MoreScope<\/a> with the support of SINTEF. The company will assist businesses with their climate and sustainability reporting.<\/p>\nJohansen explained: \u201cNo chain is stronger, or indeed greener, than its weakest link. A horde of contractors and sub-suppliers all contribute to any given product\u2019s climate footprint. But only very few companies have the skills in-house to calculate the size of these various contributions. It is here that MoreScope sees an opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n
MoreScope will make use of economic models and environmental datasets that have taken SINTEF and their partners years to develop. \u201cWhile SINTEF has employed an applied user perspective in this field, NTNU has been moving the research front forward. MoreScope has its roots in this collective know-how,\u201d Johansen stated.<\/p>\n
He continued: \u201cThanks to the research carried out here in Trondheim, the quantification of the climate-related and sustainability impacts of activities throughout our global value chains is becoming something of a Norwegian speciality.\u201d<\/p>\n
The core of the economic models is based on so-called input-output analysis. This is a well-known approach that, in various ways, quantifies all exchange of goods and services between different countries and commercial sectors, while also determining the impact of corporate emissions caused by these exchanges.<\/p>\n
According to Johansen, a key factor in the establishment of MoreScope is that it is no longer acceptable for a company to make undocumented claims about the sustainability associated with a given product.<\/p>\n
\u201cSuch claims have to be firmly based in data and a methodology that is testable and transparent,\u201d he said. \u201cOur task is to make such tools accessible to companies across all corporate sectors. We\u2019re immodest enough to claim that we believe we can supply new insights into corporate emissions.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sustainability reporting is a growing global market<\/h3>\n Initially, MoreScope will be promoted to Norwegian clients, but the team have recognised its potential across the globe. \u201cWe strongly believe that the know-how we offer will also be of interest to a growing global market in sustainability reporting,\u201d Johansen said.<\/p>\n
Start-up investors SINTEF Venture VI co-own the corporate emission-detecting technology. SINTEF TTO, which is SINTEF\u2019s own company dedicated to the commercialisation of research results, is working actively to recruit more professional investors.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re considering a number of collaborative constellations with other enterprises in the same segment\u201d, said Asle Jostein Hovda, Investment Director at SINTEF TTO. \u201cThese will enable us to strengthen our position in the market. We expect to be hearing a lot of exciting news from MoreScope in the next six months.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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