Aligned Incentives, a Bureau Veritas company

The rapid growth of AI has fueled a surge in data center construction and cloud computing. While operational energy use receives much attention, the upstream environmental impact of producing data center infrastructure, particularly semiconductors, is also critical. Our Chief Strategy Officer, Dr. Sarah Boyd, recently spoke at the National Academies workshop, highlighting the significant carbon footprint of semiconductor manufacturing and upstream processes, along with potential technical and policy solutions. Read our latest blog for a summary of Sarah's presentation and a deeper dive into this pressing issue: https://lnkd.in/g46ymnVd #AI #DataCenter #Sustainability?Bureau Veritas Group Bureau Veritas North America Bureau Veritas Primary Integration

The IFRS Foundation has published a new ISSB progress report, highlighting significant global advancement toward mandated and voluntary corporate climate-related disclosures. Key findings include:? ?? Over 1,000 companies now reference the International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB) in their reports.? ?? 30 jurisdictions are working to incorporate ISSB Standards into their regulatory frameworks, and 100% of finalized frameworks include Scope 3 GHG emissions disclosure requirements. ?? 82% of companies align with at least one TCFD recommendation, but fewer than 3% meet all 11 recommendations, leaving critical gaps in disclosures on governance, strategy, risk management, and metrics.? ? ?? Read the progress report: https://lnkd.in/gafrsZf5?? ?? Read the jurisdictional progress analysis: https://lnkd.in/gT5aH5Qm Aligned Incentives’ expertise in sustainability accounting, particularly Scope 3, combined with BV’s renowned assurance capabilities, empowers companies to efficiently assess environmental impacts and deliver ISSB-aligned disclosures. Speak with our team to learn more. #ISSB #Scope3 #CorporateSustainability Bureau Veritas Group Bureau Veritas North America

Our Chief Strategy Officer, Sarah Boyd, will be speaking at 1pm PT today at the National Academies workshop on “Implications of Artificial Intelligence-Related Data Center Electricity Use and Emissions”. ?? Join the live session or watch the replay of “Sustainability Analysis of Data Centers” here: https://lnkd.in/eggbWHz3 This session, featuring speakers from Google, IEA, Clean Virginia, and more, will explore:? ?? The sustainability impacts of data centers, including their environmental and human dimensions. ? ?? Current data, methods, and standards, as well as gaps and hurdles, in analyzing energy, climate, water, waste, and community impacts of data centers from a life-cycle perspective. ?? Potential solutions for addressing these gaps and areas that need further research. Bureau Veritas Group Bureau Veritas North America #datacenter #GHGemissions #ArtificialIntelligence

California has taken a significant step toward corporate climate accountability. With SB 253 and SB 261 signed into law in 2023, and subsequent amendments under SB 219 in September 2024, the state is streamlining the implementation of these crucial policies. Despite recent election results, the disclosure timeline is expected to remain intact. Over 10,000 companies will be impacted starting in 2026. ?? Stay informed and prepare effectively with our guide on essential disclosure and assurance requirements: https://lnkd.in/gXedijki #Scope3 #ClimateDisclosures #ESGAssurance Bureau Veritas Group Bureau Veritas North America

Bureau Veritas has been recognized as a top provider of carbon accounting and assurance services in Verdantix’s latest report! With a strong global presence and site-level verification expertise, Bureau Veritas Group stands out for its robust offerings that support carbon accounting and assurance across supply chains and at the product level. Aligned Incentives is a market leader in sustainability analytics, particularly in Scope 3 and scalable product footprinting. Together, we offer granular, reliable, and actionable solutions that empower companies to achieve their corporate and product sustainability goals. ?? Learn more: https://lnkd.in/g7TM3jPN #CarbonAccounting #CarbonAssurance Bureau Veritas North America

Climate transition plans are no longer optional for businesses, driven by rising regulatory pressures (e.g., CSDDD, CSRD) and investor expectations. Global leaders are calling for science-based, verifiable plans aligned with the 1.5°C pathway. Our latest blog explores the regulatory landscape, shares best practices, and offers guidance on developing data-driven, credible transition plans. Aligned Incentives, now part of Bureau Veritas Group, provides a powerful solution to accelerate the Net Zero transition. Our combined expertise helps organizations develop robust transition plans and implement a reliable process toward a low-carbon economy. ?? Read our blog to learn more: https://lnkd.in/gji9qcUC #NetZero #ClimateTransition #CorporateSustainability Bureau Veritas North America

Looking forward to VERGE 2024 in San Jose next week, October 29-31. If you will be attending, give me a shout, let's find time to connect in person! #VERGE24 #ClimateTech #Sustainability?

