In this contributed article, Supratik Shankar, Co-founder of Dview Technologies, explores how data analytics and insights can be leveraged to achieve sustainability goals, the challenges and opportunities in implementing data-driven sustainability initiatives, and the future trends that will shape this field.
Hitachi Vantara’s State of Data Infrastructure Sustainability Report
June 17, 2023 by
U.S. businesses have made sustainability a priority, with nearly four in five companies saying that they have developed plans for achieving carbon neutrality (78%) and net zero carbon emissions (79%), according to the State of Data Infrastructure Sustainability, a new report from our friends over at Hitachi Vantara, the modern infrastructure, data management and digital solutions subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501). However, despite this and the fact that 85% of respondents claim to be “on plan” or “ahead of plan” when it comes to their carbon reduction goals, the survey revealed that actual progress may not be as robust as many businesses believe.
With Sustainability Analytics, Big Data Can Save the World
November 22, 2022 by
In this contributed article, Cashion “Cash” East, Director of Analytics for Higg, discusses how sustainability analytics requires a lot of data from many different sources. Some of that data already exists and is standardized, while other data is coming from new sources with no established standards. In order for companies to collect and organize ESG data in a meaningful and efficient way, the article recommends that companies start doing five things as they begin building out their sustainability insights platform.
