Best Practices: Net Zero Emissions Digital Strategies
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Executive Summary
This report helps executives looking to succeed on their journeys to decarbonize business operations and achieve net zero. It provides an overview of how best to prepare digital strategies to support the move to net zero, including an analysis of key digital technologies vital to decarbonisation, and how digital strategies should vary to meet unique industry demands. The report also examines how digital strategies can best be aligned with broader ESG trends, such as the rapidly growing regulatory market, and the in-flux voluntary carbon market. Executives should use this report to inform digital planning and purchasing decisions as they begin their journeys to net zero.Effective Digital Strategies Will Enable Net Zero Success
Firms Must Lay The Foundations For Effective Decarbonization
Digital Strategies Need To Evolve To Meet Net Zero Challenges
Firms Must Reconcile Digital Strategies For Net Zero With Overarching Business Priorities
Firms Must Integrate Varied Technologies Into Net Zero Digital Strategies
Building A Net Zero Digital Strategy Is A Multi-Stage Process
Net Zero Digital Strategies Rely On Strong Enterprise Carbon Management Capabilities
Net Zero Digital Strategies Are Contingent On Industry Materiality
Firms With Minimal Direct Emissions Should Focus On Becoming Net Zero Leaders
Asset-Intensive Industries Must Mitigate Emissions
Growing Supply Chain Complexity Requires Collaboration
Financial Institutions Must Manage Portfolio Emissions
Figure 2. Enterprise Carbon Management Information Architecture
Figure 3. The Net Zero Maturity Journey
Figure 4. The Technology Implementation Life Cycle
Figure 5. Carbon Emissions Data Collection And Management Functionality
Figure 6. Net Zero Programme And Strategy Management Functionality
Figure 7. Carbon Financial Management Functionality
Figure 8. Net Zero Industry Focus: Low Emitting Corporate Verticals
Figure 9. Net Zero Industry Focus: Asset-Intensive Verticals
Figure 10. Net Zero Industry Focus: Complex Supply Chain Verticals
Figure 11. Net Zero Industry Focus: Financial Institutions
About the Authors
Connor Taylor
Senior Analyst
Connor is a Senior Analyst at Verdantix. He focuses on delivering research to help senior executives navigate decarbonization decision-making and build effective strategies to…
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Kim Knickle
Research Director
Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a…
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