Really excited about our new partnership with BV and the opportunity to grow our powerful sustainability solutions with a leader in certification, transparency and trust!

It is my great pleasure to share a pivotal development for Aligned Incentives: we have been acquired by Bureau Veritas, a 200-year-old global leader in testing, inspection, and certification, with 400,000 customers, as publicly announced today. See the press release here: https://lnkd.in/gDPDrhNY Together, we aim to solve two major challenges in sustainability: 1.?????Scope 3 and product-level analytics: Measuring accurate corporate footprints (particularly Scope 3 emissions) and delivering product footprints at scale are notoriously difficult, due to limited data and analytical capabilities. ? 2.?????Trust: Ensuring transparency in assessments and verification of emissions reduction claims is increasingly important, especially with rising regulatory demands for assurance. ? Aligned Incentives has been recognized as a market leader in solving the analytics problem, particularly in Scope 3 and scalable product LCAs. Leveraging GenAI with our SaaS solution AITrack we have already modeled about 450,000 industrial, agricultural and energy processes using process based LCA. Now, combined with Bureau Veritas' long-standing expertise in shaping a world of trust, we are well positioned to offer a market-defining solution that companies and their stakeholders can finally rely on when it comes to scope 3, product footprinting at scale and resting assured that claimed improvements are truly being made. Aligned Incentives' team is an extraordinary group of hard working, super smart, talented, ethical, committed and fun professionals who made the dream of better sustainability analytics at scale possible, what McKinsey called the first Enterprise Sustainability Planning platform serving corporations at scale. Thank you to David Miles, Ben Putman, Hema Madaka, Shannon Ma, Patrick Monteith, Nihar Narla, Sahaja Reddy Chinni, Manasa Reddy, Vito Giancaspero, Prathamesh Bandekar, Ph.D., Denston Pinto, Kiran Dereddy, Sarah Boyd, John Sinnott. Also a big thank you to Sergey Blyashov and his team, Michael Korotun and @Vladimir Shatilenya. A very special thanks also to?Volfi Mizrahi who has acted as our investment banker, strategic advisor, and a trusted friend and confidant advising us from long before we started any M&A conversations to the very last minute of the Closing. Logan DeSouza you are a brilliant, committed, hard-working and kind M&A lawyer and we are grateful to you, Ian Kuliasha, Brooke Eckert and the whole KO team. Last but certainly not least, a huge thank you to my cofounding partner, the rock star Craig Cammarata with whom I have had the privilege to work for almost 15 years and whose dedication and hard work has enabled many of the world’s largest companies better understand and mitigate their impact on society. And now let the adventure continue, at scale, with Bureau Veritas Group, ready to reach new heights with amazing newfound colleagues: Hinda Gharbi Laure Mandrou Renato Catrib Juliano Cardoso Laurent Croguennec and many more!

The Government of Canada announced major initiatives on mandatory climate disclosures and sustainable investment to accelerate progress toward net-zero emissions by 2050: ? ??Mandatory climate disclosures for large, federally incorporated private companies: This extends climate-related financial disclosures?beyond public companies under securities regulators' proposed rules,?promoting transparency?across the Canadian economy. ? ??Made-in-Canada sustainable investment guidelines: A new voluntary framework to help investors identify “green” and “transition” activities, driving investment into clean energy, electric vehicles, and heavy industry decarbonization. These actions, along with $93 billion in tax credits, will help grow Canada’s clean economy and create more jobs.? ? ?? Read the press release: https://lnkd.in/gpQmjrjp? ? #NetZero #ClimateDisclosures #CorporateSustainability?