Water utilities, like many other sectors of the utility industry, are facing increased scrutiny in the areas of costs and profit delivery and new challenges in their quest to ensure adequate supplies and proper sanitation. The water sector must also cope with an uncertain future of dwindling water resources, the pressures of increasing population, aging infrastructure, and a warming climate.
No business or organization exists in a vacuum, but instead each one operates in a complex physical, social and governmental environment in which everything they do can have both positive and negative impacts. The process known as ESG, which stands for environment, social, and governance, is a templated approach to evaluating business operations according to those three criteria, looking at success not just as profit and shareholder return but in how the organization is functioning within the wider environmental, social, ethical, and regulatory ecosystem.
The agriculture industry has always been about doing more with less. Since the dawn of agriculture, farmers have had to cope with an unpredictable environment where change and adaptation can be required at an instant’s notice. These are just two of the reasons why agriculture is the next big industry that’s adopting Lean Digital, with smart farms and Lean Digital agricultural enterprises popping up all over the world.
Supply chain sustainability has become key to the fight against climate change. As the biggest source of carbon emissions for the majority of companies, supply chains generate as much as 80 percent of the world’s total carbon emissions.