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Use AI to measure emissions—exhaustively, accurately, and frequently

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Use AI to measure emissions—exhaustively, accurately, and frequently
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According to our new global survey, 85% of organizations are concerned about reducing their greenhouse gas emissions, and 96% have set targets for reducing emissions in at least one scope. (See “Our Methodology.”) Yet only 11% have cut their emissions in line with their ambitions over the past five years.

What is standing in their way?

Respondents say their inability to measure accurately and exhaustively is the leading roadblock. Just 9% measure their total emissions comprehensively, while 81% confess to omitting some of their internal (Scopes 1 and 2) emissions. Meanwhile, 66% of the organizations we surveyed do not report any of their external (Scope 3) emissions. Perhaps more surprising is that our respondents estimate an average error rate of 30% to 40% in their emissions measurements. If companies don’t have complete and high-quality emissions baselines, how can they analyze their current footprints, designate appropriate targets, design the right initiatives, and, ultimately, track the results?

Companies that calculate only the emissions from their own production processes may greatly underestimate total emissions—including those generated by the production and delivery of inputs and product packaging, as well as customer use. For example, one US-based housewares retailer initially excluded usage emissions from the ovens and microwaves it sold. Including them increased the retailer’s reported emissions in that product category, the company’s largest, by 130%.

If organizations are to halve their emissions by 2030 in accordance with the Paris Agreement—and eventually achieve net zero—they must be able to measure exhaustively, accurately, and frequently. Without understanding the full extent and composition of their internal and external emissions, they cannot know where to focus their reduction efforts.

New AI-supported tools can help companies meet this challenge by taking their measurement and tracking capabilities to the next level. Businesses can leverage these tools to automatically ingest and report data, calculate a carbon footprint, run simulations, set targets, manage a global portfolio of abatement initiatives, and more. Our experience suggests that AI can directly enable the reduction of companies’ emissions by as much as 40% through identifying the best initiatives, tracking results, and optimizing operations.

Download a slideshow at https://www.bcg.com/en-mx/publications/2021/measuring-emissions-accurately.

BCG GAMMA is BCG’s global team dedicated to applying artificial intelligence and advanced analytics to business at leading companies and organizations. The team includes 800-plus data scientists and engineers who apply AI and advanced analytics expertise (e.g., machine learning, deep learning, optimization, simulation, text and image analytics) to build solutions that transform business performance. BCG GAMMA’s approach builds value and competitive advantage at the intersection of data science, technology, people, business expertise, processes and ways of working. For more information, please visit our web page.

By Charlotte Degot, Rich Hutchinson, Sylvain Duranton, Mike Lyons, and Hamid Maher

This article first appeared at https://www.bcg.com/en-mx/publications/2021/measuring-emissions-accurately and is republished with permission.

Tags: Climate Change

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