The Sustaira Platform: The Sustainability and ESG App Platform

Content Type: Solution
Categories: Data

Overview

The Sustainability and ESG App Platform

The Sustaira Platform offers you one flexible Sustainability and ESG app layer on top of all your data sources. Sustaira brings all your ESG and Sustainability data into one space. Connecting teams and processes to streamline sustainability efforts in today's complex world. With our customizable platform and building-block approach, you can collaborate, automate, and truly make a difference!



Recognize these Sustainability and ESG Challenges?

Sustaira can help!



Sustainability/ESG data is siloed.

  • No easy and efficient way to aggregate and manage the data
  • Too many manual processes and Excel spreadsheets: error-prone
  • Lack of a centralized data hub and a single source of truth

Inefficient reporting.

  • Difficult to demonstrate the impact
  • Once a year reporting versus real time and ongoing insights
  • Lack of transparency in the supply chain and product lifecycle

Hard to turn Insights into actions.

  • No real way to track progress and results based on set goals
  • Unable to engage employees around sustainability
  • Hard to keep up with constantly changing requirements


One flexible Sustainability and ESG app layer on top of all your data sources.

The Sustaira Sustainability Circle is a high-level overview of what Sustaira offers. Sustaira has created building block applications within and between all of the domains of sustainability and ESG seen around the circle. These applications are meant to be tailored, tweaked, and customized to 100% meet the needs of the end user. The applications then live in the Sustaira launchpad that acts as a smart layer on top of your internal and external data sources. Bring your sustainability and ESG data together with a building block approach that eliminates manual processes and allows you the flexibility to grow and change throughout your sustainability journey.

Application templates include:

  • Projects and KPI Tracker
  • Carbon Accounting
  • Disclosures
  • Carbon Footprint Calculator
  • Employee Travel Emissions
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
  • Reporting
  • Engagement and Rewards
  • Supplier Portal
  • Materiality Assessment
  • Scenario Analysis
  • Sustainability Planner
  • Custom ESG and Sustainability App Development

Documentation

https://youtu.be/ycmN8ZbpRkM
Demo urlhttps://www.sustaira.com/request-a-demo

Description

Imagine a world where cutting-edge technology and Sustainability domain expertise are combined. Where Sustaira enables and empowers Sustainability and ESG leaders in making a difference within and for their organizations and ecosystems with innovative and interactive software. Sustainability starts with Sustaira.

The Sustaira Sustainability and ESG App Platform allows users to adopt only what they need through a building block approach. Organizations can select from Sustaira's extensive menu of applications that address the most common challenges in Sustainability and ESG, and what they select is then added to the Sustaira launchpad giving them a single source of sustainability and ESG data that is tailored to them. This launchpad can house Sustaira applications as well as other applications they may already be using! Organizations also have the option to add totally custom ESG and Sustainability applications to their launchpad as well. At Sustaira, we believe in a phased approach, starting first with the biggest priority or easiest "wins" to help organizations get started on their sustainability and ESG journey right away and build trust. As organizations grow in their ESG journey or needs change perhaps due to policies and regulations, organizations can add more applications and functionality to the platform at any time - coming back to that building-block approach.

All Sustaira applications have core features and functionalities that most organizations will need. However, these applications are left open and flexible and are meant to be tailored, tweaked, and customized so that they can 100% meet the needs of whoever may adopt them. This means that if an organization wants specific functionality, calculators, or reports, the Sustaira team can customize that application to do just that.

Typical usage scenario

Usually, when someone gets started with Sustaira they will begin with anywhere from 1 to 3 applications on their Sustaira launchpad. The most common adoption packages are as follows:

Package 1: Goals and KPI Tracker - This package is great as a step one where an organization needs a way to aggregate data and begin tracking their ESG goals and Sustainability plans in a live application.

Package 2: Carbon Accounting - This package includes the Goals and KPI tracker as mentioned above, along with Sustaira's complete Carbon Accounting Solution that allows users to track their scope 1 and 2 emissions as well as dicing into their Scope 3 emissions.

Package 3: Custom ESG App Development - This package is typically adopted by an organization that has a specific need they have not yet found a solution to address. Usually, this is a complex excel based process or a combination of needs that requires a totally new application.

These packages are not mutually exclusive and we have seen folks adopt both package 2 and 3 at the same time or a mixture of items!


Features and limitations

To get a full understanding of Sustaira's Features and Functionalities, please see the Sustaira ESG & Sustainability Software Evaluation Guide which can be found here: https://www.sustaira.com/sustaira-esg-sustainability-software-evaluation-guide

In order to enable users to make an informed decision on which software or platform to adopt for their Sustainability and ESG needs Sustaira broke down the common Evaluation Criteria that are considered. We have segmented our evaluation criteria into three main groups that consist of various subcategories. Those main groups are Functional, Technical, and Organizational Criteria and Capabilities. This is a comprehensive evaluation guide of Sustaira's capabilities based on the ESG Evaluation Criteria Framework. In this section, you can get a clear breakdown of each segment, what it includes, what you may want to consider, and how Sustaira addresses each criterion.


Releases

Version: 1.0.0
Framework Version: null
Release Notes: Initial Release