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businesses to begin measuring and taking actions that are in line with their operating model and have measurable Return on Investments ( ROI ). Technology is a key component of this step and Schneider delivers a solution it calls Zeigo Activate .
Supporting SMEs in the strategy process , Zeigo Activate looks at how business can align with decarbonisation , which can only be achieved methodically . This solution enables greater insight into operational functions , the effects that each potential improvement actions would have on the environment and bottom line , and sheds light on the things that businesses can manageably change to begin reducing carbon emissions in a step by step approach to ultimately reach the ambition they have set .
Zeigo Activate is destined to digitise this whole thought process to plan , act and track . It is usable regardless of your own Sustainability expertise and is designed to streamline the user ’ s action plan to become more efficient down to execution , by leveraging an open marketplace of service providers that can support you to carry any changes , such as switching out legacy technologies for more up-to-date ones or even adopting entirely new systems for renewable energy or power management . Leveraging this tool will enable SMEs and beyond to assess and eliminate their emissions in Scope 1 and 2 , and Schneider is working to deliver Scope 3 reduction capabilities , which will likely require integration with inter-organisational data .
“ Simply by comparing business KPIs and adding Sustainability KPIs in the mix , you
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