Buyer's Guide To Sustainable Business Software

Published: 05 July 2010

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18 pages, 11 figures

Executive Summary

The pressure on firms to collect, store, audit and report accurate sustainability data is growing. Tighter regulations, stakeholder pressure and potential cost savings drive firms to look at better alternatives to existing systems. With so many providers offering solutions in what appears to be a fairly amorphous market, Verdantix surveyed 65 suppliers to clarify and define purchase options for buyers. Verdantix questioned suppliers over categories of solutions, application launches, types of deployment, customer wins, geographic reach and other important indicators for potential buyers. Firms should not be confused by deployment options on offer and should let business requirements and commercial constraints drive strategy. In an increasingly crowded market, buyers need to find providers that have existing customers with profiles similar to their own, and providers with liquid assets to drive sustainable business transformation.

BUYER’S GUIDE TO SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS SOFTWARE
Sixty-Five Providers Crowd The Sustainable Business Software Market
Sustainable Business Software Comprises Four Overlapping Categories
Sustainability, Environment, CSR And Facilities Lead Purchase Decisions
Buyers Shouldn’t Obsess About Different Deployment Options

BUYERS MUST PROCEED WITH CAUTION IN THIS FAST MOVING MARKET
Today’s Sustainable Business Software Market Is Packed With New Apps
Risk Averse Buyers Must Swerve Past Suppliers With Few Customers
Industries With Significant Environmental Impacts Drive Demand
Suppliers Need A Cash Pile To Deliver Sustainable Business Innovation

TABLE OF FIGURES

Figure 1. Most Providers Offer Carbon Management Software
Figure 2. The CSO Is The Most Involved In The Decision-Making Process
Figure 3. Deciding On What Type Of Software Architecture Can Be Confusing
Figure 4. Suppliers Launched 32 New Applications In 2009
Figure 5. 2009 Saw An Increase In First Customer Wins
Figure 6. Market Immaturity Means More Providers Have Fewer Customers
Figure 7. Many Small Suppliers Exist In The Market
Figure 8. Only A Few Firms Have Global Offices
Figure 9. Few Firms Have Deployed On A Large Scale
Figure 10. Emissions Intensive Industries Top The Client Lists
Figure 11a. Named Customer Examples
Figure 11b. Named Customer Examples (Continued)

COMPANIES MENTIONED

1 E Software, Accenture, Ahold, Allegheny, Alliance Boots, AMEE, APX, ArcelorMittal, AT&T, Ayala Land, BAE Systems, BASF, Becker Underwood, Borealis, Bosch, BP, BUPA New Zealand, C3 Carbon, CA Technologies, CADmeleon, Camco, Carbeion, Carbon Diem, Carbon Hub, Carbon View, CarbonNavigator Carbonetworks (now ENXSuite), CarbonOps, CarbonSystems, Cardinal Health, Carrefour, Celanese, Cement Australia, Centrica, Cintellate (SAI Global), Cisco, Citigroup, City of Palo Alto, City of Philadelphia, CloudApps, Coca-Cola, Crédit Agricole, Credit360, CSRWare, DaimlerChrysler, Dakota Software, Dell, Deutsche Post DHL, Domino’s Pizza, Dow Chemicals, Duke University, E.ON, E3 Solutions, EcoSecurities, Emex, Enablon, EnerNOC, Enviance, ESC, ExxonMobil, FedEx, First Carbon Solutions, Flint Hills Resources, Food Marketing Institute, Foresite Systems, Fortescue Metals Group, Fresh & Easy, Fuji Xerox, Future 121, GDF Suez, GlaxoSmithKline, GM, Google, Green Oak Solutions, Greenboard Technology, Greener Applications, Greenstone, Hanover Insurance, Hara, Hitachi, Hondo Green, HSBC, Huntsman, IEA, IHS, Infosys, Instantis, Integrated FM, Intelex, International Power, Intuit, Izypeo, Johnson Controls, Kraft Foods, La Poste, Lloyds TSB, Locus Technologies, Macquarie Assets, Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment, McDonalds, Metcash, Microsoft, Misys, Morgan Stanley, Mohawk Industries, Munich RE, New York City, News Corporation, North Shore City, Osisko, Pace Global, Partners HealthCare, PE International, Perillon, Pfizer, Prima Consulting, ProcessMAP, Proctor & Gamble, PRUPIM, Revolution ID, Salesforce, SAP, SAS, Shell, Simplifi Solutions, Spotless Group, SSE, Systar, TechniData, Telefónica, Tesco, Titanium Metals, Total, Toyota, Transcontinental, Tririga, US Army, US Department of Energy (DOE), Verdiem, Verisae, Verteego, VillageGreen Global, Westfield Group, Wipro, Xstrata, ZeroFootprint