Aligned Incentives, a Bureau Veritas company

Climate transition plans are no longer optional for businesses, driven by rising regulatory pressures (e.g., CSDDD, CSRD) and investor expectations. Global leaders are calling for science-based, verifiable plans aligned with the 1.5°C pathway. Our latest blog explores the regulatory landscape, shares best practices, and offers guidance on developing data-driven, credible transition plans. Aligned Incentives, now part of Bureau Veritas Group, provides a powerful solution to accelerate the Net Zero transition. Our combined expertise helps organizations develop robust transition plans and implement a reliable process toward a low-carbon economy. 👉 Read our blog to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gji9qcUC #NetZero #ClimateTransition #CorporateSustainability Bureau Veritas North America

Looking forward to VERGE 2024 in San Jose next week, October 29-31. If you will be attending, give me a shout, let's find time to connect in person! #VERGE24 #ClimateTech #Sustainability 

Really excited about our new partnership with BV and the opportunity to grow our powerful sustainability solutions with a leader in certification, transparency and trust!

It is my great pleasure to share a pivotal development for Aligned Incentives: we have been acquired by Bureau Veritas, a 200-year-old global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, with 400,000 customers, as publicly announced today. See the press release here: https://lnkd.in/gDPDrhNY Together, we aim to solve two major challenges in sustainability: 1.     Scope 3 and product-level analytics: Measuring accurate corporate footprints (particularly Scope 3 emissions) and delivering product footprints at scale are notoriously difficult, due to limited data and analytical capabilities.   2.     Trust: Ensuring transparency in assessments and verification of emissions reduction claims is increasingly important, especially with rising regulatory demands for assurance.   Aligned Incentives has been recognized as a market leader in solving the analytics problem, particularly in Scope 3 and scalable product LCAs. Leveraging GenAI with our SaaS solution AITrack we have already modeled about 450,000 industrial, agricultural and energy processes using process based LCA. Now, combined with Bureau Veritas' long-standing expertise in shaping a world of trust, we are well positioned to offer a market-defining solution that companies and their stakeholders can finally rely on when it comes to scope 3, product footprinting at scale and resting assured that claimed improvements are truly being made. Aligned Incentives' team is an extraordinary group of hard working, super smart, talented, ethical, committed and fun professionals who made the dream of better sustainability analytics at scale possible, what McKinsey called the first Enterprise Sustainability Planning platform serving corporations at scale. Thank you to David Miles, Ben Putman, Hema Madaka, Shannon Ma, Patrick Monteith, Nihar Narla, Sahaja Reddy Chinni, Manasa Reddy, Vito Giancaspero, Prathamesh Bandekar, Ph.D., Denston Pinto, Kiran Dereddy, Sarah Boyd, John Sinnott. Also a big thank you to Sergey Blyashov and his team, Michael Korotun and @Vladimir Shatilenya. A very special thanks also to Volfi Mizrahi who has acted as our investment banker, strategic advisor, and a trusted friend and confidant advising us from long before we started any M&A conversations to the very last minute of the Closing. Logan DeSouza you are a brilliant, committed, hard-working and kind M&A lawyer and we are grateful to you, Ian Kuliasha, Brooke Eckert and the whole KO team. Last but certainly not least, a huge thank you to my cofounding partner, the rock star Craig Cammarata with whom I have had the privilege to work for almost 15 years and whose dedication and hard work has enabled many of the world’s largest companies better understand and mitigate their impact on society. And now let the adventure continue, at scale, with Bureau Veritas Group, ready to reach new heights with amazing newfound colleagues: Hinda Gharbi Laure Mandrou Renato Catrib Juliano Cardoso Laurent Croguennec and many more!

The Government of Canada announced major initiatives on mandatory climate disclosures and sustainable investment to accelerate progress toward net-zero emissions by 2050:   🔹Mandatory climate disclosures for large, federally incorporated private companies: This extends climate-related financial disclosures beyond public companies under securities regulators' proposed rules, promoting transparency across the Canadian economy.   🔹Made-in-Canada sustainable investment guidelines: A new voluntary framework to help investors identify “green” and “transition” activities, driving investment into clean energy, electric vehicles, and heavy industry decarbonization. These actions, along with $93 billion in tax credits, will help grow Canada’s clean economy and create more jobs.    👉 Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gpQmjrjp    #NetZero #ClimateDisclosures #CorporateSustainability 

The #ISSB standards are transforming how companies report on sustainability. Since their launch in June 2023, the #IFRS S1 and S2 standards have gained strong endorsements from investors worldwide and 20+ jurisdictions representing ~55% of global GDP.   Whether you adopt the ISSB standards voluntarily or by mandate, our guide will help you understand the key disclosure requirements, alignment with global frameworks, and practical steps for preparation. 👉 Read our blog to learn more: https://lnkd.in/g4QQRnen #CorporateSustainability #ClimateReporting

Sustainability is now a top priority for B2B buyers. Businesses increasingly require supplier product footprint data to comply with regulations, meet market demands, and manage risks. To stand out, companies need a scalable, transparent approach to product footprinting.     👉 Read our blog to learn how to assess product environmental footprints at scale and streamline customer communication, with industry examples. https://lnkd.in/gMNinBnX #CorporateSustainability #ProductFootprint #LCA

A new report by over 60 of the world’s leading scientists from the Earth Commission finds that the “Safe and Just Space” for meeting basic human needs without destabilizing Earth systems is shrinking. While it’s still possible to ensure all humans can escape poverty and live safely, urgent transformations are needed. Key findings from the research:  ⚖ For the first time, scientists have quantified safety (a stable planet) and justice (protecting people from harm) in the same units, reinforcing that fairness in resource use is critical to planetary stability. 🌍 Projections show that if we don’t act now, by 2050 there may be no Safe and Just Space left. Even if everyone only had the resources for a basic living standard, the Earth would still surpass its climate boundaries. 🌳 Overconsumption by a minority is placing far more pressure on earth systems than providing basic resources for all would. Reducing these inequalities is essential for a sustainable future. 🎯 Businesses and cities are key players in driving transformation by adopting and implementing science-based targets. This report offers a pathway for aligning their operations with sustainable limits on freshwater, nutrients, land, carbon, and resource use. 👉 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gZTr3qak #ClimateAction #PlanetaryBoundaries #CorporateSustainability 

Australia has passed a mandatory climate reporting law, requiring large and medium-sized companies to disclose climate-related risks, opportunities, and Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions, in line with the ISSB standards. Key requirements include:  🔹 Timeline: Companies with 500+ employees, $500M+ revenue, or $1B+ in assets will begin reporting in January 2025, with medium-sized companies following in July 2026, and smaller companies in July 2027.  🔹 Scope 3 emissions: Companies will have an extra year to report on value chain emissions, with three years of protection from litigation related to these disclosures.  🔹 Assurance: Phased approach leading to reasonable assurance for all climate disclosures, with standards being developed by AUASB in late 2024. 👉 Read news by ESG Today: https://lnkd.in/eyYcYiuK  👉 View the legislation: https://lnkd.in/grfRYUcV #CorporateSustainability #ClimateReporting #Scope3 

Tech companies increasingly demand reliable electronics LCA data for Scope 3 accounting, science-based targets, and GHG reduction strategies. At the recent 2024 Electronics Goes Green conference, our Chief Strategy Officer, Sarah Boyd, and coauthors shared insights on addressing the electronics lifecycle inventory data gaps and introduced a practitioner’s guide to collecting representative semiconductor and IC data for effective LCA and decarbonization strategies. 👉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gUfin524 #ElectronicsGoesGreen2024 #ICT #LCA Fraunhofer IZM