Environmental Leader – January 20, 2010

Five Times as Many Firms to Use Enterprise Carbon Accounting by 2011

The number of organizations using ECA software is expected to increase five fold by 2011, partly driven by companies that have not traditionally invested in environmental software.

Eight companies were named 2010 ECA Emerging Leaders in the report [including] Enablon.
The research report, “2010 Enterprise Carbon Accounting: An Analysis of Corporate-Level Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emission Reporting and a Review of GHG Software Products,” finds that more businesses are now disclosing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG), which increased significantly in 2009. Researchers predict that ECA software purchases will increase 600 percent by 2011.

The driving factors behind growth in the ECA market include increased pressure from customers and investors for companies to create a “greener” public image, cost and energy savings from sustainability investments and supply chain initiatives, says Groom Energy. (…)