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“AN AI SOLUTION WILL MAKE CLEAR WHERE THE MOST COST- EFFECTIVE PATH TO EMISSIONS REDUCTIONS LIES ”
CAITLIN KEAM ESG PRODUCT DIRECTOR , IFS
“ The technology will also give insights from different data into where firms can achieve efficiency gains and emissions reductions . By linking to financial data , for example , an AI solution will make clear where the most cost-effective path to emissions reductions lies .” Caitlin states that an AI-driven optimisation engine will continually improve assignment duration accuracy , route planning and scheduling , being able to teach itself based on data it is fed and become increasingly smarter . But this does not mitigate overcoming the challenge of gathering comprehensive Scope 3 data .
Although standards to calculate Scope 3 have changed and become more consistent , the case has emerged that they have also become more stringent .
As Caitlin explains : “ Scope 3 emissions from purchased goods , for example , could formerly be derived from spending as an indicator . This was not , however ,
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