Bridging the Data Divide: Using Automation to Unify Data Sources for Sustainability Reporting
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The document discusses how automation can bridge the data divide for sustainability reporting, highlighting challenges faced by corporate sustainability teams in accessing accurate data from various internal and external sources. It emphasizes the complexities of managing disparate data formats from utility bills and suggests a streamlined approach using the Urjanet platform for data retrieval and integration. Automation is proposed as a solution to reduce labor-intensive processes and improve data quality for better reporting outcomes.
Bridging the Data Divide: Using Automation to Unify Data Sources for Sustainability Reporting
- 1. Bridging the Data Divide Using Automation to Unify Data Sources for Sustainability Reporting Presented by Urjanet & thinkstep
- 2. Speakers Mike Bruce thinkstep AG, Solution Engineer Tim Porter Urjanet, Director OEM/Partner Sales
- 4. It’s Time to Bridge the Data Divide Accessing quality data for accurate sustainability reporting can be a major hurdle for: • Tracking performance against targets • Planning improvements • Driving operational efficiencies • And much more…
- 5. Where the Divide Begins Increasingly, corporate sustainability reporting teams need to access data from more departments within an organization. Procurement Production AccountsHR Operations
- 6. Where the Divide Begins Sustainability professionals also deal with external silos to retrieve the information they need, including: Emissions Factors Weather Information Currency Exchange Rates
- 7. The Challenge Disparate Data Creates In the past, obtaining accurate, timely data required a lot of manual effort with teams reluctant to commit financial and personnel resources.
- 8. Tackling Data Silos with Automation Tackling data silos is a complex problem, but with the right mix of technology, it becomes a much more simplified process.
- 9. Customer Challenge Costly, labor-intensive manual process Poor quality and alignment of data
- 10. The Scope of the Challenge Each utility bill contains a wealth of valuable data points, including: Name Address Amount Due Due Date Usage/Consumption Demand Tariff Taxes & Fees Billing Cycle Meter Number And MUCH more… … for different utilities. Depending on the utility provider, bills can come in different formats… PDF CSV HTML PDF CSV HTML PDF
- 11. The Scope of the Challenge Now think of the number of utility bills from separate providers, delivered in incompatible formats being processed by multiple facilities…
- 12. The Scope of the Challenge The task of gathering reliable utility data can become extremely complex and difficult. … across states and regions, or even across the globe.
- 13. Simplifying Utility Data Automation 1. Onbard Utility Accounts Use the Urjanet Portal or developer API to activate your utility accounts on the Urjanet Utility Data Platform 2. Urjanet Retrieves Data Urjanet connects to utility websites every day to identify newly posted invoices, and downloads and extracts data from them 3. Data Loaded Into SoFi Urjanet data is delivered and automatically imported into SoFi for your use
- 17. Questions? Mike Bruce thinkstep AG, Solution Engineer Tim Porter Urjanet, Director OEM/Partner Sales
- 18. Thank You! Presented by: ©2018 Urjanet, Inc. 0083/6.18