Nomura Selects Greenstone for Energy and Carbon Management
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LONDON - Greenstone Carbon Management, the global carbon solutions specialist, has announced today that it has secured a contract with Nomura, the global investment bank, to help measure, manage and report its carbon emissions across the Bank's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Greenstone Carbon Management's Acco2unt software will allow Nomura to address its complex carbon reporting requirements and ensure compliance with national and international legislation in an accurate and timely manner.
Nomura is a leading financial services group that provides services in over 30 countries in Asia, Europe, America, the Middle East and Africa. As a global organisation, Nomura is committed to assess the impact of their business activities on the environment. The implementation of Acco2unt will enable the management of environmental risks and assist with identifying opportunities to reduces these impacts and identify potential cost savings.
Tony Bartle, Head of Real Estate & Services at Nomura said, "Nomura has developed a comprehensive approach to CSR reporting in the recent years, including the measurement of our operational carbon emissions. As the global regulatory environment evolves, we recognised the need to implement a tool that enables Nomura to increase the accuracy of our carbon emissions calculation and provide a wide range of analytical functionality. Greenstone's Acco2unt carbon management solution will enable us to meet our global reporting requirements, including the CRC in the UK, and engage colleagues across the business in developing targeted carbon reduction initiatives and monitoring performance."
Matthew de Villiers, Chief Executive Officer at Greenstone Carbon Management commented, "We are delighted that Nomura has selected Greenstone Acco2unt for their carbon accounting requirements. Our online software is already enabling 32 organisations across 74 countries and is actively reducing the administrative burden and complexity of measuring and reporting carbon emissions. Transparency of carbon emissions information provides a new perspective to minimise consumption of energy and resources and allows companies to model and monitor reduction programmes on an ongoing basis."
Greenstone's unique Acco2unt software product suite provides organisations with robust carbon management and accounting solutions. It enables organisations to measure, manage, plan, store and report emission data, track performance on their carbon footprint at multiple organisational levels and to model carbon footprint reduction strategies. Acco2unt can significantly reduce the burden of auditing and reporting for compliance and voluntary reporting purposes. An extensive list of emission sources is included in the software's calculation covering energy, travel and transport, waste and water.
About Greenstone Carbon Management Limited
Greenstone Carbon Management Limited is a specialist carbon solutions company based in London, United Kingdom. Formed in 2006, it works in partnership with major commercial and public sector organisations to help measure, manage and mitigate their carbon emissions to realise business and financial benefits. Greenstone's proposition comprises both consulting advice and access to a suite of Carbon Management software tools through a SaaS model.
Engagements with clients usually follow a three step process: (i) Carbon Readiness Assessment; (ii) Acco2unt Configuration and (iii) Ongoing Support. During the engagement, Greenstone will provide tools to help measure and manage the organisation's carbon emissions, set up processes to gather data and to train personnel to manage their carbon footprint on an ongoing basis.
Greenstone has worked with a range of global businesses and respected brands such as Fujitsu, G4S, Serco and Ocado Limited. For further information please visit www.greenstonecarbon.com
About Nomura
Nomura is a leading financial services group and the preeminent Asian-based investment bank with worldwide reach. Nomura provides a broad range of innovative solutions tailored to the specific requirements of individual, institutional, corporate and government clients through an international network in over 30 countries.
Based in Tokyo and with regional headquarters in Hong Kong, London, and New York, Nomura employs over 27,000 staff worldwide. Nomura's unique understanding of Asia enables the company to make a difference for clients through three business divisions: retail, wholesale (global markets, investment banking, and other wholesale), and asset management.
For further information about Nomura, please visit www.nomura.com.
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