Sustainability is a global megatrend. The world’s largest corporations and governments are accelerating decarbonization commitments, amid increasing scrutiny of ESG disclosure.
Key Sustainability Related Business Challenges
Carbon Data Management
Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Calculation and Reporting
Setting Climate Targets & Decarbonization Roadmapping
Quantifying and Reducing Supply Chain Emissions
Common Gaps Across Key Climate Disclosure Areas
Scope 1 - Emissions
- Direct emissions–sources owned or controlled
- Facility emissions
- Company vehicles
Scope 2 - Emissions
- Indirect emissions–from purchased electricity
- Purchased electricity
- Direct steam/heating / cooling
Scope 3 - Supply Chain Emissions
- Indirect emissions–supply chain, transportation, etc.
- 15 categories of upstream & downstream emission sources
IBM Envizi – the world’s most comprehensive data, analytics and insights platform for Sustainability and ESG
Financial Grade Carbon Accounting
Comprehensive Sustainability Reporting & Disclosure
Monitoring Performance against Sustainability Commitments and Goals
Envizi Framework
How Envizi Helps Address Key Pain Points
Build Data Foundation
A single, centralized system of records that provides auditable, financial grade sustainability data
Streamline Reporting & Disclosure
Flexible reporting tools to meet internal and external requirements
Accelerate Decarbonization
Unlock insights to determine the fastest and most cost-effective pathway to achieve the low-carbon objective
Key Differentiators
Capture
Data including all the details of efficiency projects, whether manual or automatic
Track
Performance outcomes by linking projects to utility accounts and meters
Report
On performance versus expected outcomes at the asset or portfolio level
Success Stories
The supply chain decreased Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 21% in one year
$20M savings on energy and water costs for real estate investment fund
Envizi helped a large bank to identify $2.1M energy waste
The supply chain decreased Scope 1 and Scope 2 GHG emissions by 21% in one year
Challenges
- Large number of sites across multiple geographies (50 facilities across 15 countries)
- ESG-efforts were cumbersome and difficult to audit
- Manual gathering of data into spreadsheets
Solution
- With IBM Envizi, the business could monitor its ESG practices & track performance against science-based standards
- Data is automatically captured, compiled, and transformed into usable outputs
Value
- Scope 1 and 2 GHG emissions were decreased by more than 21% in one year
- Compiles and transforms data into usable outputs and helps eliminate errors from manual data entry
$20M savings on energy and water costs for real estate investment fund
Challenges
- Develops, owns, and manages a diverse portfolio of commercial retail, office, and logistics buildings
- Portfolio is geographically spread across Australia
- Used multiple standalone systems to monitor and manage data, increasingly difficult to reconcile
Solution
- Consolidated data from multiple systems
- Created a single system of record
- Managed energy usage and GHG emissions across the building portfolio
Value
- Reduced energy intensity by 52% across the portfolio
- Realized annual savings of USD 20 million on energy and water costs
Envizi helped a large bank to identify $2.1M energy waste
Challenges
- Large number of small sites with $20M aggregated energy spend
- Energy waste difficult to detect and diagnose due to time-poor FM staff
- No visibility to energy performance across the portfolio
Solution
- Building Energy Performance Analytics module
- Deployed across 250 sites that had existing utility interval meters
- Engineering team enablement
Value
- $2.1M energy waste identified
- $133K savings across 20 worst performing sites
The Envizi Edge
A Turnkey SaaS Solution
Saving you the larger scale, higher cost, and riskier elements of a conventional software implementation project
Implementation Methodology
- Configure your groups, locations, accounts, and meters.
- Conduct reporting workshops.
- Establish an automated data capture mechanism.
Implementation Timeline
16 – 24 weeks from commercial signoffs
Partnership with IBM & 3Degrees
The best of industry and technology expertise to address regulatory needs related to ESG and Sustainability
46 years of combined experience in IT & Sustainability
Global Delivery Capabilities
Support for 3rd party verification on methodology
Services We Offer
Advisory Services
- Goal setting & carbon reduction roadmapping
- Renewable energy assessments
- Carbon strategy consulting
Implementation Services
- Value chain intervention
- Renewable energy transactions
- Carbon procurement
Support Services
- Regulatory & Market Intelligence
- Environmental claims guidance
- Marketing support