Salesforce names ERM a global advisory partner for Net Zero Cloud

Salesforce has named ERM a global tier one advisory and implementation partner for its Net Zero Cloud system.

Already a partner of Salesforce, ERM has over the past period implemented Salesforce Net Zero Cloud for more than a dozen clients, including in the utilities, energy, technology and manufacturing sectors.

Net Zero Cloud is a system that connects sustainability data from the entire value chain to an organization. Interlinked with the Salesforce platform and ecosystem, the system helps organisations deliver their net zero agenda, among others through automating reporting, consolidated data, compliance reporting, and insights that uncover new ways of reducing climate impact.

“Net Zero Cloud helps businesses become more sustainable and enables them to find while boosting the bottom line,” said Gerard Spans, global head of Digital Services at ERM.

With over 8,000 experts in 40 countries, ERM is one of the world’s largest consulting firms dedicated to sustainability services. Its Salesforce offering helps clients “harnesses the capabilities of Net Zero Cloud to support strategic planning, benchmarking, materiality assessment and value chain mapping through to data compilation, target setting and disclosure.”

As an implementation partner, ERM helps its clients with setting up and implementing Net Zero Cloud. In its advisory role, ERM supports leaders with the execution of their sustainability strategies and initiatives.

“Corporate decarbonization efforts have shifted from setting long-term goals to finding ways to accelerate action to not only meet those ambitious targets, but to unlock measurable business value. Working together with Salesforce, we will enable companies to integrate sustainability into their operations, helping them to enhance business resilience and drive competitive advantage.”

Prashanthi Sudhakar, Head of the Net Zero Cloud product at Salesforce, stated: “At Salesforce, we believe that sustainability and digital transformation go hand in hand. Net Zero Cloud enables companies to connect, automate, and act on their sustainability data – turning insights into meaningful action. We look forward to scaling our partnership with ERM to help companies drive measurable impact.”