Regulatory
February 10, 2023
Implications of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act
The Inflation Reduction Act passed in 2022, marks the single largest commitment of public dollars to address climate change to date. The IRA provides $369 billion in meaningful incentives for clean energy technologies such as wind, solar, storage, hydrogen, nuclear,…
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Product Spotlight
February 8, 2023
Product Spotlight: GHG Emissions Reports & Roll Ups
WatchWire contains a wide variety of reports within our Reporting module to help you analyze and distribute your energy and sustainability data. Of the over 30 standard reports the platform allows you to generate, 3 are specifically designed for carbon…
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ESG
Sustainability
January 27, 2023
Sustainability Insights Gained from More Than 1 Billion Feet Under Management
1. Data First, it is important to understand that data lacking a follow-up with action is useless. Yes, the act of simply collecting data and consistently measuring your footprint has been shown by the EPA to lead to a 2.4%…
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Sustainability
January 24, 2023
Why the Commercial Real Estate Sector Should Prioritize Sustainability
Common worries and challenges surrounding sustainability for commercial real estate firms include the upfront costs of efficiency projects and renewable power, split incentives where property owners are responsible for upgrades but do not reap the benefits of lower energy bills,…
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Product Spotlight
January 17, 2023
Product Spotlight: Dashboards
WatchWire dashboards are well regarded as flexible, customizable, and graphical top level views of a client's most important KPIs and actionable insights. WatchWire allows users to select multiple dashboard widgets to personalize their home screen module, as well as the…
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ESG
January 13, 2023
The Importance of ESG Reporting Data Quality
Raw data sourcing and acquisition processes for environmental and climate-related data portions of ESG are particularly important due to the quantitative nature of this data. Environmental data points are the most actionable, auditable, and comparable across firms for policymakers and…
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Carbon Accounting
Sustainability
December 28, 2022
5 Carbon Accounting Challenges and How Address Them
1. Lack of a credible standardization While overarching trusted protocols do exist for carbon accounting such as the GHG Protocol, there is still a lack of one definitive calculation model, emissions data collection procedure, and a consistent method of determining…
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ESG
Regulatory
Sustainability
December 20, 2022
3 Sustainability Topics to Watch in 2023
Where do the Proposed Mandatory SEC Climate Risk Disclosures Currently Stand? What is it: On March 21 of this year, the SEC issued a proposed rule that would enhance and standardize the climate-related disclosures provided by public companies. The aim…
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Energy Management
Sustainability
December 16, 2022
The ROI of an Energy and Sustainability Management Platform
Main Benefits The main benefits of an energy and sustainability management platform include: Giving you the opportunity to identify efficiency opportunities Allowing you to track the energy and sustainability performance of your facilities as well as compare their performance to…
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