ESG

How Blockchain Tech Can Power ESG Initiatives That Really Work

Consumer trust, greater transparency, and granular traceability—blockchain Gotham has the power to eliminate greenwashing from ESG reporting.

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THE BENEFITS

Benefits of Blockchain for ESG

“Blockchain will save the planet.” It sounds like a bold statement considering all you’ve read about the energy it takes to mine coins. But the truth is that blockchain goes beyond crypto. It offers a solution for people who want to build, manage, and report on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) initiatives.

Organizations like the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) are calling for increased reporting of climate-related financial information. Consumers are demanding value-based companies and products. The distributed ledger is a path forward. Let’s talk about how.

Trust

The distributed ledger helps companies measure the impact of their business on the environment, down to the source of energy powering a plant, and know their records are immutable and true.

Transparency

Climate and social-related disclosures can be manipulated. The distributed ledger and the communal accountability offered by the blockchain makes real-time impact records available to consumers, investors, and regulators.

Traceability

The immutability of the distributed ledger in the financial space is a model for how ESG metrics can be maintained across borders, throughout a supply chain, and across sectors—ensuring the granular data needed to tackle climate change.

USE CASES

ESG Use Cases

ESG is a measure of environmental responsibility—how a company handles waste, water, and impacts the environment; social responsibility—which uses metrics to measure how a company treats its workers and clients; and governance—a measure of how well a company is run.

This is a good framework for comparing companies, but it’s always been difficult to track.Blockchain reports environmental impact in more detail, automates reporting, and preserves records.

This gives consumers, managers, and investors more visibility into the practices of a company.Let’s take a deeper look at specific use cases for blockchain in ESG management.

Increase Consumer Trust

Blockchain technology can track ingredients along a supply chain to ensure quality. This lets ESG managers report on the environmental impact.

Meet ESG Compliance Requirements

ESG metrics are self-reported, which is easier for large cap companies with the right personnel. Gotham makes it easer for smaller companies.

Add Traceability to Supply Chains

We’ve talked about how to make supply chains more efficient. We can also apply chain-of-custody records to the sourcing of ingredients.

CHALLENGES

Challenges Facing ESG

The World  has made strides to unite global companies around standard metrics. But record keeping, sharing of data, and tracking sustainable efforts throughout the supply chain remains a challenge for many companies who want to grow responsibly and attract value-based investments.

In addition to measuring impact, companies need to choose a blockchain platform that is less energy intensive. Where Bitcoin’s Proof of Work requires a lot of energy to operate, enterprise solutions like Fabric, Geth, and Cord do not.

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