and partners, they inspire innovation, accountability, and a sense of shared purpose.
The tricky part has always been finding a way to make this happen—until now.
Truly sustainable businesses measure not just their own emissions, but also those created on their behalf. This is no mean feat, with potentially millions of data points scattered around the world and partners using different collection and aggregation tools.
That is where we come in. We partner with Microsoft to create solutions that help make sense of your emission data up and down your supply chain.
We leverage the Microsoft Azure platform to create simple solutions that deliver insights to corporate leaders, business unit leads, and partners in real time.
With our solutions, you can:
Like you, we’re on an eMission mission.
We recently implemented eMission Cloud View at the heart of a major global energy business. The client needed help meeting Net Zero targets and complying with strict regulatory requirements.
The platform benchmarked emissions data across the business and against industry standards, providing increased visibility into the carbon footprint of its entire asset portfolio. This allowed executives to make evidence-based decisions on how best to further reduce GHG emissions.
Objective: Reduce emissions
Results: 35% reduction in GHG intensity (emissions)
Objective: Identify operational savings
Results: $10M annual reduction in cross-functional effort; $200M annual OPEX savings (largely through energy efficiencies)
eMission Cloud View is secure, simple, and highly scalable—designed from the ground up to complement Microsoft Azure’s suite of products.
By providing improved data quality, it supports business units to reduce carbon intensity, increase energy efficiency, and manage energy costs. It also provides key stakeholders and decision-makers with access to digital tools, analytics platforms, and planning frameworks.
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Amit Singh
Senior Director, Energy & Commodities
amit.singh3@publicissapient.com
Gold Microsoft Partner
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