Sustainability and climate resilience are top of mind for many organizations today, with increasing strategic importance being placed on aligning environmental needs with business goals. In theory, all aspects of a business can be optimized to reduce carbon emissions, leverage clean energy, and enhance resilience to natural hazards. However, balancing these sustainability goals with existing business plans is not always a simple exercise in practice.

For many companies, creating and executing a sustainability strategy is an overwhelming undertaking filled with challenges. It requires coordinating many complex, interrelated activities like:

●      assessing facilities for energy efficiency opportunities;

●      modeling risks from climate impacts like floods or heat waves;

●      engaging local communities affected by operations;

●      analyzing renewable energy potential across sites;

●      tracking emissions from processes and supply chains;

●      prioritizing investments in green initiatives;

●      monitoring sustainability KPIs and progress;

●      and other analysis workflows requiring detailed data.

While location intelligence can provide the insights needed to optimize both environmental and business goals, finding the right datasets to perform analytics can complicate sustainability planning. Most of the data required to fully understand the relationship between the environment and business operations must first be sourced, and then manipulated into the right format for analysis before finally put into practice. And don’t forget - the world changes incredibly fast, so those datasets must be continuously updated and maintained to continue delivering valuable insights.

Juggling these tasks across a large network of sites and assets can quickly become unwieldy, and important opportunities or risks may be overlooked due to data gaps or inaccuracies. For example, stakeholders may disengage if not included in site-specific conversations. Similarly, relying on stale or inaccurate information could lead businesses to make costly mistakes in their strategic planning.

With all of these hurdles, it’s no wonder that sustainability planning can seem daunting for many organizations. The good news? Datastory is here to help.  We specialize in removing the complexity from location intelligence to provide businesses with the data and insights needed for reliable decision-making. As sustainability and climate resilience increase in strategic importance, we’ve designed our MapDash™ platform to be a central location for accessing critical data and understanding the relationship between the environment and business operations.

How MapDash Simplifies Your Sustainability Journey

MapDash is a centralized, turn-key data and mapping platform that enables organizations to harness the power of location intelligence without having to source, clean, and maintain datasets themselves. Datastory’s geospatial experts carefully curate critical sustainability datasets and pre-configure the MapDash platform so you can streamline and connect every aspect of your business’s sustainability program.

With MapDash’s interactive location intelligence tools, you can:

●      instantly visualize emissions, risks, and opportunities across all sites;

●      access 100+ map layers to identify sustainability factors unique to each facility;

●      run custom analytics to quantify impacts and direct priorities;

●      create presentation-ready reports to convey value to stakeholders;

●      collaborate across teams with shared mapping capabilities;

●      and streamline your sustainability operations without having to manage disparate data sources.

By leveraging MapDash's location intelligence, you gain complete visibility into your organization’s sustainability landscape. MapDash’s pre-configured data layers enable you to develop strategic plans that not only advance your climate resilience but also your existing business goals. With off-the-shelf location intelligence at your fingertips, you can make smarter, greener decisions while engaging partners and reporting progress with confidence.

To learn more about simplifying your business’s sustainability planning, get in touch with the Datastory team for an interactive demo.