Talking With Sustaira About Sustainability

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Just before the summer holidays the PLM Green Global Alliance was pleased to resume our interview series on PLM and Sustainability where we talk with PLM-related software vendors to discuss their sustainability missions and offerings.

Following recent discussions in the PLM ecosystem, including PSC Transition Technologies (EcoPLM), CIMPA PLM services (LCA), and the Design for Sustainability working group (with multiple vendors & service partners), we now have the opportunity to catch up with Sustaira after almost three years.

At that time, Sustaira was a startup company focused on building and providing data-driven, efficient support for sustainability reporting and analysis based on the Siemens Mendix platform, while engaging with their first potential customers. What has happened in those three years?

We spoke again with Vincent de la Mar, founder and CEO of Sustaira, and it was pretty clear from our conversation that they have evolved and grown in their business and value proposition for businesses. As you will discover by listening to the interview, they are not, per se, in the PLM domain.

Enjoy the 35-minute interview below.

Slides shown during the interview, combined with additional company information, can be found HERE.

What Did We Learn?

  • Sustaira is a modular, AI-driven sustainability platform. It offers approximately 150 “sustainability accelerators,” which are either complete Software as a Service (SaaS) products (such as carbon accounting, goal/KPI tracking, and disclosures) or adaptable SaaS products that allow for complete configuration of data models, logic, and user interfaces.
  • Their strategy is based on three pillars:
    • providing an end-to-end sustainability platform (Ports of Jersey),
    • filling gaps in an enterprise architecture and business needs (Science-Based Target Initiatives)
    • co-creating new applications with partners (BCAF with Siemens Financial Services)
  • The company has a pragmatic view on AI and thanks to its scalable, data-driven Mendix platform, it can bring integrated value compared to niche applications that might become obsolete due to changing regulations and practices (e.g., dedicated CSRD apps)
  • The Sustainability Global Alliance with Capgemini a strategic alliance for both parties with a focus on AI & Sustainability
  • The strong partnership with Siemens Digital Solutions.
  • Their monthly Sustainability and ESG Insights newsletter, also published in our PGGA group, already has 55,000 subscribers.

Where to Learn More?

The following links provide more information related to Sustaira:

Our Concluding Thoughts

It was great to observe how Sustaira has grown over the past three years, establishing a broad portfolio of sustainability-related solutions for many types of businesses. Their relationship with Siemens Digital Solutions helps them bring value and add capabilities to the Siemens portfolio, although their platform can be applied to any business that needs a complementary data-driven service related to sustainability insights and reporting.

The above post was first published by PLM Green Global Alliance co-founder Jos Voskuil in his PLM-centric European weblog HERE.