ESG Data Automation & Analytics
ESG data is not just for compliance — it also provides valuable insights for strategic decision-making.
Spreadsheets are no longer enough.
While companies need advanced tools to navigate the volume and complexity of data to comply with growing sustainability regulations, quality data can also inform operational and growth strategies. Regulators, investors, managers, and other stakeholders increasingly require accurate ESG data to make decisions regarding compliance, risk, and investment opportunities. These stakeholders expect companies to have audit-quality reporting across a range of environmental, social and governance functions.
ESG metrics require large volumes of complex data that are often distributed across various legacy systems, cross-functional teams, geographies, utilities, and other key areas of the value chain. Automation, digital software, and AI all play a critical role in collecting and analyzing quality data that supports both regulatory compliance needs and operational decision-making. BDO’s data automation and analytics solutions help companies collect and prepare data to support these needs.
How BDO Can Help
BDO offers ESG data automation & analytics services to help your organization achieve its goals.
Facilitate Data Collection
BDO supports ESG data identification, collection, and digitization within legacy systems, helping maintain data quality for analysis and decisions.
Establish Data Controls
BDO can help establish necessary controls and processes to implement proper governance over data using automation tools that support regulatory compliance.
Guide Software Selection
BDO advises on software selection, helping companies choose the right tools based on specific use cases, considering efficiency and cost-effectiveness.
Unlock AI’s Potential
BDO’s AI Solutions team helps unlock AI’s potential to improve efficiency and productivity, while identifying revenue opportunities and preemptive risk mitigation.
Advancing ESG Data Automation & Analytics
ESG data can inform and amplify sustainability strategies and programs that uncover value and drive resilience in an organization, including:
The global rise of sustainability regulations is driving the need for verifiable data. Companies doing business in the U.S. and the EU — or supplying to other companies in those areas — will likely have ESG disclosure obligations and require third-party assurance.
More on ESG Assurance and Reporting here.
Sustainable business strategies support competitive advantage, enterprise risk management, and operational efficiencies. These strategies must be informed by accurate data and analytics to support decision-making that aligns with broader business goals.
More on Sustainable Strategy and Program Development here.
Verifiable data is core to sustainable finance, especially among renewable energy projects. BDO’s sustainable finance ecosystem uses sustainability data to uncover efficiency and growth opportunities, identify tax credits, de-risk operations, help improve insurability, and create a more attractive proposition to investors.
More on Sustainable Finance here.
Global customs and trade regulations are at the forefront of embedding transparency and efficacy in supply chains. These regulations require verifiable data to help reduce the prevalence of human rights violations and adverse environmental impact buried within supply chains. More on Supply Chain Responsibility here.
Climate risk will continue to have a significant impact on an organization’s ability to conduct business, with adverse weather and energy insecurity driving instability in value chains. Utilizing data and AI can help uncover risk and build resilience into a company’s operations, bolstering competitive advantage.
More on Climate Mitigation here.
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