SINAI

The client, a global energy, environmental products and commodities firm, was faced with the challenge of digitizing and confirming their internally developed carbon footprint calculations and methodology. The goal was to deliver a robust and auditable Greenhouse Gas (GHG) footprint. The client's diversified business structure and varied assets made the initial task of data gathering quite complicated. Additionally, the data the client had consolidated to date had been in spreadsheets, a format that often causes version control issues, exacerbates manual errors, and drives delays from difficulties in obtaining reliable data. These challenges were further amplified by the need to repeat the process yearly, at a minimum, with increasing stakeholder pressure to deliver more frequent and specific reporting.

Caramuru, a leading grain processor and biofuel producer in Brazil, recognized the impact of climate change on its business and sought to reduce its carbon footprint. The company needed to construct a Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Inventory to measure their emissions and develop a reliable decarbonization strategy. Additionally, Caramuru had recently issued an Export Pre-Payment Note (PPE) with sustainability-linked Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), which included reporting goals for their GHG emissions, including scope 3 value chain emissions. The challenge was to meet these PPE requirements and start planning to establish goals aligned with the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi).

PennEngineering, a technology and manufacturing firm, has been providing fastening solutions for various industries since 1942. The company has a strong focus on environmental responsibility and aims to promote carbon-neutral practices. Recently, PennEngineering has been receiving requests from their customers to share their scope 1 and scope 2 emissions to aid in value chain emissions tracking and enable decarbonization. To respond to these requests and position the company as a leader in sustainability, PennEngineering decided to adopt a corporate-wide process to collect and calculate scope 1 and scope 2 GHG emissions across all manufacturing and technical facilities in the United States, Europe, and Asia. However, a major challenge was that most of PennEngineering’s global manufacturing facilities had never calculated or tracked GHG emissions. To ensure appropriate carbon accounting methodologies aligned with global standards were employed, PennEngineering reached out to SINAI to guide the company through the process of developing an inventory, in a fashion that could be repeatable annually for the business.

The Adam Hall Group, a global manufacturer and distributor for the event technology industry, wanted to promote sustainability within the industry and set an example for long-term sustainable business. The company sought to develop their first-time scope 1, 2, and 3 GHG inventory across their global operations. They partnered with SINAI to identify appropriate emission sources to include in the inventory and define an ongoing plan to improve the accuracy of the scope 3 calculations. The biggest challenge was collecting data for Adam Hall’s first-time scope 3 inventory, which makes up more than 80% of their emissions. The company had a small internal sustainability team, and they needed an automated and cloud-based solution to make their GHG management capabilities repeatable, transparent, and efficient.

The steel industry is one of the largest industrial emitters of carbon dioxide globally, posing a significant challenge in the transition to a net-zero world. BMO, committed to supporting sustainable financing and impact investing, collaborated with SINAI to analyze decarbonization opportunities in the iron and steel sector in North America. The challenge was to assess the technological and commercial viability for the sector to achieve net zero, given its importance in the global economy. The results of this analysis were crucial for BMO's climate ambition to be a lead partner in the transition to a net-zero world.

The challenge faced by the companies involved in the CarbonPrime initiative was to accurately collect, allocate, and share primary emissions data across global supply chains. This was a complex task due to the need for a robust software platform that could handle consistent methods of allocation for the same products throughout the value chain. The initiative aimed to provide a solid foundation for investments and business decisions by enabling data transparency and reliability. The companies involved had to resist the temptation to expand the scope too broadly and instead focused on a manageable level of primary data to ensure results were relevant and verifiable by third parties.

Since the 2020 fiscal year, MUFG has been gathering data across its operations to disclose Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect from purchased energy) emissions. Gathering and consolidating this information has proven to be cumbersome and time-consuming, requiring significant time and resources to ensure that the data is accurate.

The main challenge for Grupo Boticário was the development of a comprehensive GHG inventory, particularly focusing on scope 3 emissions, which represent over 97% of the company's total emissions. The difficulty lay in data collection for new scope 3 emission sources, which required input from various departments such as purchasing, R&D, finance, and sales. The company needed to identify relevant emission sources and activity data to develop a robust GHG inventory. Additionally, Grupo Boticário aimed to transition from expense-based methodologies to mass data calculations to improve the accuracy of their scope 3 inventory. The company also sought to define a decarbonization strategy for its value chain, including supplier engagement, to reduce emissions effectively.