IFS is set to transform carbon management with its cutting-edge IFS Zero Emissions Operating System, enabling asset-intensive industries to effectively measure, disclose, and reduce their carbon emissions across all scopes.
SETTING THE STANDARD
A renowned leader in industrial artificial intelligence (AI) software solutions, IFS has unveiled IFS Zero, an innovative, agentic Emissions Operating System crafted specifically for the world’s most asset-intensive industries.
Moreover, this advanced solution serves as a centralised platform that empowers organisations to accurately measure, disclose, and optimise their carbon emissions across all three scopes: Scope 1, Scope 2, and Scope 3.
Developed with a clear focus on carbon emissions management, IFS Zero was shaped through extensive collaboration with IFS customers in sectors that heavily rely on their assets.
Furthermore, it is designed to seamlessly integrate with IFS’s broader Sustainability Management module, creating a comprehensive hub where all sustainability-related data converges. This encompasses emissions metrics, social impact assessments, diversity statistics, and more to facilitate corporate sustainability reporting.
“With IFS Zero, we’re fundamentally changing how industrial companies approach emissions management. For too long, sustainability has meant slow deployments, manual spreadsheets, and reporting after the fact. IFS Zero replaces that with an agentic operating system that delivers an emissions baseline in short timescales and enables visibility into your day-to-day operations. It allows customers to move beyond compliance and start using sustainability as a true strategic advantage,” states Caitlin Keam, VP Manufacturing and Sustainability Applications, IFS
Caitlin Keam, VP Manufacturing and Sustainability Applications, IFS
FROM REPORTING TO REAL-TIME REDUCTION
Whilst Sustainability Management establishes a robust framework for enterprise-wide sustainability disclosures, IFS Zero focuses on carbon emissions, equipping industrial organisations with detailed, real-time intelligence that propels them from merely reporting their emissions to actively reducing them.
Historically, insufficient investment in emissions management has led to disjointed data, cumbersome manual reconciliation processes, and reports that take a substantial amount of time to generate.
IFS Zero rectifies this inefficiency by leveraging agentic AI throughout the entire data lifecycle. It automates tasks such as mapping emission sources, validating data accuracy, identifying anomalies, and producing audit-ready outputs.
As a result, sustainability teams can redirect their efforts from administrative tasks to impactful decarbonization initiatives. The efficiency gains are significant: organisations can achieve an audit-ready baseline in a matter of weeks, save hundreds of operational hours annually, and experience up to a 30 percent reduction in data collection effort.
“As asset intensive industries move beyond static carbon reporting toward operational decarbonisation, buyers are gravitating toward vendors with strong data and operational foundations – particularly those that can handle asset level complexity, connect emissions data to energy consumption and efficiency analysis, and integrate sustainability insights into day to day operational and investment decision making,” states Alessandra Leggieri, Senior Analyst, Net Zero & Energy Transition, Verdantix
Alessandra Leggieri, Senior Analyst, Net Zero & Energy Transition, Verdantix
EMPOWERING INDUSTRIES
Ultimately, the rapid evolution of agentic Industrial AI presents a pivotal opportunity to decrease emissions within asset-intensive industries.
According to research from Generation Investment Management, a sustainable investment firm and an IFS investor, the full adoption of IFS technology across the three largest industrial sectors could abate more than two percent of global CO₂ emissions.
By unlocking the potential of real-time emissions analysis and action-taking, IFS Zero empowers industrial companies to make meaningful strides in their sustainability efforts.
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