Expanding Microsoft’s Compliance Platform for Sustainability

The Situation Corficolombiana, one of Colombia’s largest financial corporations, operates across five key economic sectors: Infrastructure, Energy and Gas, Financial Services, Hospitality, and Agribusiness. With investments spread across these diverse sectors, there was a critical need to centralise ESG data to streamline management processes and improve the efficiency and structure of reporting. ESG information was…

The Situation Nutresa faced significant challenges in managing and consolidating ESG data across its 52 production plants, 32 companies, and 8 business units. The existing process involved manually collecting data from business teams via Excel files, which were then processed and consolidated by the Sustainability team. This labor-intensive method, relying on pivot tables and Excel…

The Situation Ecopetrol faced significant challenges in consolidating data from 17 subsidiaries to produce an integrated report that met the requirements of multiple frameworks, including CDP, DJSI, EITI, GRI, SASB, TCFD, and the SDGs. Information was collected manually through memorandums and Excel sheets, resulting in inconsistent formats, fragmented data, and a time-intensive process that hindered…

The Situation Celsia struggled with inefficient ESG data management processes, relying heavily on manual methods using Word and Excel files. Sustainability disclosures were limited to static PDF reports, which restricted the ability to communicate progress dynamically and engage stakeholders effectively. The company needed a more streamlined and digitalised approach to manage ESG information and enhance…

The Situation Grupo Éxito faced a labor-intensive data collection process, relying on teams to download Excel files from transactional systems and email them to the Sustainability team. Data was then manually consolidated into Excel templates using dynamic tables. This lengthy process, conducted just once a year, would take an average of seven months to complete….

The Situation The marine industry, driven by consumer demand and imminent legislative changes, was faced with the imperative to transition towards closed-loop product design. To break away from the linear ‘take-make-waste’ approach and embrace a circular economy, experts from a number of industry-leading organisations, led by Anthesis Group, embarked on a mission to develop a…

The Situation The climate crisis has prompted numerous local authorities across the UK to make declarations and commitments around climate action and sustainability. As these authorities continue to seek effective strategies to reduce carbon emissions, a challenge has arisen around understanding, measuring, and reporting area-wide greenhouse gas emissions accurately. With many cities pledging significant carbon…

The Situation Many nations struggle with the environmental impact of waste management, facing challenges such as waste crime, sustainability concerns, and the need for accurate data to drive policy and the circular economy. Traditional, paper-based waste tracking systems yield unreliable data, hindering countries, including the UK, from effectively managing waste. Solutions Digital Impact A transformational,…

The Situation PLUS Holding has 550 supermarkets in the Netherlands and acquired 350 COOP supermarkets, which will be transformed to PLUS during 2024 and 2025.PLUS is a pioneer when it comes to improving sustainability. It was the first supermarket to stock coffee and tea, followed by bananas, pineapples, eggplants, oranges and potatoes. Stone fruit will…

The Situation A global consumer products manufacturer with a reputation for quality and corporate responsibility had set group-wide 2020 sustainability goals. The organisation had been struggling to manage and track over 100 environmental and social performance indicators, with no robust way of collecting and validating data from across the group. Reporting to GRI and UNGC…