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Doozy Solutions Launches the Sustainability Center
Dec 08, 2022

A Greener Future for Beverage Production

Sustainability is a hot topic in the business world right now, and companies of all sizes and specialties are looking for ways to measure their corporate consumption and waste.  As an industry singularly impacted by climate change, the alcohol beverage sector is leading the charge in finding ways to reduce its overall carbon footprint and make greener decisions when it comes to production and operations. Many companies are considering how to begin or further their environment, social and governance (ESG) initiatives and move toward a more eco-friendly future — for both strategic and social benefit.  According to consumer research by the IWSR, 48%  of U.S. alcohol drinkers report that a company’s sustainability or green initiatives have a positive influence on how they make purchasing decisions.  That is compelling evidence that speaks to where the market is heading and how consumer priorities are shifting.

 

We have found through many conversations with craft beverage ERP customers that the key issue with understanding (and improving) a company's environmental impact is twofold: the difficulty of measuring the impact, and the difficulty of understanding the ROI of any initiatives.  In response, we are pleased to announce the launch of the Sustainability Center: the first NetSuite application to track corporate sustainability efforts.


When the module is made available in 2023, it will enable companies of all types to measure the effects of their operational and sustainability measures, aggregate data for auditable reporting, and pinpoint areas for improvement or investment. While that sounds somewhat complicated, the module itself is not. It has been designed as a user-friendly framework for organizations at the beginning of their sustainability journey.

"Tracking resource usage and waste management metrics is key to an operation’s understanding and management of its environmental impact. The inclusion of these metrics within a company’s NetSuite solution provides unique clarity about resource cost and utilization, as well as progress toward any sustainability goals, within the overall context of the business."
— Jeremy King, co-founder and chief solution architect at Doozy Solutions

First Steps Toward Sustainability

The Sustainability Center is designed to help companies immediately benchmark key consumption and waste metrics, identify areas to improve or invest, and keep track of their progress via key performance indicators (KPIs) related to their sustainability goals over time. It will also allow them to aggregate data from multiple sources into a single report. This means that companies can easily see the progress they’ve made toward their sustainability targets and make changes as needed in order to reach those goals. 


The Sustainability Center comes equipped with eight preset sustainability metrics:


  1. Electricity Usage 
  2. Fuel Usage
  3. CO2 Usage
  4. Water Usage
  5. Wastewater Usage
  6. Waste Disposal
  7. Waste Recycling
  8. Waste Composting


This is just the beginning, however. For organizations seeking a deeper understanding of their usage and waste, the Sustainability Center can be configured to track and report on a nearly infinite set of data points throughout the value chain. The app is designed with both experienced and novice sustainability practitioners in mind — those who have been working on green initiatives for years, as well as those just getting started down the path . Organizations at any stage of development or growth when it comes to sustainable practices will be able to  access the information they need quickly and easily without having extensive prior knowledge or experience with tracking KPIs related to environmental impact measurements.


The module has been built as an expandable framework, able to be installed with minimal configuration (generally less than an hour of work). Its simplicity and ease of use encourages organizations to customize the metrics set based on their activities, supply chains, and consumption and waste targets. 




A Sustainable Future for All


In order to promote sustainability initiatives on a broad scale, Doozy will offer the SuiteApp at no cost to nonprofit organizations already using NetSuite. It will also be offered at no cost for Doozy customers on Crafted ERP, the company’s industry solution for beverage producers. Contact us any time to discuss how the Sustainability Center can help your organization reach – and report on – its goals.

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