Data and digitalisation

Watch this Chapter Zero and Deloitte Academy webinar, which, given the context of COP16, focused on how companies can utilise data and technology to measure, monitor, and manage their impact on nature. We also explored the critical role of data in evaluating your company's dependencies and influence on nature, as well as the cutting-edge technologies available for assessing your nature footprint.

Chapter Zero partnered with Accenture in 2023 to deliver a masterclass exploring how to embed technology into your organisation’s net zero transition. We have summarised here the key takeaways from the session.

The world’s material circularity currently stands at 7.2% - having decreased from the 8.6% material circularity recorded for 2020 and the 9.1% for 2018. This WBCSD research provides a practical example of the data flows that may exist and be utilized to enable a circular economy across four sectors.

How should boards think about sustainability and AI? Noela Nakos, Chapter Zero member and former Google Director, and Patricia Rodrigues Jenner, Chapter Zero Fellow, Global Non-executive Board Director and co-Chair of InfraNEDs, recommend that boards should do their research, understand what they can about the role of AI in the future, and what that means for Scope 3 reporting and their corporate ecosystem generally. Boards must think carefully about their fiduciary duty, their companies’ objectives in using AI and consider energy use.

During London Climate Week 2022, Climate Arc and Icebreaker One brought together 65 experts to explore how open data could be used to mainstream climate science into investment decisions.