Avanade Sustainability Play helps organizations integrate sustainability into business areas and processes. Our suite of services allows to exploit market opportunities and establish a sustainable competitive advantage in six different project areas.
Solutions
Governance and ESG Reporting
Compliance needs, strategic definition, and control of sustainability objectives. Sustainability Smart Hub allows you to acquire, track and view sustainability KPIs in real time.
Circular Economy
Structure and adopt a circular business model in which the production and consumption of products is based on the criteria of sharing, reusing, and recycling materials.
Sustainable Cloud & Services
Build an architecture to support sustainability and business objectives, adopting responsible applications thanks to the cloud and a proactive approach to reduce CO2 emissions. For more information check the Microsoft Cloud for Sustainability page.
NET Zero Carbon
Eliminate polluting emissions, directly or with green projects, thanks to the measurement of the company's CO2 footprint, reduction of consumption and innovation of products and processes.
Sustainable Organizations
Adoption of a sustainable organizational model. Together with the customer, we create a work environment that ensures the well-being of the employee and the entire company.
New needs, New behaviors
Implementation of projects that convey ESG issues and make the company's commitment to reducing waste and to the community visible to consumers.
“Companies that innovate to solve environmental and social challenges create products and services that customers want and feel good about— it’s all about business value”
Business Motivation
Drive operational excellence
The development of sustainable strategies increases the efficiency of business activities. All resources are used more rationally, waste and costs are reduced.
Increase market value
By 2025, ESG assets are expected to make up around 60% of mutual fund assets in Europe*. Representing one of the fastest developments in the financial sector.
Meet the expectations of customers and employees
73% of consumers worldwide say they will change consumption habits to reduce impact on the environment* and 65% of customers want to buy from companies that are committed to sustainability*.
Benefit of EU development plans
25% of the European Recovery and Resilience Plan concerns "green" initiatives with incentives linked to environmental, social and governance ESG factors.
Sources:
* https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-10-19/almost-60-of-mutual-fund-assets-will-be-esg-by-2025-pwc-says
* https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/01/davos-agenda-sustainability-digital-revolution/
* https://hbr.org/2019/07/the-elusive-green-consumer
