The Forum will collaborate to
increase accuracy and transparency around industry measurement and
reporting of environmental footprint data
LONDON-Wednesday 26 August 2020 [ AETOS Wire ]
(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Open Group,
the vendor-neutral technology consortium, today announced the formation
of the Open Footprint™ Forum, a Forum of The Open Group. This Forum
will be focused on developing open and vendor-neutral industry standards
to provide consistent and accurate measurement and reporting of
environmental footprint data. The initial launch will focus on
greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions data. The Forum will also cover the
entire physical environmental footprint to include water, waste, and
land data.
“Accurate
data on environmental footprint data is critical for modern enterprises
– not only for mandatory government compliance reporting and meeting
customer and partner demands, but also for taking action,” said Johan
Krebbers, GM Digital Emerging Technologies/VP IT Innovation at Shell.
“Yet organizations face significant challenges when it comes to
managing their environmental footprints such as a lack of consistency,
compatibility, and interoperability throughout supply chains, as well as
a shortage of standards for recording and processing this type of
data.”
To
meet the increasing business need for transparent and uniform reporting
on environmental footprint data, the Forum will collaborate on the
definition, design, and delivery of Open Footprint Data Platform
standards. In the case of reporting GHG emissions, accurate data on
emissions, consumptions, and base calculations will enable businesses to
compare the footprint of goods and services in the value chain across
every industry.
Alongside
these standards, the Forum will create an open source-based system
which will be accessible to all organizations. This Reference
Implementation will act as the foundation for organizations to harness
their own Open Footprint Data Forum implementations expected to be
available from multiple parties.
“There
is an urgent need to transform how we manage and report on
environmental footprint data,” said Steve Nunn, President and CEO of The
Open Group. “By utilizing new digital technologies and drawing on a
huge amount of industry expertise, we are dedicated to enhancing
reliability, credibility, and accountability around environmental data
reporting to benefit businesses, governments, NGOs, and society as a
whole. As an increasing number of organizations join the Forum,
including operators, suppliers, and academic institutions from all
industries, we are set to make substantial headway in helping businesses
to better measure, monitor, and report their environmental footprints
through the creation of open technology standards.”
There
are currently fifteen organizations from multiple industries committed
as members of the Open Footprint Forum, including Accenture, BP,
Chevron, Cognite, DNV GL, Emisoft, Equinor, Halliburton, Infosys, Intel,
Microsoft, Schlumberger, Shell, University of Oslo, and Wipro. Working
together, member organizations will take an agile approach to the
development of the Open Footprint Data Platform standards.
The Open Footprint Forum is open to all organizations. Information about the Forum and membership can be found here.
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About The Open Group
The
Open Group is a global consortium that enables the achievement of
business objectives through technology standards. Our diverse membership
of more than 750 organizations includes customers, systems and
solutions suppliers, tool vendors, integrators, academics, and
consultants across multiple industries. Further information on The Open
Group can be found at www.opengroup.org.
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