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 Epicor and Village Green Global Announce Partnership to Help Companies Reduce Their Carbon Footprint and Associated Costs Through Greater Operational and Energy Efficiency
Addressing the increased pressure companies are facing to engage in sustainable business practices and to track their carbon reduction compliance now and into the future, Epicor Software Corporation and Village Green Global, Inc. recently announced a partnership to extend Epicor's Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) manufacturing and distribution software, with offerings that will provide companies the ability to identify, analyse, audit, track, manage, benchmark and report on carbon emissions, environmental impact and energy consumption.
Village Green specialises in enterprise carbon accounting, using an internationally recognised system for carbon analysis and trading. The company's services help deliver scalable reporting for carbon accounting around electricity use, water consumption, transportation, natural gas, waste and other factors to find ways to save energy and money and enable organizations to implement and maintain sustainable business practices.
"Together, our goal is to assist companies to become more energy efficient, reduce costs and address increasing environmental regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from industry," said Doug Smith, founder and CEO of Village Green Global. "There is natural synergy between Epicor's ERP and our enterprise carbon accounting, which will empower businesses with a comprehensive solution to develop green business practices."
Governance, Risk and Compliance Strategies is at the heart of the design of Epicor ERP, and as businesses embark on corporate social responsibility (CSR) initiatives and begin to seriously consider energy availability and the long-term effects of climate change, they are turning their attention to an area of opportunity they can affect -- reduction of carbon emissions and energy conservation in their operations and supply chains.
"Forward-looking businesses are embracing implementation strategies to help control risk, while providing efficiencies and ultimately driving business performance," said Matt Muldoon, vice president, product marketing for Epicor. "Effective GRC management is a critical component in promoting sustainable business practices and vital to an organization's ability to track carbon emissions, manage energy consumption, and ultimately maximise green waste savings. Our alliance with Village Green is an ideal complement to the central information hub that Epicor ERP provides and will help our customers' CSR initiatives to succeed."
Planning for a Sustainable Future According to Gartner, Inc., "The next three years and beyond will be an important period for regulation, fiscal policy, formal standards, and corporate guidance related to the issues of sustainable development, climate change and energy efficiency, much of which will have direct or indirect impacts on the IT industry and the use of IT by end-user organisations."(1)
(1) Gartner, Inc., "Sustainability and Green IT: A National Policy Perspective" by Simon Mingay (June 1, 2009)
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