Artificial intelligence may reduce the company's environmental impact

Many companies may take away a little pappmuggar from the kitchen, while the other set if all of its production. They have extremely different effect on the world, " says Jonathan Carlsson, partner at Normative

Start-upföretaget with more than ten employees, uses artificial intelligence, AI, to find out if companies are investing in the right environment - and klimatförbättringar. Normative help their customers by letting the AI program will go through all the company's transactions and suppliers. By automatklassificera all suppliers in the whole world do they know in which sector the suppliers seem. They see how much every penny they pay out to them, affect the environment.

– There are approximately 200 sectors and about 200 countries, so we have 40.000 sectors which we are now cut on. These sectors we can use to see how purchasing has affected the the sea, air, and wildlife, " explains Jonathan Carlsson.

the requirements will put pressure on companies to be more environmentally friendly. It will make it less profitable to invest in a company that does not live up to the requirements, says Jonathan Carlsson and also the EUROPEAN union.

Already in our is expected that the EU-commission to change the non-binding guidelines for sustainability reports, so that financial markets can compare different companies ' carbon footprint.

– It will become more and more important that even the investors have the same mindset. Even a cynic in the world of finance need to see that it means a big risk to bet on companies that have such large emissions that it will result in reduced return on investment, says Jonathan Carlsson.

Normatives AI software helps the company to see a view where the different areas are weighted. For example, it may turn out that the greatest environmental gain is would be made if the company looked at its transport. Perhaps you have thought that it has been in the electricity and heating as the environmental impact has been greatest. While it is good to see over the energy costs, but if it would mean that the greatest environmental benefits were to do on the transport, it would be best for both the environment and the company to give priority to work with miljöförbättringarna there.

the only consulting firm who want to sell their hållbarhetstjänster to entrepreneurs. A competitor is including start-upföretaget World favor.

– the Industry with hållbarhetskonsulter has grown enormously in the last time because it has become the focus of attention, " says Sofia Bildstein-Hagberg, an expert on financial reporting and the sustainability report at the confederation of Swedish Enterprise.

How many new consulting company that has been created is not possible to obtain. But since the act was introduced from the turn of the year 2016/2017 need more than 1600 Swedish companies to do a sustainability report alongside the annual report. Many take the help.

Because most companies have a fiscal year that follows the calendar year, it was only in spring that the first hållbarhetsrapporterna, which were not made voluntarily, were ready.

the report contains not only environmental impact, but it is also a recognition of social conditions, personnel, respect for human rights and anti-corruption.

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