新闻 2024年5月21日

花费在碳报告上的时间和成本导致脱碳延迟

  • Seven out of ten (70%) sustainability leaders believe that the time and cost spent on reporting admin has driven decarbonisation delay as resource constraints are hampering action on sustainability goals
  • Over half (55%) say that too much admin is involved in sustainability reporting with over a third (37%) looking to outsource it
  • Sustainability leaders also say the volume of reporting is increasing pressure with two thirds (66%) now publishing an external sustainability report that is separate to their annual report, 以及向外部监管框架报告

Mitie, 英国领先的设施管理和改造公司, has unveiled new survey findings revealing that the time and cost constraints from sustainability reporting are hampering progress towards sustainability goals for many organisations.

Over half (55%) of sustainability leaders surveyed agreed that sustainability reporting requires too much admin and over a third are considering outsourcing their reporting as they think is “a waste of time”. Almost half (46%) felt that their organisation spends too much time on reporting and a similar number (45%) also said that too much money is spent on it. This is having a counterproductive approach as seven out of ten (70%) said that the resources spent on reporting admin directly impacts their ability to action their sustainability strategy which is in turn delaying decarbonisation.

具体地说, three in ten (32%) said they could better use these resources to develop their carbon reduction plans whereas others would spend it collaborating with others in their 行业 to drive forward progress to net zero (30%) and a similar amount (29%) would use it to invest in nature or biodiversity.

Almost a quarter (24%) would also look to put this resource to good use outside of decarbonisation and would instead focus on giving back to the community or strike up partnerships with charitable organisations if less time was spent on reporting.

报告量再创新高

Sustainability leaders recognised that part of the pressure on reporting is coming from sheer volume with two thirds (66%) of organisations now publishing an external sustainability report that is separate to their annual report 以及向外部监管框架报告. This rises to more than four in five (83%) of organisations that have more advanced strategies and have set and validated Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) emissions reduction targets, 符合《澳博国际官网》.

Over a quarter (26%) now count the Board and C-suite of their organisation amongst the stakeholders most likely to scrutinise their sustainability data with nearly nine out of ten (88%) of organisations producing reports for them regularly. 三分之二(66%)的人至少每三个月做一次.

大多数都有报告软件，但为了节省时间和金钱，他们会切换软件

为了简化报告流程, 五分之四(79%)的企业现在投资了数字碳报告软件. Yet the challenge of collecting data from multiple sources is still particularly laborious for over three in five (64%) respondents.

Almost half (46%) have developed their software in house but almost two fifths (38%) said they would switch to a new software provider if it would help them to save time with and over a third (35%) saying they would switch to save money.

Others said they would look elsewhere if there was a provider that could help them better prepare for upcoming legislation (27%) and almost a quarter (24%) would make the swap if they thought it would help them to make better decisions about their sustainability strategy, indicating appetite for expert advice and a full carbon reporting service rather than solely automation software.

尽管报道的强度很大, close to one fifth of respondents (17%) admitted they still rely solely on manual processes when it comes to reporting including Excel spreadsheets and hard copy. 投资软件的成本被认为是采用软件的最大障碍.

Mitie数据科学与能源澳博官方网站主管Catherine Wheatley表示:

“可持续发展报告无意中成为了组织的负担. Our findings show that the time and resources dedicated to reporting are leading to a decarbonisation delay as time is spent on admin and problem solving rather than action and adding value to their organisation as intended.”

“然而, 尽管面临挑战, 看到高级利益相关者参与报告是令人鼓舞的, 认识到其在制定商业战略方面的关键作用. This helps to give sustainability leads the leverage to make a case for investment in the resources they require to support seamless reporting so they can stop stalling on sustainability and focus on the all-important action towards goals.”

3月, Mitie推出了新的管理碳报告和减少澳博官方网站, “排放情报”, 与Salesforce合作，使组织对其排放报告更有信心, 提高它们的效率，增加它们实现净零目标进展的透明度. 作为经验丰富的脱碳合作伙伴, Mitie的客户包括劳埃德银行集团, 埃塞克斯郡议会和沃达丰提供他们的可持续发展项目，并努力实现净零.

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