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The 2024 Climate Week theme is “It’s time.” We agree, sharing a sense of urgency and sensing opportunity. ERM’s view is that it is time to step up – to do more and to do it faster to embed sustainability in business operations and improve climate-related performance.
One of the ways ERM employees can support the ERM Foundation is through technical pro bono work. In FY2024, the ERM Foundation distributed $600,000 between pro bono work and grant funding. One beneficiary was the Sumatran Orangutan Society – an organization working towards a safe future for wild orangutans and their forest home. Our colleague Belinda Ng is the project manager who is directly liaising with the organization and ERM stakeholders to successfully carry out the project, to which many ERM employees, including Pascual González Shuk and Rachel Woods have contributed with pro bono work. They all affirm that this has been an enriching experience, with many takeaways they can implement daily.
Meet Larry Lepard, ERM’s Technical Consulting Director from Cleveland, Ohio. Larry talks a lot about support—not only for his career via professional opportunities across industries and geographies, but also about community support and the opportunity to connect with people he identifies with within ERM’s North American Military Veterans employee resource group. Find out what kind of support Larry values in the workplace below.
Energy optimization is a recurring priority in complex industrial facilities, and industries are under increasing pressure to minimize emissions and deliver against compliance requirements. Andrew Wyld explored the topic while speaking to Gareth Lane, MBA, ERM’s EMEA Partner for Digital Products, at the ‘Microsoft Solution Showcase AI: Sustainability’ event earlier in June. Gareth explained how complex, carbon-intensive facilities can reduce energy and emissions with emissions.AI, discussed ERM’s partnership with Microsoft, and shared our clients' success stories about how they reduce their carbon emissions, achieve compliance, and save money by implementing emissions.AI in their operations. Watch the full interview below.
We’re seeing companies really embrace digital transformation to become more productive and efficient. However, it does not stop there, as these same tools can also help companies drive the progress they need to meet their sustainability goals. In the latest episode of the #OptimisticOutlook podcast, ERM’s Global Leader of Sustainability & Risk Sabine Hoefnagel spoke with Siemens USA’s CEO Barbara Humpton about shaping a sustainable future!
We have been named an Environmental Services Leader in new research from independent analyst firm Verdantix. The Verdantix Green Quadrant: Environmental Services 2024 report provides a benchmark of the market's most prominent environmental services providers. - ERM is positioned in the Leaders’ Quadrant and is highlighted as one of three firms demonstrating the most comprehensive environmental services capabilities. -The report points to our strengths in deploying innovative environmental solutions to deliver sustainability transformation and notes our ability to support clients from strategy to implementation. -Verdantix also highlights our use of digital technology to enhance client value and project outcomes, giving us the highest score among all firms assessed in the Environmental Management Information System (EMIS) implementation category. -In addition, we are the only firm to achieve the maximum score for our air quality and emissions management capabilities. We are commended for our strengths in biodiversity, natural resource protection, and climate risk adaptation. The report describes a growing market driven by the need for businesses to measure and disclose sustainability metrics, transition to net zero, and build resilience to potentially catastrophic climate risks. We are committed to collaborating with our clients and partners to harness the opportunities presented by the sustainability transformation. Together, we can drive positive change and shape
Meet Helen Connelly, ERM’s Technical Consulting Director, who works in our Baton Rouge, Louisiana office. She's passionate about her job, protecting Louisiana’s wetlands and sustainability as a whole. This makes her workdays pass with a smile, especially when working with a group of equally passionate and hardworking colleagues. Read about one of Helen’s favorite recent projects below.
Meet Jan Rošetzký - ERM's Principal Consultant, in our Utrecht office. Jan shares that feeling like a part of a global community at work is what he loves most—working with people across borders who build each other up is not something he takes for granted. Read Jan's thoughts on supportive communities below.
Are you looking to understand the strategic implications of today’s sustainability context? 🌳 Every quarter, our ERM Sustainability Institute creates a trends outlook, which concisely summarizes the latest sustainability issues impacting the private sector. This quarter’s update tracks four key corporate sustainability macro trends affecting business decision-making. Stay ahead of the curve by understanding these pivotal trends and their implications for your organization. Interested in learning more? Visit the website below for the full report.
Meet Kara Dias, ERM’s Climate Sustainability & Transactions Partner, in our Houston office. Her story of becoming an ERM partner is a special one, as Kara’s journey with us started during her graduate presentation. Learn more about how she found the direction for her career.
