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Enterprise Carbon and Energy Management Systems for Sustainable Corporations

By Daniel Stouffer

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The United Nations has defined sustainable development as development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. The body says that this process requires a reconciliation between environmental, social and economic elements, which in relation to sustainable corporations reflects the new concept of the triple bottom line. It is now widely accepted that an organization must squarely aim for sustainability as a core element of doing business.

Sustainable corporations are more likely to be accepted in the future than those that are not, or have failed to make an effort in this regard. Socially, environmental awareness is to the fore and the organization that is not compliant risks alienating the very clients that it needs to succeed. Enterprise carbon and energy management systems are now emerging as a key tool in the business arsenal, enabling the company to fully understand and develop its position.

Sustainable corporations look for all the help they can get, as they meet increasing demands from all angles. Dedicated systems have arisen to fill this need.

Enterprise carbon and energy management systems currently available allow the organization to understand its energy use and efficiency, in many cases for the first time. An individual asset may have been deemed to be efficient according to the benchmarks set by the manufacturer, but it may not have been operating efficiently from an energy use perspective and consequently emitting levels of carbon no longer acceptable.

For an organization to be fully aware of its carbon footprint, energy inefficiencies and what it needs to do to change, it needs to analyze the performance of every asset and be in possession of comprehensive and up-to-date information. Systems and solutions provide this information to the company, regardless of how many assets are concerned, how distributed the organization or how complex the process.

Every organization must understand that carbon is now a cost of doing business. Legislation is being considered to create market-driven forces, driving the use of carbon down through out and out competition. Sustainable corporations will be formed across the wide spectrum of business, as every entity needs energy to perform, from the simplest organization up to the largest power plants and industrial complexes.

Recent research by AMR has shown that almost half of all businesses have no systems or plans in place to measure the carbon use and as such, are as far from being sustainable corporations as they could be. Almost 1/3 of those surveyed indicated that a lack of information, a failure to understand the processes were barriers to adoption and these organizations should investigate enterprise carbon and energy management systems at the earliest convenience.

Certain governments around the world have moved forward with stringent regulation to force the formation of sustainable corporations through trading restrictions, fines and penalties. Elsewhere, individual jurisdictions and smaller governments are taking their own raft of actions and the net result will undoubtedly be a much more highly regulated and enforced carbon market in the future.

As one of the most important facets of a sustainable corporation is its reputation, brand management initiatives must include a concerted move toward sustainability. Simple public relations exercises, indications of processes or projects are not good enough and enterprise carbon and energy management systems in place will provide a solid foundation for growth.

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