Digitalization is an ally for companies to comply with ESG standards

Pubblicato in 04/09/2024

Process transparency, public trust, and compliance are some of the benefits listed by a SoftExpert expert Services and products that are less harmful to the environment, human health, and society as a whole will increasingly be required by consumers, according to research conducted by EY Parthenon, a global strategy consultancy branch of Ernst & Young. Therefore, the discussion about ESG becomes even more relevant by endorsing practices focused on human capital, capable of increasing well-being, team retention, engagement, thus resulting in financial profit. It is extremely important that companies establish cohesive protocols between theory and practice to get ESG actions off the ground. To this end, technology plays a fundamental role, providing tools capable of speeding up implementation and measuring designed initiatives. “The advancement of technologies focused on ESG practices enables companies to monitor, report, and improve their sustainable approaches and corporate responsibilities,” says Hermínio Gonçalves, CEO of SoftExpert Brasil, a company that offers solutions for the integrated management of compliance, innovation, and digital transformation . To better understand the role of technology in helping companies adopt more sustainable practices, the expert highlights the benefits below:

Centralization

Through technology solutions, data collection is centralized, resulting in more efficient analysis and more accurate sustainability reports. Management software helps companies monitor the details of their operational management in real time and emphasizes the organization's progress to stakeholders.

Transparency

With the purpose of making processes clearer and increasing transparency in companies, digital transformation proves to be a true ally in implementing, tracking, and verifying compliance with ESG standards, making it increasingly difficult to subterfuge sustainable processes, helping to increase trust from investors and consumers, demonstrating commitment.

Efficiency and management

Technological solutions can be used to automate processes, reduce costs and consumption of natural resources, optimizing everyday activities and minimizing negative impacts. Furthermore, automation allows employees to have more freedom for human-based roles and reduces overload, an important point for one of the ESG practices, which involves social and corporate well-being.

Trust

With evidence of investment in the technology area to combine with sustainability, stakeholder trust increases exponentially, clearly demonstrating that the organization is committed to the clarity and tangibility of ESG processes, in addition to increasing transparency regarding accountability to stakeholders. With the intention of overcoming the sustainable challenges of a business, SoftExpert offers solutions that reduce risks, implement rules, and regulate organizations of any size. The SoftExpert platform reduces the cost of compliance and helps companies increase productivity and strictly follow ESG practices, streamlining the process for obtaining certifications, such as ISO 14001 for environmental management, which establishes guidelines for developing systems related to environmental practices. Or ISO 9001, which applies standards for quality management for the interested audience.

Preparing the sustainability report with Copapel:

Copapel, a supplier of products and services for professional hygiene and cleaning, is one of the companies that adopted the SoftExpert solution. The company uses the platform on a large scale to control indicators, contract and asset management, action plans, questionnaires, and training, in the Purchasing, Operations, Sales, IMS, IT&C, HR, Finance, and Marketing departments. Fundamental for preparing the sustainability report, produced annually by Copapel, the SoftExpert Suite solution simplifies and automates the compilation of data involving Environmental, Social, and Corporate Governance factors, through centralized management of the three sustainable pillars. This is because, in addition to the data generated by the software, it allows integration with other systems, such as ERPs, and the consolidation of indicators from the ESG universe such as CO2 emissions, water consumption, and energy consumption, all in one place.  Centralization makes data reliable, and analysis and interpretation becomes easier, optimizing the preparation of the sustainability report.

 

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